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Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust looking for new chair
WORKFORCE: Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust is advertising for a new chair.
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NewsHSJ Live 30.05.2013: Ambulance diverts on the up
HR directors seek further curbs to pay bill, Labour says emergency care pressure is growing, and the rest of today’s news
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'Urgent action' needed on Southampton trust CIPs
FINANCE: “Urgent action” is needed at University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust to improve the delivery of cost improvement plans.
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Funding confusion 'directly caused' vulnerable woman's death
A woman with complex mental health problems committed suicide after funding decision errors by a primary care trust and local authority saw her prematurely removed from a care home.
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Independent case report criticises Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Trust
A mental health worker savagely stabbed to death by a paranoid schizophrenic who was living in the community should not have been visiting him alone, a report has concluded.
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NewsConcern over NHS giving commercial access to new mothers
NHS officials have been criticised for letting sales people have access to new mothers just hours after they have given birth.
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Airedale CCG seeks to 'mitigate' fines on provider
PERFORMANCE: Recent performance board papers for Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven CCG warn of a “number of issues” regarding its contract with its main service provider Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.
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Ambulance target concern at Durham Dales CCG
PERFORMANCE: A Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield CCG board paper warns of “concern” over ambulance responses to red calls in 8 minutes.
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Innovative bowel cancer screening at South Tyneside
SERVICE DESIGN: South Tyneside District Hospital has become the first in the country to offer a new screening test to prevent bowel cancer.
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Northumberland, Tyne and Wear launches adolescent bipolar service
SERVICE DESIGN: Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust Has launched a new adolescent bipolar service
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Choose and Book under used in North Kirklees
PERFORMANCE: The latest performance board papers for North Kirklees CCG warn that the proportion of patients booked for their first outpatient appointment by their GPs using Choose & Book continues to show an “underperformance against the national standard”.
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NewsHSJ Live 29.5.2013: Variations in surgery survival rates
Concerns over variations in surgery survival and ‘friends and family’, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsReport reveals concern about using friends and family test in A&E
Trusts “consistently” raised concerns about using the controversial friends and family test in accident and emergency departments, according to research commissioned by the NHS and obtained by HSJ.
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NewsEmergency medicine taskforce established under health education 'mandate'
A taskforce has been established by Health Education England to investigate how it can incentivise trainee doctors to work in emergency medicine.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: Community engagement in Mid Devon
Examining the future of Tiverton and District Hospital after a meeting between commissioners and the public
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George Eliot gets £5m 'support'
FINANCE: George Eliot Hospital Trust received £5m in support funding to enable it to break even in 2012-13.
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NewsConservative policy group health questionnaire includes question on limiting GP visits
A questionnaire document distributed by the Conservative Policy Forum includes a question about limiting the number of times patients can visit their family doctor in a year.
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NewsGovernment plans 'talking' pilot to improve NHS culture
Nurses, doctors and other healthcare professionals could be expected to hold monthly sessions to discuss the pressures they face as part of a government backed initiative to improve culture and compassion across the NHS.
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Heatherwood and Wexham Park apologises over dirty mattress
PERFORMANCE: A patient at Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust complained after being placed on a mattress contaminated with urine in the trust’s accident and emergency unit.
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A&E slump sparks acute sector capacity review
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park is carrying out a capacity review after missing the four-hour accident and emergency standard for quarter four of 2012-13.