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New HR director for Royal Cornwall
WORKFORCE: Nick Macklin will be joining the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust as director of human resources and organisational development next week, board papers report.
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HSJ Local
Hillingdon Hospitals on track to miss Q4 A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust is on track to miss its A&E waits target for the fourth quarter of the 2012-13 financial year, a report to the board revealed.
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HSJ Local
East and North Herts looks to recruit 50 EU nurses
WORKFORCE: Fifty EU nurses could soon be working at East and North Herts Trust which is working with NHS Professionals to recruit them on ‘flexible work contracts.’
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NewsNurses to get 360-degree feedback in drive to improve appraisals
Nurses are to be asked to give feedback about the performance of their colleagues and seniors to contribute to appraisals, as part of a series of initiatives announced to improve nursing care quality.
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HSJ Local
£3m to £4m surplus forecast for Sheffield Children's
FINANCE: Sheffield Children’s Foundation Trust saw its surplus drop by £0.6m to £3.3m in February – but it is still well above the plan of £1.3m.
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NewsHSJ Live 16.4.2013: Don Berwick: Group will not be afraid to disagree with government or NHS leadership
Coverage of talks at two London conferences by Don Berwick, the Boston-based international expert on patient safety, who is carrying out a review of the NHS, in the wake of the Francis review, and the rest of today’s news.
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NewsMid Staffs placed in special administration
Scandal-hit Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been put into special administration by health sector regulator Monitor, it was announced this afternoon.
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NewsGovernment backs liabilities of national NHS property firm
The Department of Health has announced it will fund any income shortfalls of its newly created NHS property company, in a move widely interpreted as aiming to assure private sector investors about their assets.
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Public wedded to NHS funding model
The public remain firmly committed to a free at the point of delivery NHS, but could potentially back charging patients in certain circumstances, according to a survey for the King’s Fund.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: mental health providers for the South East Coast
This week’s HSJ Local Briefing investigates the changing picture of mental health services across the South East Coast region
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HSJ Local
Midlands CCGs agree risk-sharing deal
FINANCE: Three clinical commissioning groups in the West Midlands have agreed to a plan to help them mitigate potential risks for the year ahead.
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HSJ Local
Bristol trusts respond to service change 'anti-competitive' claim
COMMERCIAL: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust and North Bristol Trust are to start work to demonstrate the benefits to patients of their swapping services after the Co-operation and Competition Panel concluded it could be anti-competitive.
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NewsHealthwatch chief admits delayed start for some areas
The chief executive of Healthwatch England has admitted some local branches are not yet established but said it will help resolve problems as “quickly as possible”, in an interview with HSJ.
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NewsChild heart op death rates released
Mortality rates for all children’s heart surgery centres in England have been released following the temporary suspension of operations in Leeds.
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HSJ Local
Higher than planned surplus for Norfolk community trust
FINANCE: Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust made a surplus of £2.6 for the first 11 months of 2012-13 – nearly twice what it had originally forecast. The trust expects the final surplus for the year to be around the same figure.
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HSJ Local
Hillingdon Hospitals sees readmissions up five per cent year-on-year
PERFORMANCE: Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust has seen a 5.4 per cent increase in readmissions year-on-year, a report to the board said.
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HSJ Local
West Suffolk cuts surplus forecast by £0.5m
FINANCE: West Suffolk Foundation Trust has cut its year end surplus forecast for 2012-13 to £1.5m. It had previously expected to make a £2m surplus.
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HSJ Local
Sheffield begins recruitment drive for major trauma centre
WORKFORCE: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust has been recruiting extra staff as it becomes a major trauma centre. Four extra whole time equivalent consultants will allow for a consultant presence in accident and emergency for 16 hours a day.
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NewsHSJ Live 15.4.2013
Grant warns on NHS user charges, administrators sent into Mid Staffs and the rest of today’s news
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NewsNHS 111 failures have 'let patients down', NHS England admits
Patients have been “let down” by the “unacceptable” failure of some NHS 111 services, NHS England directors have admitted.