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Information strategy details: Lansley promises online GP access to 'end 8am rush'
The health secretary has promised patients easier interaction with GP practices, as he published the long awaited NHS information strategy today.
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Cambridgeshire Community Services must triple its membership
STRUCTURE: Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust needs to more than triple its membership in six months if it is to meet its target of 7000 members in October.
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Integration pioneer Torbay to merge
STRUCTURE: Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care Trust looks set to abandon its foundation trust ambitions and seek a merger.
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Night discharges controversy down to the time data was entered, says Barnet and Chase Farm
PERFORMANCE: The north London hospital trust was asked, like every other acute trust, to assess the number of discharges at night, in light of a report in The Times.
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Burns go-ahead for 2012 clinical excellence awards
NHS doctors will be able to get their 2012 round of Clinical Excellence Awards after health minister Simon Burns gave the go ahead.
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North East CSS passes checkpoint 2
STRUCTURE: The single commissioning support service for the North East has been told it has only “medium to low issues” by the NHS Commissioning Board.
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St George's earmarked as hub for south-west London pathology services
COMMERCIAL: The Tooting-based acute provider is to become the “hub” for pathology services serving the south-west’s GPs and four general hospitals.
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RCN prepared to battle government over regional pay plans
The Royal College of Nursing is “prepared to take the government on” in its plans to impose regional pay in the NHS, according to the college’s chief executive and general secretary Peter Carter.
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Day surgery could increase by 15pc say analysts
Most hospitals could increase the amount of day surgery they do by up to 15 per cent, according to health data analysts.
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Leeds Hospitals, Mid Yorks and York FT 'missing elective wait targets'
PERFORMANCE: NHS North of England has identified performance problems at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust and York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in its May board papers.
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Barnet Hospital gets gold accreditation for transient ischaemic attacks
PERFORMANCE: Barnet Hospital’s transient ischaemic attack service, which deals with ‘mini-strokes’, has been awarded gold accreditation by the North Central London Cardiovascular and Stroke Network and commissioners.
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Imperial appoints new chief operating officer
PERFORMANCE: The central London trust has appointed Steve McManus as chief operating officer, from the equivalent role at University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust.
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Birmingham trust introduces new skin cancer drug
Two patients at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham were among the first in the country to start receiving a new anti-cancer drug within days of it being granted a licence.
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Northumbria Healthcare named top hospital trust
PERFORMANCE: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has won an award for top hospital trusts.
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Oxford trust plans to invest in neo natal unit
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals Oxford Trust is planning to spend more than £3m extending its intensive care unit for newborn babies, to provide space for an extra 12 cots.
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Mixed-sex breaches rise across the NHS
The number of breaches of rules on mixed-sex NHS wards rose by 98 last month, according to new figures.
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George Eliot falls short on surplus
FINANCE: George Eliot Trust reported a £35,000 surplus for the final month of 2011-12, bringing its total for the year up to £45,000.
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George Eliot amber-green for governance
PERFORMANCE: George Eliot Hospital Trust awarded itself an amber-green risk rating for governance in quarter four after achieving all but two of its performance standards.
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Southampton surgeons pioneer new knee surgery technique
RESEARCH: Surgeons in Southampton have pioneered an operation to repair damaged knees without the need for a total replacement – halving recovery times.
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Governor elections for Mid Staffs
STRUCTURE: Elections will be held to fill six public vacancies on the council of governors at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust and candidates are being urged to come forward to represent their areas.