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Major improvement for Surrey on mixed sex target
PERFORMANCE: NHS Surrey recorded two breaches of the Department of Health’s rules on mixed sex accommodation during August, according to latest data.
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Chinese ‘mandarins’ visit Central Surrey Health
STRUCTURE: A top Beijing official and 12 regional Chinese government directors visited Leatherhead Hospital at the end of August in order to learn about social enterprise schemes.
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No mixed sex breaches for Kent Community Health
PERFORMANCE: Kent Community Health NHS Trust recorded no breaches of the Department of Health’s rules on mixed sex accommodation during August, according to latest data.
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Yeovil aims to discharge patients in time for lunch
PERFORMANCE: Staff at Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust have been working on a project which aims to get patients home for lunch.
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Norovirus drives increase in C diff at South Devon
PERFORMANCE: South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust has warned it is likely to exceed the limit for cases of Clostridium difficile in 2012-13.
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South Devon plans evening and weekend lists to tackle RTT backlog
PERFORMANCE: South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust is transferring some patients to an independent provider and planning to run weekend clinics in order to reduce its referral to treatment backlog in some specialties.
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Zero breaches of mixed sex rules by Surrey and Borders
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust recorded no breaches of the Department of Health’s rules on mixed sex accommodation during August, according to latest data.
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Hillingdon Hospitals downgrades savings forecast by £200k
FINANCE: Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust has revised its forecast savings downwards by £200,000, board papers reveal.
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Barnet and Chase Farm behind on savings
FINANCE: Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust is behind by £2m on its year-to-date savings target of £5.9m a board report reveals.
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CQC orders Mid Yorks to stop using day unit for longer stays
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has imposed an urgent legal restriction on the registration of Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, preventing it from using its Pinderfields Hospital day surgical unit for patient staying longer than 23 hours.
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Business services quango set to employ 8,000 commissioning staff
The 8,000-strong commissioning support workforce is set to be employed by the NHS Business Services Authority, HSJ has learned.
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NHS North West faces fresh probe over Morecambe Bay scandal
PERFORMANCE: NHS North West is facing formal investigation over allegations that it failed to respond adequately to a series of infant and maternal deaths at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust, HSJ understands.
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Portsmouth system plans integrated provider
STRUCTURE: NHS leaders in Portsmouth have agreed in principle to set up an integrated care organisation to provide services for frail elderly patients across primary, community and acute care.
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Troubled Barnsley CCG set to get delegated powers
STRUCTURE: The emerging single clinical commissioning group in Barnsley - which is significantly behind development in most of the country - looks set to be handed delegated budgets and responsibility.
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NHS Commissioning Board admits recruitment diversity problem
The NHS Commissioning Board has admitted problems recruiting a diverse workforce, and said it will try to ensure the trend stops.
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Serco admits staff falsified records
COMMERCIAL: A private sector provider has admitted that staff working on its GP out-of-hours service in Cornwall altered performance data.
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Mid Cheshire plans £6.9m cost reductions
FINANCE: The £168m turnover foundation trust has planned for £6.9m of cost reductions this year and £0.7m of income growth, its latest three year plan shows.
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Joint MD appointed to Cheshire and Merseyside CSUs
WORKFORCE: Tim Andrews has been announced as managing director of the Merseyside Commissioning Support Unit.
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Ambulance service revises controversial savings plan
FINANCE: Controversial planned cost-saving changes to ambulance services in the East of England are being revised after an unexpected rise in demand.
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Leicester Trust to spend £2m to fill staff shortages
WORKFORCE: The University Hospitals of Leicester Trust is to spend approximately £2m recruiting extra nursing staff after a review identified a shortage across the trust.