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North East ambulance service plan opposed by union members
WORKFORCE: Plans to reshape ambulance services in the North East are facing opposition from unions.
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Barnet and Chase Farm £2.9m behind on savings plan
FINANCE: Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust was £2.9m behind on its savings programme at the end of January, board papers reveal.
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Western Sussex rates well for measure of patient experience
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing above average in the inpatient survey for the way nurses acted around them.
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Queen Victoria FT patients happy with privacy
PERFORMANCE: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing above average in the inpatient survey for levels of privacy during consultations.
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Examination privacy highly rated at Queen Victoria FT
PERFORMANCE: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing above average in the inpatient survey for levels of privacy when being examined.
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Patients at Queen Victoria FT confident in nurses
PERFORMANCE: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing above average in the inpatient survey for levels of confidence and trust in nursing staff.
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NewsHSJ Live 3.5.2013: NHS England plans A&E 'recovery plan'
Coverage of today’s NHS England board meeting including plans for the commissioning board to lead a national A&E “recovery plan”, and the latest on the NHS 111 debacle, and the rest of today’s news.
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Queen Victoria patients treated with dignity
PERFORMANCE: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing above average in the inpatient survey for treating people with dignity and respect.
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Patients know how to complain at Queen Vic trust
PERFORMANCE: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing above average in the inpatient survey for explaining how to complain about care.
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NewsExclusive: A&E performance plummets as majority of trusts miss target
Accident and emergency waiting time performance plummeted in April, as hospital leaders told HSJ they were grappling with the after-effects of “the worst winter anyone can remember”.
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NewsExclusive: Ministers want CCG topslice to fund health and social care integration
Part of clinical commissioning groups’ budgets – potentially worth more than £1bn – should be used to fund integration with council-run social care services, Norman Lamb has told HSJ.
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Emergency care problems linked to poor relationships, finds south of England review
PERFORMANCE: A review of urgent and emergency care failures in the south of England has blamed in part an over-emphasis on incentives and contracts, at the expense of relationships.
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NewsSavile review seeks NHS staff views on celebrity fundraisers
The barrister overseeing the reviews of Jimmy Savile’s involvement with the NHS is seeking evidence from staff on celebrity association with organisations.
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Bristol CCG to tender £30m mental health services
COMMERCIAL: Bristol Clinical Commissioning Group has voted to put the city’s mental health services out to tender in a deal worth £30m.
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Virgin wins fifth prison healthcare contract
COMMERCIAL: Virgin Care has won a contract to manage comprehensive primary care services for prisoners at HMP Bullingdon, in a deal worth £6.6m to the private provider over three years.
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Crane hits hospital wall on West Cumberland redevelopment site
STRUCTURE: Developers have ceased work on the redevelopment of West Cumberland Hospital, North Cumbria, after a crane hit a hospital wall smashing a window.
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Ashford and St Peter’s scores poorly on discharge notification
PERFORMANCE: Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing below average in the inpatient survey for giving patients notice of discharge.
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Guy's and St Thomas' considers starting its own mental health nurse bank
WORKFORCE: Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust is considering starting its own mental health nurse bank, according to board papers.
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St George's breached six national standards, CQC inspection finds
St George’s Healthcare Trust in London was found in breach of six national quality standards after an unannounced Care Quality Commission inspection in January.
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Young medics' working lives 'bleak'
Almost three in 10 junior doctors are stretched so thin that they do not have time to deliver quality patient care, a poll suggests.