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Getting clinicians to speak up is the real key to fighting poor care
To the list of life’s certainties, Benjamin Franklin might have added the change from strong to light-touch public sector regulation and back again.
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Application of liberty safeguards 'inconsistent'
Legislation designed to safeguard people deemed incapable of making decisions is being applied inconsistently across England, figures suggest.
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Berkshire East system 'failing' as concerns voiced over Heatherwood and Wexham Park
PERFORMANCE: The health system in the Berkshire East area has been described as “failing” by the South Central strategic health authority, which highlighted particular concerns around maternity services at Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust.
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Outer north east London submits proposal to pilot 111 scheme
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust cluster, which consists of Waltham Forest, Barking & Dagenham, Redbridge and Havering PCTs, has submitted a business plan to pilot the 111 non-emergency number in London.
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South Central SHA cuts back informatics team
STRUCTURE: The South Central strategic health authority is reducing its informatics function, cutting the number of strategy delivery management posts within the team from 2.8 whole time equivalents to a single full-time member of staff.
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Liver transplant patients could hit 4,000 by 2020
More than 4,000 people in England may need a liver transplant by 2020 because of hepatitis C, experts have warned.
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Mental health patient suicides halve in volume
Suicide among NHS inpatients in England with mental health problems has more than halved in 11 years, figures show.
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Foundations reap income from transferred services
Foundation trusts have taken on community services with an annual income value estimated at £2.4bn for 2011-12, Monitor figures released to HSJ reveal.
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HSJ Local
Nutrition concerns at University Hospitals Bristol
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has raised moderate concerns about nutritional standards at the University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Croydon could be next for London 111 pilot
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust, part of the the south west London cluster, has submitted a business plan to pilot the 111 non-emergecy number in London.
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Oxford Radcliffe falls short on nutrition standard
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has called for improvements in care at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, after finding that the food and drink provided was not meeting patients’ dietary needs.
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Inspectors find concerns over elderly care at Cambridge University FT
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has found “minor concerns” in how older people are treated at Addenbrooke’s Hospital
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Issues raised by DH and SHA over Cambridgeshire and Peterborough cluster
STRUCTURE: The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough primary care cluster has been criticised for a lack of “true collaborative working”.
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HSJ Local
Decisions on the organisational form of seven London trusts due in September
STRUCTURE: Seven London acute trusts are due to have decisions made about their future organisational form in September, an NHS London planning document says.
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Poor reporting on quality 'letting down' NHS - Sir Bruce
Dozens of hospitals, most of them run by the independent sector, have been criticised by the NHS medical director after failing to report information against a key quality priority.
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HSJ Local
Performance on targets costing West Suffolk £350,000 in first quarter
FINANCE: Failure on performance targets have cost West Suffolk Hospital Trust £350,000 in the first quarter of the financial year, according to a board report.
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CCP calls in London mega-merger for scrutiny
The Co-operation and Competition Panel today called in the merger of Barts and the London, Whipps Cross and Newham hospitals for further scrutiny.
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Savings plans' impact on quality worries managers
More than half of senior NHS managers fear savings plans will have a negative impact on quality, an HSJ survey has found.
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Lewisham Healthcare and London Ambulance Service told to prove patient safety assurances as they work toward FT status
WORKFORCE: London Ambulance Service and Lewisham Healthcare Trust have been asked to provide more information on workforce issues by NHS London.
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DH to create two temporary arm's length bodies
The government plans to set up two temporary special health authorities in the autumn to “support a smooth and safe transition” to the new NHS landscape.