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Surrey to break even but delay pain
FINANCE: NHS Surrey is forecasting a breakeven position at the end of the month – but only by handing a £33.6m headache to clinical commissioning groups.
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New dialysis centre in Bedford
SERVICES: Kidney patients are to be offered the chance to dialyse closer to home or their workplace when a new centre opens in Bedford.
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Finance upturn at Peterborough and Stamford
FINANCE: Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Trust’s severe financial problems are showing signs of improvement.
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A&E performance problems at Peterborough
PERFORMANCE: Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Trust only achieve 92.4 per cent against the 95 per cent target for dealing with A&E patients within four hours.
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Cambridge Hospitals expects £4m surplus
FINANCE: Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust is expecting to make a surplus of £4m this financial year and was £0.8m ahead of schedule at the end of January, at £2.8m.
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Cleaning scrutiny follows C Diff at Cambridge Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Cleaning of clinical areas at Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has come under scrutiny after recent clostridium difficile cases.
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Surplus blow at East and North Herts
FINANCE: East and North Hertfordshire Trust had a year-to-date surplus of just £0.76m at the end of January - £3.60m behind plan.
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North Somerset CCG picks GP accountable officer
STRUCTURE: North Somerset CCG has appointed a GP as accountable officer - Dr Mary Backhouse.
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Additional screening sessions in Herts
PERFORMANCE: Hertfordshire Community Trust is putting on additional sessions to ensure young children are given health screening, after it fell below targets for the number seen.
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Spinal implant first at South Tees
CLINICAL RESEARCH: An anaesthetist and pain specialist at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has carried out the first implant in the UK of a new spinal cord stimulation system that is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compatible.
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South East Coast uses own care staff to reduce handover delays
PERFORMANCE: South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has started using its own staff to look after cohorts of suitable patients at hospitals to free ambulance crews to respond to other calls – rather than taking patients to other, less busy, hospitals.
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Exclusive: Hospitals and GPs to be required to tell truth about errors
Healthcare providers which conceal mistakes or failures that lead to harm of patients will be held to account under a new statutory duty of candour, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsOFT extends its remit over NHS mergers
Healthcare sector regulator Monitor has confirmed the Office of Fair Trading will in future have responsibility for assessing any merger involving an NHS foundation trust.
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NewsExclusive: CQC reveals overhaul of inspection regime
The Care Quality Commission is about to launch a massive overhaul of its inspection regime which could see the best hospitals go five years without an inspection and the worst face intense scrutiny, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: CQC admits it cannot spot poor hospitals
The Care Quality Commission has not been able to “really assess” the safety and quality of hospitals under its current model, the regulator’s new chair has told HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: One breach could put a trust in 'failure regime'
Just one breach of new fundamental standards to be developed by the Care Quality Commission would see a provider tipped into a new “single failure regime” – but all enforcement action will be left to other regulators, HSJ has been told.
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News'Star rating' style system back on the agenda for NHS
Hospitals and care homes will receive single quality ratings under plans being developed by the Care Quality Commission, HSJ can reveal.
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough FT taken out of ‘significant breach’
PERFORMANCE: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust has made significant improvements and is no longer in significant breach of its terms of authorisation as a foundation trust, Monitor has announced.
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Yorkshire cancer doc named national cancer director
WORKFORCE: Sean Duffy, director and medical director of the Yorkshire Cancer Network, has been appointed the national clinical director for cancer.