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Stockport FT fears loss of stroke services
PERFORMANCE: Stockport Foundation Trust fears it could lose stroke services because of problems with its accident and emergency performance.
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North Cumbria and Northumbria decide takeover date
STRUCTURE: Hospitals in North Cumbria are set to be run by Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust from October 1.
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Lancashire CSU appoints director of delivery
WORKFORCE: Linda Riley has been appointed as director of delivery at the Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit.
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Wrightington FT stroke services praised
PERFORMANCE: An independent review of NHS Stroke Services across Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust has praised the standards of clinical practice and overall service quality at the organisation.
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Newcastle Hospitals issues children's heart surgery statement
STRUCTURE: Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has issued a statement following the successful legal challenge to the national children’s heart surgery reconfiguration proposals.
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Staffing problems put pressure on diagnostic waits at Morecambe Bay
PERFORMANCE: Nearly one in 30 patients at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust is having to wait more than six weeks for diagnostic investigations.
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Research finds third of East Lancs A&E patients could go elsewhere
PERFORMANCE: Up to a third of patients attending East Lancashire NHS Trust’s Royal Blackburn Hospital’s Urgent Care Centre could be sent to their GP or pharmacy after research has found that many attendees should not be there.
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Cumbria public health director to lead Faculty of Public Health
STRUCTURE: Dr Rebecca Wagstaff has been appointed intrim director of Public Health for Cumbria.
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Stillbirths and infant mortality declining in Cumbria
SERVICE DESIGN: Stillbirths and infant mortality in Cumbria are declining but more can be done to reduce rates further according to a report published by NHS Cumbria.
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West Lancs CCG launches consultation on diabetes service
SERVICE DESIGN: NHS West Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group has launched a consultation on the design of community diabetes services.
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£30m efficiency requirement in 2013-14 for Brighton Hospitals
FINANCE: Brighton and Sussex Hospitals Trust will have to make £30m of savings in the next financial year to deliver a one per cent surplus.
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Brighton hospitals may move chemotherapy into community
SERVICES: Sussex cancer patients could be offered chemotherapy in the community to reduce the pressure at hospitals.
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Morecambe Bay redesigns oncology services
STRUCTURE: Oncology and haematology services at Furness General Hospital are being redesigned – but are not being closed, the trust which runs them has said.
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NewsBMA calls for 111 introduction delay
The body representing doctors in Britain has called for a delay in the launch of a new non-emergency helpline, saying it is putting patient safety at risk.
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NewsHSJ Live: Last day for PCTs and SHAs
Concerns about NHS 111 and all the latest news on the last working day of primary care trusts and strategic health authorities, before they are abolished under the commissioning transition.
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Bridgewater awards occupational health contract to WWL
COMMERCIAL: Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Foundation Trust (WWL) has won a two year contract to provide occupational health services to Bridgewater Community Healthcare Trust, the local community health provider.
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Warrington and Halton offers self-pay for treatments no longer funded by NHS
FINANCE: A hospital trust is offering patients who want a procedure which is not longer available on the NHS the opportunity to pay for it themselves at normal NHS prices.
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NewsFrancis applauds government's response to inquiry
Robert Francis QC has said the government’s initial response to his Mid Staffordshire inquiry report “indicates its determination” to change the culture within the NHS.Mr Francis, who made 290 recommendations following his public inquiry into the failures at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, said the effectiveness of the government’s proposals would ...
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Exclusive: Details emerge of controversial IT funding deals
Details of how controversial deals under which the Department of Health is expected to fund IT systems for NHS trusts have been identified by HSJ, with one trust seeking around £10m, HSJ has learned.