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Night time confinement proposed for Ashworth patients
FINANCE: The introduction of night time confinement for patients at Ashworth Hospital could save Mersey Care Trust £3.5m by 2015.
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Chair: North Cumbria must 'make real change' on culture
PERFORMANCE: The interim chair of North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust has described a Care Quality Commission report into the Cumberland Infirmary as “very disturbing”. He warned the trust to be prepared for similar findings in a forthcoming report on the West Cumberland Hospital.
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LeaderLeader: should a clinician fill Nicholson’s shoes?
The candidate may be in HSJ’s Clinical Leaders list
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East Mids Ambulance fails on performance
PERFORMANCE The latest performance board papers for Hardwick CCG show that East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust failed to deliver the Category A 8 minute or 19 minute standards last year with performance of 73.7% and 93.5%.
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North Cumbria investigates serious incidents
PERFORMANCE: A patient death and two cases where patients suffered severe harm are being investigated as serious untoward incidents by North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust.
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Hindle leaves Leicester to take up AHSN role
APPOINTMENTS The chair of University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is set to step down to lead East Midlands Academic Health Science Network after seven years at the trust.
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Queen's performance drags Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hositals A&E results down
PERFORMANCE: A&E performance at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust is starkly divided at the trust’s two casualty units.
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NewsHunt heart unit statement expected imminently
Campaigners fighting to save a children’s heart unit are hoping health secretary Jeremy Hunt will reverse the decision today.
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Central Manchester awaits MRSA escalation decision
PERFORMANCE: Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust is waiting to hear if it is to be escalated within Monitor because of nine MRSA cases last year.
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North Cumbria fails to cut waiting list to intended level
PERFORMANCE: More than 700 patients had been waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment at North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust at the end of April – despite plans to reduce this to less than 500.
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North Cumbria redesigns paediatrics
SERVICES: North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust has redesigned its paediatric diabetics service and is recruiting additional specialists.
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AHSN set up in East Midlands
RESEARCH NHS England has confirmed the East Midlands as one of 15 new Academic Health Science Networks.
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Leicester hospitals underperform against cancer target
PERFORMANCE Recent performance board papers for West Leicestershire CCG reveal that University Hospitals of Leicestershire NHS Trust under-performed against the its 62 day cancer referral to treatment time target for 2012/2013.
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Hardwick's suppliers fail on A&E target
PERFORMANCE Recent performance board papers for Hardwick CCG show that the A&E 4 hour target was missed quarter three and four last year.
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Changes to podiatry services expected in East Midlands
SERVICE DESIGN Nene and Corby clinical commissioning groups are consulting over proposals to change community podiatry services.
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Erewash overspends on secondary care
FINANCERecent finance board papers for Erewash CCG reveal that its financial forecast on NHS commissioned services has worsened by £290,000 which it attributes to three “key secondary care providers”.
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Nene faces overspend
The latest finance board papers for Nene CCG show that the organisation “continued to face substantial financial pressures on its budgets” last year.
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Nottingham consultant given key national organ role
APPOINTMENT A hospital consultant at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has been appointed to the role of deputy national clinical lead for organ donation.
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Lyons becomes chair at Sherwood Forest
APPOINTMENTS Sean Lyons has been appointed as the new chairman of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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New surgical day unit at United Lincs
SERVICE DESIGN Patients will soon benefit from a new surgical day unit and longer theatre opening times at Lincoln County Hospital part of United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust.