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Luton and Dunstable appoints medical director
WORKFORCE: Mark Patten has been appointed as medical director at Luton and Dunstable Hospital Foundation Trust.
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Colchester red-rated on C. Diff
PERFORMANCE: Three C. difficile cases may lead to Monitor red-rating Colchester Hospital Foundation Trust for governance.
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Shortage of safeguarding staff in Luton and Peterborough
PERFORMANCE: A significant fall in the number of staff undergoing training in safeguarding children in Luton and Peterborough is causing concern for Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust.
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Basildon and Thurrock exceeds MRSA target
PERFORMANCE: Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust exceeded its yearly target for MRSA infections when a fourth case was confirmed two days before the end of the financial year.
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Non-attenders cause problems for South Essex
PERFORMANCE: Patients not attending appointments are causing problems for the South Essex Partnership University Foundation Trust.
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough has £1.2m surplus
FINANCE: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust had a surplus of £1.2m, including impairments, in the last financial year, according to its draft accounts.
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Southend breaches C. diff target
PERFORMANCE: Southend University Hospital Foundation Trust has breached its C. difficile target for the year, the South Essex PCT cluster heard.
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CCGs choose in-house commissioning support ahead of outsourced services
Clinical commissioning groups are opting to host support functions in-house rather than outsource to “unproven” commissioning support services.
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Miliband: attacks on nursing are 'totally unfair'
Attacking the nursing profession over isolated examples of bad practice “is totally unfair”, Labour leader Ed Miliband has told HSJ’s sister title.
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Care bill to follow 'soon after' white paper
Document to include Law Commission recommendations and ‘market oversight’ measures
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Drug costs 'have to be secret' under new pricing system
Drug prices agreed under the government’s proposed new pricing system would have to remain secret if drug companies are to buy into it, a senior figure in the pharmaceutical industry has warned.
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'Concern' over pledge to give patients access to GP records
One of the leading figures in health information has cast doubt on the government’s ability to give all patients online access to their GP record by 2015.
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Heatherwood site has a long-term future, local bosses say
STRUCTURE: NHS bosses in Berkshire have confirmed that Heatherwood Hospital has a long-term future as part of the local health economy.
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Doctors voting on pensions strike action
Doctors across the UK have begun voting on whether to take industrial action for the first time in more than three decades.
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Schools could have health and wellbeing board role - Lansley
The health secretary has hinted that he would welcome the inclusion of schools among those represented on health and wellbeing boards.
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Birmingham community trust penalised over CQUIN
PERFORMANCE: Birmingham Community Healthcare received a £56,000 penalty for non-compliance with a Commissioning for Quality and Innovation target.
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Birmingham community trust overspends on temporary staff
WORKFORCE: Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust has reported that 7.9 per cent of its pay bill was going on temporary staff in March, against a target of 5 per cent.
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Analysed: reform of education and training budgets in London
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of the key issues facing the NHS’s major health economies. This week, HSJ looks at reform of education and training budgets in London.
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Ed Miliband calls on local wellbeing boards to 'defend NHS'
Labour leader Ed Miliband has called on health and wellbeing boards to “defend the NHS” from privatisation and increasing competition.
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DH promises 'openness and respect' in bid to reach outside groups
The Department of Health’s top priorities for the coming year include improving links with outside groups, partly as a response to concerns about failure to communicate the NHS reforms.