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NewsInvestigation raises questions over UK pathology services
Improvements are needed to the way pathology departments across the country are organised and quality assessed, a Royal College of Pathologists investigation has found.
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Payment structure review in sheffield
FINANCE: Sheffield CCG has commissioned a review of the value of introducing a different payment structure to the current payment by results system in place across the NHS.
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Facelift for Hull Royal Infirmary
STRUCTURE: Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is to invest over £8m to provide new windows and an external façade for its 160ft tower block on the Hull Royal Infirmary site.
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NewsTense wait for Leeds heart op decision
Families and clinicians on both sides of the controversy over the children’s heart unit at Leeds General Infirmary face a tense wait to see whether surgery will resume at the centre as expected this week.
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Top gay equality ranking for Sussex Partnership
PERFORMANCE: Sussex Partnership has come top in the first ever Healthcare Equality Index, published by Stonewall to measure an organisation’s commitment to delivering services to the lesbian, gay and bisexual community.
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CCG hears concerns over South Tees performance
PERFORMANCE: Board papers for Hambleton Richmondshire and Whitby CCG outline concerns over performance at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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Local FT performance biggest risk to Harrogate CCG finances
FINANCE: Board papers warn that Harrogate and Rural District CCG’s contact with Harrogate & District NHS Foundation Trust “remains a key risk to the CCG’s financial position and therefore requires close scrutiny and management”.
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Southampton doctor becomes national clinical leader
WORKFORCE: A doctor from University Hospitals Southampton Foundation Trust has been appointed as a national clinical director by the NHS Commissioning Board.
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New governors take up post at Bradford FT
WORKFORCE: New hospital governors have been appointed to the Council of Governors of Bradford Teaching Hospitals.
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Lincolnshire trust touts for more cosmetic business
COMMERCIAL: Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is offering people the change of a free cosmetic surgery consultation.
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Imperial's hyper acute stroke unit rated top in the country
PERFORMANCE: Imperial College Healthcare Trust’s hyper acute stroke unit is top-rated in the country, a report to the Imperial board said.
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Norfolk and Suffolk Palliative Care Academy develops new web portal
IT: Norfolk and Suffolk Palliative Care Academy has developed a new web portal to improve end of life care.
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Imperial blames GP hours for pressure on A&E
PERFORMANCE: Minutes produced for the April board meeting of Imperial College Healthcare Trust said a change to the opening hours of GPs’ surgeries had added to the pressure on non-elective services.
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NewsHSJ Live 8.4.2013 Job advert for Chief Inspector of Hospitals unveiled
CQC reveals job specification for new chief inspector of hospitals
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HSJ LocalA&E performance nosedives after Bucks reconfiguration
PERFORMANCE: The closure of an accident and emergency unit in Wycombe has led to a sharp increase in A&E waiting times at neighbouring hospitals, trust board papers state.
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NewsSome cancer drugs taken off fast track funding list, NHS England admits
NHS England today confirmed that it had taken some cancer treatments off its “fast track” list following changes to the cancer drugs fund announced yesterday.
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HSJ LocalRegulator criticises Sherwood Forest over pathology concerns
A report prompted by concerns over breast cancer testing results at Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust has criticised management and communication within the organisation.
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NewsNew rulebook unveiled for would-be foundation trusts
The NHS Trust Development Authority today releases its “accountability framework” setting out how it will work with the NHS trusts that have not yet achieved foundation status.
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NewsOrthopaedic hospital PFI a step closer after affordable housing rollback
A London trust’s private finance initiative rebuild has moved a step closer after it secured permission to sell off some of its land with a smaller proportion than usual earmarked for affordable housing.
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Morecambe Bay inquiry can begin before police investigation finishes
PERFORMANCE: Cumbria police have given the go ahead for an independent inquiry into care failings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay’s maternity services to begin without waiting for the on-going police investigation into the same failures to be completed, the foundation trust has announced.