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Yeovil FD leaves after 18 years
WORKFORCE: Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust finance director Libby Walters is leaving the trust after 18 years.
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Patient records security worries MP
The security of patients’ records is being put at risk by the decision of hospital trusts to outsource their administration to overseas’ companies, an MP claimed.
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Solent Trust on target for waits
PERFORMANCE: Solent Trust was rated green on all but one of its waiting times targets in the first quarter of 2012-13.
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Interserve gains Leicestershire preferred bidder status
COMMERCIAL: Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland cluster of PCTs have appointed Interserve as the preferred bidder for a major NHS estates contract.
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Peterborough and Stamford forecasts reduced deficit
FINANCE: Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust is reducing its forecast deficit from over £54m to £52.5m - and has pushed back the date when it is likely to need external funding to December.
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Guy's and St Thomas' tightens procedure for 'ethical' donations
STRUCTURE: Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust has drawn up a memorandum of understanding “regulating the types of contributions it was appropriate to accept or refuse on proper ethical grounds, as a result of fundraising across King’s Health Partners.”
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Epsom and St Helier misses emergency readmission target
PERFORMANCE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust is breaching the emergency readmission to A&E target, with a rate of 7.3 per cent againt an organisational target of 5.8 per cent.
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Guy's and St Thomas' A&E software fails
PEFORMANCE: Symphony, the IT system used in Guy’s and St Thomas’ A&E, stopped sending follow-up letters to GPs, board papers reveal.
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New finance director for St George's Healthcare Trust
WORKFORCE: St George’s Healthcare Trust has appointed Steven Bolam as it new director of finance, performance and informatics.
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Patients rate Heatherwood higher than Wexham Park
PERFORMANCE: Berkshire patients are more likely to recommend Heatherwood Hospital than Wexham Park, feedback from NHS Choices has shown.
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Public meeting over Worcestershire service review
STRUCTURE: A public meeting has been held in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire over plans to reconfigure acute services in the county.
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Acute overspend worries Herts Valleys
FINANCE: A £2.9m overspend on acute services in the first three months of the financial year is causing concern at Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group.
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18-week target met by Peterborough and Stamford
PERFORMANCE: Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust managed to meet the 18 referral to treatment standard for admitted patients in July, although the board heard there were still challenges in sustaining it.
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CQC criticises Broomfield Hospital for lack of planning
PERFORMANCE: Broomfield Hospital has been criticised for its use of care planning in a Care Quality Commission report.
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Essex primary care centre failed to carry out staff checks
PERFORMANCE: A diagnostic service run from a primary care centre in Essex has been criticised by the Care Quality Commission for not carrying out pre-employment checks on staff.
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Coventry and Rugby CCG appoints new members
WORKFORCE: Coventry and Rugby Clinical Commissioning Group have appointed a chairman and three new lay members to the their governing body.
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Lancashire Care appoints new NEDs
WORKFORCE: The foundation trust has appointed two new non-executive directors to replace Belinda Weir, who resigned earlier this year, and outgoing post-holder Sam Jones.
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New providers gain AQP responsibilities in Hertfordshire
SERVICES: New providers will be delivering services under any qualified provider in Hertfordshire from next month.
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Solent Trust overperforms on income
FINANCE: Solent Trust delivered a £5,000 surplus in June, keeping in line with its financial plan of £11,000 in the black for the year.
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Leicester Hospitals defends high number of complaints
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals of Leicester has received the highest number of complaints of all trusts in the East Midlands.