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NewsHunt promises CQC extra funding for new inspection regime
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said the Care Quality Commission will be given additional funding to pay for its new inspection regime.
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Council urges criminal action against former Mid Staffs leadership
Stafford Borough Council has called for criminal action to be considered against the former leadership of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust over an alleged death rates cover-up.
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Portsmouth emergency performance below standard for six months
PERFORMANCE: Performance against the four hour accident and emergency target has been languishing below 90 per cent for two consecutive quarters in Portsmouth.
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CQC finds concerns at Plymouth Community Healthcare
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has found Plymouth Community Healthcare is failing standards on staffing and moniotring the quality of services.
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NewsAverage trust director pay grew by 1.8pc in 2011-12
Average pay for provider trust directors increased by 1.8 per cent in 2011-12, according to research shared with HSJ.
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Basildon and Thurrock set to appoint in temporary “director of emergency care’
WORKFORCE Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust is set to appoint a temporary ‘director of emergency care’ in a bid to resolve concerns surroundings it’s A&E department and acute medical unit.
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Night time service shake-up for Cheltenham Hospital
PERFORMANCE: Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is set to shake up the night time services it provides at Cheltenham General Hospital.
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Keogh team to visit Basildon next month
PERFORMANCE Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust will be visited by Sir Bruce Keogh’s mortality rates review team on 7 May, the trust has announced.
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Royal Cornwall introduced new prescribing and medicines system
STRUCTURE: West Cornwall Hospital in Penzance has introduced a new electronic system for prescribing and recording the administration of inpatients’ medications.
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Five south west trusts report 12 hour trolley waits
PERFORMANCE: Seven patients admitted as emergencies to North Bristol Trust have waited more than 12 hours since the beginning of the financial year, more than any other trust in the south west.
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Somerset Partnership behind on telehealth roll out
PERFORMANCE: Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust is behind on a CQUIN target on deployment of telehealth by ten units.
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NewsHSJ Live 25.04.2013: Lords vote to defeat competition rules fails
The health secretary’s speech to Age UK on emergency demand, integration and primary care and the rest of today’s news.
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NewsNurses warn of doctors on 'safari rounds' to find 'lost' patients
Rising pressure in accident and emergency departments across the UK is leaving patients queuing on trolleys in corridors for hours or getting “lost” in hospitals due to repeated moves, senior nurses from the Royal College of Nursing have warned.
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NewsCircle sees operating loss increase to £29m
Circle, the private company running Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust, has posted an operating loss of £29.3m for 2012, according to company accounts.
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Ealing Council to seek judicial review of reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: Ealing Council has begun the process of starting judicial review proceedings against the Shaping a Healthier Future reconfiguration.
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LeaderThe warning signs in NHS emergency care
Long waits are down, but pressure is building elsewhere
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NewsHSJ Live 24.04.2013: Build up to Lords bid to kill competition rules
HSJ Live will today cover the build up to the crunch Lords debate which - if Labour peers are successful - could see the government’s controversial competition regulations defeated. It is due to take place this evening.
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NewsExclusive: Dramatic increase in emergency 12 hours 'trolley waits' uncovered
Pressure on accident and emergency departments has seen a large increase in the number of hospital trusts reporting patients waiting more than 12 hours to be admitted, an HSJ analysis has found.