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Nottingham exceeds A&E assessment time target by 100 per cent
PERFORMANCE: The trust is taking twice as long to assess patients admitted to accident and emergency as it should be.
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Chief nurse mentioned in honours list
WORKFORCE: Hilary Chapman, chief nurse and operating officer at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, has become a CBE
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2gether ahead on surplus
FINANCE: 2gether Foundation Trust is reporting a surplus of £2.2m, £946,000 ahead of plan.
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Salford Royal manager recognised in New Year honours
WORKFORCE: A human resources services manager at the foundation has received an MBE in the new year honours list.
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Gong for CUH estates director
WORKFORCE: Richard Howe, former executive director of estates and facilities at Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust, has been awarded an OBE for services to the NHS.
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East Lancs midwife gets OBE
WORKFORCE: Sheena Byrom, a consultant midwife at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, has been awarded an OBE for services to midwifery.
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Liverpool PCT chair gets OBE
WORKFORCE: NHS Liverpool chair Gideon Ben-Tovim has been awarded an OBE for services to health.
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Sheffield Children's diabetes study nears end
PERFORMANCE: A four-year £1m study, led by Sheffield Children’s Foundation Trust, to assess whether education improves the long term health of children with diabetes is nearing an end.
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Social care 'not fit for purpose'
The social care system has been branded “not fit for purpose” after figures revealed elderly people are paying up to £7,000 a year for home care services.
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Lansley vows to reduce readmissions
Emergency readmissions among NHS patients soared under the last Labour government, according to official figures.
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Sexual health services should offer alcohol advice
GP commissioners and councils should in future ensure sexual health services include interventions targeted at cutting alcohol consumption among young people, according to a report published today.
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DH agrees funding for HealthWatch pathfinders
The government has finally agreed to provide £3.5m funding for the development of local HealthWatch organisations. However, concerns remain that the organisation is being “set up to fail” under current plans.
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NHS Confederation calls for end to hospital-or-bust NHS
At least one in four NHS patients would be better off being treated at home under new community-based services, the head of the NHS Confederation has said.
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Patients launch legal action as trust reviews services
PERFORMANCE: A group of almost 20 patients and relatives are planning to launch legal action against a struggling West Midlands trust, claiming their treatment was a breach of the Human Rights Act.
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Mid Staffs lawyers make recommendations for future of the CQC
Care Quality Commission chief executive Cynthia Bower showed a “cynicism” that may not have helped the organisation get off to a good start, counsel to the Mid Staffordshire Public Inquiry has suggested in closing submissions.
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Rise in number of hospital infections
More people than ever picked up infections while spending time in hospitals last year, it has been reported.
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Field's Future Forum report to call for GPs to move into 'bigger organisations'
NHS Future Forum chair Steve Field has called for GPs to work in “federations or in bigger organisations”, and to focus on integration of services, ahead of the publication of the review group’s advice to the government.
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NHS private income cap 'to be lifted'
Health service reforms will pave the way for NHS hospitals to earn up to half of their income from private work, it has been reported.
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Cameron 'set to back minimum alcohol price'
David Cameron will overrule Cabinet colleagues to push through plans setting a minimum price for alcohol, it has been reported.
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Wirral among worst in country for referral to treatment times – DH report
PERFORMANCE: The trust was among the 10 worst in the country on referral-to-treatment waiting times in September, according to the Department of Health’s latest quarterly report.