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Delayed transfers rises at two Warwickshire trusts
PERFORMANCE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust has blamed a rise in delayed transfers of care on a shortage of social workers.
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James Paget given clean bill of health
A Norfolk hospital has finally been given a clean bill of health by the Care Quality Commission after a concern over record keeping was addressed.
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PCTs predict underspend despite acute over-performance
FINANCE: Milton Keynes and Northamptonshire Cluster of PCTs is reporting it is on target to meet its financial budget this year despite significant over-performance by the region’s acute trusts.
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HSJ LocalMid Staffs in measles infection plea
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has asked patients and visitors who have had contact with someone with measles to stay away from the hospital.
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NewsPrivate providers in NHS 'likely' to escape toughest regulatory controls
Only a “very small” number of NHS services provided by private firms face the toughest regulatory controls, sector leaders have insisted following the publication of new Monitor guidance.
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NewsCommissioning board given default lead role on quality
The NHS Commissioning Board will have default responsibility for leading the response to a quality failure under plans for new quality surveillance groups.
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NewsPensioner cancer cases 'to treble by 2040'
The number of pensioners with cancer will treble by 2040, researchers suggest.
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BSUH reporting deficit after two months of 2012-13
FINANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust is reporting a deficit of £2.4m for June 2012.
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NewsNo fault compensation plan examined in Scotland
Patients in Scotland could be able to get compensation payouts on a no-fault basis if they are injured as a result of medical treatment.
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GP gains role on health and wellbeing board
WORKFORCE: A GP commissioner has been appointed as deputy chair of West Sussex’s emerging health and wellbeing board.
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Five overdue safety alerts at Aintree University 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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NewsLansley hails cancer care improvements
Treatment for cancer sufferers has undergone a “fantastic” improvement, the health secretary has said
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Directors leave Mid Yorks as its troubles escalate
WORKFORCE: The nursing director and medical director are leaving Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, it has announced, as it continues to face high-profile service problems.
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Four SW trusts sign up to research on admissions
RESEARCH: Four acute trusts in the South West are taking part in a study that aims to identify how decision making and clinical experience can reduce unnecessary admissions.
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NewsPublic urged to avoid 999 nuisance calls in Wales
A woman called for an ambulance after being bitten on the finger by a hamster, health officials have revealed.
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Two parties interested in taking over hospital block
COMMERCIAL: Western Sussex Hospitals Trust has received two responses to a request for plans to redevelop a surplus part of its estate at Southlands Hospital.
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NewsOnly 50 admissions for 'Olympic family' during games
London’s NHS saw only a minimal impact from the Olympic games, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsCircle outlines £8bn 'NHS growth opportunity'
Private health provider Circle named 32 trusts it viewed as constituting an “NHS growth opportunity” of more than £8bn in presentation to investors last year.
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NewsOFT investigates NHS hospitals sharing price data
The Office of Fair Trading has obtained assurances from eight NHS trusts that they will cease sharing commercially sensitive information about their private patient unit prices, it revealed this morning.