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Nursing posts under threat at Hinchingbrooke
Nearly 50 nursing posts could be axed at a trust taken over by the private sector earlier this year, HSJ has discovered.
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Junior doctors complain of 'bullying culture' at trust
An investigation has been carried out at a teaching hospital after junior doctors complained of a bullying culture and unsafe practices.
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Competition to be limited between commissioning support units
The NHS Commissioning Board has said it will limit competition among commissioning support units for service contracts it is tendering itself.
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Five overdue safety alerts at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The trust had work overdue on five national patient safety alerts in July, latest Department of Health data show.
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New Legionnaires' outbreak confirmed
Samples from hot tub confirmed as strain legionella bacteria
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Commissioning board and Trust Development Authority directors handed responsibility for 2012-13 delivery
Senior leaders appointed to the NHS Commissioning Board and NHS Trust Development Authority are to take on ‘management responsibility’ for the delivery of NHS performance in 2012/13 from 1 October, six months before the abolition of PCTs and SHAs. This is in addition to existing respective responsibility for commissioning development ...
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Oxfordshire plans acute service restructure
STRUCTURE: Oxford University Hospitals trust is planning restructure local services care in a bid to cut delayed discharges.
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Calls for extra public health funding
The Department of Health will face widespread calls to increase the total budget for public health from the £2.2bn pledged by health secretary Andrew Lansley earlier this year.
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Mental health strategy launched in Scotland
A strategy which aims to improve people’s mental health and well-being has been launched in Scotland.
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Cataract surgery restrictions criticised
Sight-saving surgery is being wrongly restricted due to cost-cutting measures, it has been claimed.
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Trust chairman sparks food review after criticising ham sandwich
A West Midlands hospital has launched a review of its chilled food after the trust chairman told a public meeting the hospital’s ham sandwich “was the worst he had ever tasted”.
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Lincolnshire staff work to rule over pay
Maintenance staff at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust are working to rule today after their pay was cut by £1,700.
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Call for NHS 111 rollout slowdown undermined
Just eight clinical commissioning groups have asked the Department of Health for an extension to the deadline for the rollout of NHS 111, despite widespread calls for the process to be slowed down.
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Elective activity through the roof in Birmingham cluster
PERFORMANCE: GP referrals in the Birmingham and Solihull area are 32 per cent above plan in May this year, with other activity level indicators also showing significant overperformance.
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Commissioning support units to collaborate on key intelligence services
Details have been released of how commissioning support units will collaborate to provide some essential services at scale.
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Letter reveals uncertainty hanging over quality observatories
Regional quality observatories - set up to monitor and improve service standards - may come to an end when strategic health authorities are abolished next year, a letter reveals.
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Cluster asks GPs not to refer to major teaching hospital until 2013
PERFORMANCE: The medical directors of NHS South West London have asked GPs in the cluster not to refer some patients to St George’s Healthcare Trust because of a waiting times backlog.
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3.2pc of Pennine Care diagnostic waits over six weeks
PERFORMANCE: 3.2 per cent of patients awaiting diagnostic tests from the trust in June had been on its waiting list for more than six weeks, against a national target that fewer than 1 per cent of patients should wait that long.
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5.4pc of East Cheshire Trust diagnostic waits over six weeks
PERFORMANCE: 5.4 per cent of patients awaiting diagnostic tests from the trust in June had been on its waiting list for more than six weeks, against a national target that fewer than 1 per cent of patients should wait that long.