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Norfolk Community Health exceeds MRSA target
PERFORMANCE: Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust has already exceeded its MRSA target for the year.
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Cambridge makes £800k loss
FINANCE: Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust made a loss of £800,000 in the first four months of the financial year.
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Herts Community Trust has four Clostridium difficile cases
PERFORMANCE: Hertfordshire Community Trust had four clostridium difficile cases in July
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Herts Community Trust finds care home solution to intermediate care
SERVICES: People requiring intermediate care are being looked after in three care homes in parts of Hertfordshire with expert input from the NHS.
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West Herts appoints contractor for Watford Health Campus
COMMERCIAL: Kier Property has been appointed as the preferred private sector partner on the Watford Health Campus.
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Queen Elizabeth expects savings underachievement of £1.5m
FINANCE: The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn Foundation Trust made a deficit of £167,000 in the year to date, its board heard.
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Never event at Queen Elizabeth
PERFORMANCE: The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn Foundation Trust reported a never event in July.
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Radiology unit modernised at Princes Alexandra
SERVICES: Modernisation of the radiology unit at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow is offering patients a better environment and service.
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Thoracic surgery innovation hailed at Papworth
SERVICES: Surgeons at Papworth Hospital have become the first in the world to use new technology which allows them to control scopes used in keyhole thoracic surgery.
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Slow start for Colchester on savings plan
FINANCE: Colchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust made a surplus of £0.3m in the first quarter - slightly ahead of the planned £0.2m - but its cost improvement plans for the year have got off to a slow start.
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Japanese visitors take inspiration from Cambridgeshire's rehabilitation unit
WORKFORCE: A renowned rehabilitation unit has played host to Japanese visitors who wanted to find out about its pioneering programme.
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New risk emerges for Cambridgeshire Community Services
PERFORMANCE: The risk that Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust will not be able to realise change from the “multiple important initiatives” it is engaged in has been added to the board assurance framework.
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North Essex consultant designs anti-anxiety app
SERVICES: An iPhone app to help people cope with anxiety and panic attacks has been designed by a consultant from North Essex Partnership Foundation Trust.
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Trust criticised over new Pembury bus deal
FINANCE: A Kent NHS trust has come under fire for reneging on a deal to fund buses bringing patients to its new hospital, saying it needed the money for frontline services.
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CCGs face temporary limits on authorisation
Dozens of clinical commissioning groups are expected to have “temporary” restrictions placed on them when they are authorised, HSJ understands.
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Exclusive: Private franchise not ruled out as trust seeks merger
STRUCTURE: West Middlesex University Hospital Trust has become the latest district general hospital to say it cannot make foundation trust status on its own and seek a merger partner. It has not ruled out a private franchise management deal.
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CSUs urged to delay private sector deals
Leading market figures now believe it is unlikely commissioning support units will enter long-term partnerships with private sector firms before 2014.
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Final sign-off for CCG authorisation to be put back a month
Clinical commissioning groups will be authorised a month later than previously planned, the NHS Commissioning Board has announced.
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Regional pay plans short-sighted - BMA
A group of NHS trusts has been accused of making “short-sighted” plans to introduce regional pay and conditions which would “undermine the national ethos of the NHS”.
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RCP: Hospitals are overcrowded and short-staffed
Hospitals are so full that elderly patients are being discharged in the middle of the night and routine blood tests are being conducted at 3am, the Royal College of Physicians has warned.