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Ambulance target concern at Durham Dales CCG
PERFORMANCE: A Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield CCG board paper warns of “concern” over ambulance responses to red calls in 8 minutes.
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Innovative bowel cancer screening at South Tyneside
SERVICE DESIGN: South Tyneside District Hospital has become the first in the country to offer a new screening test to prevent bowel cancer.
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Northumberland, Tyne and Wear launches adolescent bipolar service
SERVICE DESIGN: Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust Has launched a new adolescent bipolar service
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Choose and Book under used in North Kirklees
PERFORMANCE: The latest performance board papers for North Kirklees CCG warn that the proportion of patients booked for their first outpatient appointment by their GPs using Choose & Book continues to show an “underperformance against the national standard”.
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NewsHSJ Live 29.5.2013: Variations in surgery survival rates
Concerns over variations in surgery survival and ‘friends and family’, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsReport reveals concern about using friends and family test in A&E
Trusts “consistently” raised concerns about using the controversial friends and family test in accident and emergency departments, according to research commissioned by the NHS and obtained by HSJ.
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NewsEmergency medicine taskforce established under health education 'mandate'
A taskforce has been established by Health Education England to investigate how it can incentivise trainee doctors to work in emergency medicine.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: Community engagement in Mid Devon
Examining the future of Tiverton and District Hospital after a meeting between commissioners and the public
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George Eliot gets £5m 'support'
FINANCE: George Eliot Hospital Trust received £5m in support funding to enable it to break even in 2012-13.
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NewsConservative policy group health questionnaire includes question on limiting GP visits
A questionnaire document distributed by the Conservative Policy Forum includes a question about limiting the number of times patients can visit their family doctor in a year.
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NewsGovernment plans 'talking' pilot to improve NHS culture
Nurses, doctors and other healthcare professionals could be expected to hold monthly sessions to discuss the pressures they face as part of a government backed initiative to improve culture and compassion across the NHS.
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Heatherwood and Wexham Park apologises over dirty mattress
PERFORMANCE: A patient at Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust complained after being placed on a mattress contaminated with urine in the trust’s accident and emergency unit.
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A&E slump sparks acute sector capacity review
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park is carrying out a capacity review after missing the four-hour accident and emergency standard for quarter four of 2012-13.
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CCG notes Durham and Darlington A&E problems
PEFORMANCE A North Durham CCG board paper warns that County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation “continues to struggle to achieve performance” for A&E waiting times.
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County Durham and Darlington installs car charging points
STRUCTURE: Owners of electric vehicles can now charge up at Darlington Memorial Hospital after County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust installed new charging points at the hospital’s car park.
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Northumbria Healthcare opens health centre
SERVICE DESIGN: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has opened a new £18m health centre in Morpeth.
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Northern Lincolnshire and Goole mortality ratio visit due
PERFORMANCE: The Bruce Keogh mortality review team is due to visit hospitals in Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole on 5 June 2013.
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Doncaster A&E performance warning
PERFORMANCE: Recent board papers for Doncaster CCG warn of falling A&E four hour waiting time target performance at Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in March.
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Berkshire West CCGs highlight CSU cost
FINANCE: A Berkshire West CCGs finance paper states that the “capacity and capability” of the Central Southern Commissioning Support Unit will be “critical” to the delivery of their financial strategy.
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George Eliot falls short on emergency waits
PERFORMANCE: George Eliot Trust reported a governance rating of amber-green due to a failure to hit the four-hour accident and emergency target.