Latest news – Page 939
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Non attendance costs Calderdale trust £5m a year
FINANCE: Patients not turning up for outpatient appointments are costing Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust nearly £5m a year in lost income.
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Oxford Trust delivers 91 per cent of CIPs plan
FINANCE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust delivered £36.7m in savings in the first ten months of 2012-13 – 91 per cent of its plan.
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Commissioners agree extra cash for Coventry trust
FINANCE: University Hospitals Coventry and WarwickshireTrust moved from surplus to deficit at month ten after reaching a settlement with local commissioners.
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South Warwickshire delivers double planned surplus
FINANCE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust finished January on a £3.2m surplus – more than double the expected amount.
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Airedale telemedicine project eases winter pressures
PERFORMANCE: Telemedicine links into nursing homes have helped Airedale Foundation Trust cope with winter pressures and avoid some accident and emergency visits.
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Hike in tests concerns Barnsley CCG
PERFORMANCE: The latest integrated performance report board papers for Barnsley CCG warns of a significant increase in number of non-endoscopy based tests for its patients across the patch.
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Norfolk and Norwich free of MRSA for a year
PERFORMANCE: The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital has had no MRSA blood stream infections (bacteraemias) for more than a year.
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Bradford doctor produces study on feeding infants
CLINICAL RESEARCH: A Bradford doctor has led on a groundbreaking study into babies who fail to take enough breast milk.
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Swab left inside patient at Barnsley trust
PERFORMANCE: A swab was left inside a patient after childbirth at Barnsley Hospital Foundation Trust.
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Barnsley stroke services accredited
PERFORMANCE: Yorkshire and Humber SHA have fully accredited Barnsley Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for the organisation’s stroke services.
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New nursing professor in Hertfordshire
RESEARCH: A new professorship in community children’s nursing has been created to support research into the experiences of young people with long-term conditions and disabilities.
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West London Mental Health Trust appoints two new NEDs
WORKFORCE: The NHS Trust Development Authority has appointed two new non-executive directors to West London Mental Health Trust.
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Imperial in surplus at M11 after agreeing 'technical accounting adjustments'
FINANCE: Imperial College Healthcare Trust has achieved a surplus of £8.4m at the end of February and the year-end forecast “has been revised to £9.745m following agreement with NHS London over reporting of a number of technical accounting adjustments”, a report to the board said.
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Hammersmith Hospital best performing of Imperial's A&E under new test
PERFORMANCE: The Friends and Family Test has rated Hammersmith Hospital’s A&E top of the four run by Imperial College Healthcare Trust.
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Barnsley trust expects to fail on A&E performance
PERFORMANCE: Barnsley Hospital Foundation Trust expects to fail the four hour accident and emergency target this year with the board hearing it was now “mathematically impossible” to meet it after missing it for the last five months.
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NewsHSJ Live: 9.4.2013: NHS England allowed to use patient data
NHS England given permission to use patient data, how the ‘NHS defeated Thatcher’ and the rest of today’s news
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Lincolnshire hospitals hit by high demand
PERFORMANCE: United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust says it is experiencing a high demand for beds and services.
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HSJ LocalCompeting hospital provider opposes Dorset FT merger
STRUCTURE: A hospital provider has written to the Competition Commission opposing plans for the first merger between two foundation trusts.
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NewsAnalysed: The Bournemouth and Poole merger
HSJ Briefing is our in-depth analysis of key issues facing some of the major NHS health economies. This week we examine the proposed merger between Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals and Poole Hospital foundation trusts
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Southern Health plans local terms and conditions for social care staff
WORKFORCE: Southern Health Foundation Trust’s social care division has been negotiating with unions about the introduction of local terms and conditions for all staff.