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Wexham Park Hospital expands AMU
STRUCTURE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust is investing more than £2.5m in reconfiguring wards, in anticipation of a rise in emergency attendances.
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Lincolnshire CCG accountable officers named
STRUCTURE: The designate accountable officers of the four clinical commissioning groups within Lincolnshire PCT have been announced.
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'Extreme' risk George Eliot will be unable to agree CIP
FINANCE: George Eliot Hospital Trust has recorded an “extreme” risk that it will be unable to agree its cost improvement plan for the current financial year.
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George Eliot £2.5m in the red amid rising demand
FINANCE: George Eliot Hospital Trust was £2.5m in the red at the end of August, £2.2m worse than planned.
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Winter beds remain open as South Warwickshire demand rockets
PERFORMANCE: An 11.5 per cent rise in emergency admissions has prevented South Warwickshire Foundation Trust from closing winter capacity as planned.
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'Outstanding turnaround' in stroke care at George Eliot
PERFORMANCE: George Eliot Hospital has reported an “outstanding turnaround” in it stroke performance.
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Public sector tax arrangements under fire
MPs have criticised the tax arrangements of some public sector workers.
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Health service in 'distress' after reforms
Government reforms have left the NHS in “distress”, GP leaders have said.
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Six outstanding patient safety alerts at Aintree
PERFORMANCE: The trust’s commissioners have reported that it has six overdue patient safety alerts.
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South West ambulance merger gets the go ahead
STRUCTURE: NHS South of England has approved the acquisition of Great Western Ambulance Service by South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust.
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Provisional data shows RTT waiting targets underperformance at Walton centre
PERFORMANCE: Provisional June data shows “underperformance” by the Walton Centre against national 18 week referral-to-treatment waiting targets, NHS Merseyside’s latest performance report states.
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Patient leaflets help reduce PCT waiting times by half
PERFORMANCE: A pilot project between Wolverhampton City PCT and charity Arthritis Research UK has halved waiting times for physiotherapy appointments and improved patient satisfaction.
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Nick Tupper appointed Doncaster CCG chair
WORKFORCE: GP Nick Tupper has been appointed chair of NHS Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group.
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Lay chair for Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield CCG
STRUCTURE: NHS Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield CCG has appointed a lay chair.
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Rising demand enables South Warwickshire to beat surplus target
FINANCE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust is beating its surplus target thanks to high activity levels.
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Hillingdon Hospitals £121k behind plan
FINANCE: A report to the board of Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust said the trust’s surplus at the end of month four was a surplus of £548,000, £121,000 behind plan.
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Mid Staffs appoints GP as non-executive director
WORKFORCE: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust council of governors have approved the appointment of a new non-executive director, Dr Lynne Hulme.
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Butterfly scheme to aid peaceful care in A&E
PERFORMANCE: Staff at the University Hospitals of Leicester have embraced a new scheme to show extra respect to the families of those who are dying or have died in the emergency department.
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Bury misses health checks target for Q1
PERFORMANCE: Just 830 people in NHS Bury’s catchment were offered health checks in the first quarter of 2012-13, against a target of 2,000, NHS Greater Manchester board papers show.
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St Helens and Knowsley Clostridium difficile cases above plan
PERFORMANCE: The trust currently has 11 recorded cases of Clostridium difficile infection in 2012-13 against a plan for the year to date of six, commissioner board papers state.