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New pharmacy to reduce outpatient wait
STRUCTURE: A new pharmacy at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary should help reduce waiting times for outpatients, say managers.
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Nicholson opens 'advanced' Wirral GP practice
STRUCTURE: NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has formally opened the new premises of a Wirral GP partnership, at which national commissioning leader James Kingsland is a senior partner.
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Poor social care providers should be named says Midlands council
A Midlands county council has proposed naming and shaming providers of poor care in a shake-up of adult social services.
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C diff outbreak at West Suffolk
PERFORMANCE: Four cases of c difficile infection on a stroke ward in West Suffolk Hospital is being investigated as an outbreak, NHS Suffolk board was told.
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Herts trust reviews neonatal never event
PERFORMANCE: A case of MRSA in a neonate has sparked an internal ‘never event’ review at East and North Hertfordshire Trust.
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Cambridgeshire redesigns sexual health services
SERVICES: NHS Cambridgeshire is developing and redesigning its sexual health and contraceptive services to improve patient choice and reduce health inequalities.
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Lynne Wigens appointed at Ipswich
WORKFORCE: Lynne Wigens has been appointed director of nursing and quality at Ipswich Hospital Trust.
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West Suffolk invests in cataract treatment
SERVICES: West Suffolk Hospital has invested £125,000 in new equipment which improve cataract surgery.
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Peterborough and Cambridgeshire PCT cluster gets new chair
WORKFORCE: John Barratt is to take over as chair of the Peterborough and Cambridgeshire PCT cluster after Maureen Donnelly accepted a post as lay chair designate of a CCG.
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Troubled mental health trust had 'centralist' culture
Mental health trust Avon and Wiltshire Partnership should put its foundation trust application on hold while it deals with its “centralist, top down and target driven” culture, an independent review has concluded.
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Support confirmed for four types of clinical network
Clinical networks covering four condition-areas will be centrally-funded and hosted by the NHS Commissioning Board, it confirmed today.
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Medway FT does not expect surplus till 2013-14
FINANCE: Medway NHS Foundation Trust’s plan for 2012-15 says it expects to end the current financial year in deficit.
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High Court stops Alder Hey taking action against 'whistleblower'
A High Court injunction has been issued to prevent Alder Hey Children’s Foundation Trust from staging a meeting which could have led to the dismissal of a paediatric surgeon who had raised concerns about safety.
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MPs back FTs over open government level playing field
The government must ensure public sector bodies like NHS trusts are not hampered by Freedom of Information (FoI) rules and can compete on a “level playing field” with private providers, say MPs.
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Easton: we must tackle cost-cutting masked as efficiency
The NHS’s efficiency chief has warned some health economies are resorting to simple cost-cutting rather than finding genuine efficiency savings and carrying through major service reconfiguration.
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Medway FT expected to end 2011-12 with deficit
FINANCE: Medway NHS Foundation Trust was expecting to end the previous financial year with a small deficit, according to council of governor papers from June.
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North Cumbria midwives warn staffing changes could harm care
WORKFORCE: Proposed changes to maternity staffing at North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust could harm patient care and prompt an exodus of skilled midwives, unions have warned.
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Cluster could delay GP funding redistribution to avoid 'destabilising' practices
FINANCE: NHS South West London might delay a redistribution of Personal Medical Services funding to avoid “destabilising” practices in Wandsworth and Croydon.
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Patients waiting longer to see GP - Labour
Patients are being forced to wait for as long as three weeks to see their GP after practices have reduced their evening and weekend appointments, Labour said.
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New HealthWatch England chair announced
Anna Bradley, chair of the General Optical Council, is to chair HealthWatch England, it was confirmed today.