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WHO praises health visiting and breastfeeding services at Dorset trust
PERFORMANCE: Dorset Healthcare University Foundation Trust has been accredited by the children’s charity Unicef and the World Health Organisations for providing high standards within its health visiting and breastfeeding services.
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HSJ Live 24.03.2015: Councils withheld millions intended for NHS complaints
Sixteen local authorities failed to pass on hundreds of thousands of pounds allocated to fund NHS complaints advocacy services, plus the rest of today’s news and comment.
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Dunn: FT structure can be used to create new care models
STRUCTURE: A key architect of the foundation trust legal structure has said the sector’s existing governance models can be used to run the new models of care set out in the NHS Five Year Forward View.
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NHS England hires local director as another joins Optum
A NHS England sub-region directors is leaving to join private health firm Optum, while another of the posts has been filled by a former primary care trust chief executive.
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Leading FT reports £16.5m deficit
FINANCE: One of the country’s leading foundation trusts has reported a year to date deficit of £16.5m.
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Cornwall merger plan halted due to costs
COMMERCIAL: Plans to merge two Cornwall providers have been put on hold after a study of the proposals for further joint working said a merger would not be feasible in the short term.
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Community services ‘unsustainable’ without investment, says trust chief
FINANCE: Services treating mental health patients in their own homes will become ‘unsustainable’ unless there is extra investment, a trust chief executive has said.
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James Paget to upgrade maternity unit
STRUCTURE: Work has begun on a new delivery suite at in the maternity unit at James Paget University Hospitals Trust
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Director of nursing concerned about high number of patient falls
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust plans to bring in low rise beds and visual aids for older people to prevent people sustaining injuries through falls.
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Trust sees staff turnover rise for the third year in a row
WORKFORCE: Staff turnover at Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust has risen for three years in a row. It stood at 17.1 per cent for January.
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Mental health trust staff pilot patient assessments at GP practices
PERFORMANCE: Doctors, nurses and psychologists from Camden and Islington Foundation Trust are visiting GP practices to give mental health assessments for patients closer to home.
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HSJ Live 23.05.2015: CQC increases registration fees
Care Quality Commission to increase fees for providers by 9 per cent, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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Provider deficit forecast tops £800m
The overall deficit forecast across trusts and foundation trusts has hit £823m, in the latest sign of the ‘continuing deterioration’ in the health service’s finances.
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Substance misuse clinic to close due to financial losses
STRUCTURE: A substance misuse centre in London will have to close because the trust that manages it cannot afford to keep it open.
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Exclusive: Employers push BMA on pay deal 'fairness'
The British Medical Association has been accused of taking an ‘untenable position’ in refusing to accept that changes to NHS redundancy pay apply to doctors.
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Sustainability at risk from high GP referrals, CCG claims
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners in south London have told GPs to curb referral rates after figures showed they rose by 16 per cent in a year.
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Commissioners 'shocked' at hospital ward conditions
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners and governors visiting Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust have described a litany of problems found in one of its wards including overcrowding, staffing concerns and a failure to report incidents.
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Trust trains 400 police officers on mental health
MENTAL HEALTH: Greater Manchester West Mental Health Foundation Trust has trained more than 400 police officers to ‘open their eyes to the struggles of mental health service users’.
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Northamptonshire trust to roll out parents’ advice line
COMMERCIAL: Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is to launch an out of hours health visitors advice line, following a successful pilot of the scheme.
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Community nurse staffing to be monitored
WORKFORCE: Shropshire Community Health Trust will begin monitoring staffing levels among community nurses each month from April.