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NewsStrike fears build as union anger grows over public sector cuts
Rising fears of highly disruptive industrial action by NHS workers this autumn are revealed in documents seen by HSJ.
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NewsUnions to ballot members on appetite for industrial action
Nurses and other healthcare workers are among more than one million public sector workers who are going to be asked to vote on taking industrial action in a bid to protect their pensions.
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67 mixed sex accommodation breaches in three months at Salford Royal
PERFORMANCE: The foundation had 67 breaches of rules against mixed sex accommodation in the first three months of 2011-12, commissioners report.
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NewsSenior civil servant denies using 'clever tactics' to push through FTs
A civil servant responsible for the foundation trust pipeline has denied he was under political pressure from Number 10 to push through unsuitable trusts but admitted he was trying to get trusts to Monitor “as soon as possible”.
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NewsMid Staffs chair to stand down
The chair of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has announced he will retire in January after three years in the post.
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Monitor 'red risks' Morecambe Bay trust over maternity concerns
PERFORMANCE: A health trust whose maternity unit is at the centre of a police investigation has been issued a warning by Monitor, days after being rapped by the CQC for failing essential safety standards.
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NewsClinical commissioners need 'bold' approach, report claims
New clinical commissioning groups within the NHS must change the system and “deliver results”, a report by an expert group has claimed.
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NewsRebecca Leighton returned to nursing register but with restrictions
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has issued Stepping Hill nurse Rebecca Leighton with an interim order allowing her to work as a nurse but restricting her practice while it carries out a full investigation into the theft of drugs.
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46 mixed sex accommodation breaches in three months at UHSM
PERFORMANCE: The foundation had 46 breaches of rules against mixed sex accommodation in the first three months of 2011-12, commissioners report.
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St George's appoints new chair
WORKFORCE: St George’s Healthcare Trust have appointed a new chair.
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LeaderClare Gerada ups the stakes in her fight to ‘save’ the NHS
The unlikeliest and, perhaps, most powerful alliance affecting the delivery of the NHS reforms is between Royal College of GPs chair Dr Clare Gerada and what some might term the “old guard” of NHS managers who have wielded the greatest influence over the last decade.
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Royal Surrey County may share back office functions with Frimley Park
STRUCTURE: Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has announced a closer working agreement with Frimley Park NHS Foundation Trust.
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NewsCQC leadership failed to act with urgency
MPs have criticised the leadership of the Care Quality Commission for failing to stand up to ministers in the face of “unrealistic statutory obligations”.
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Kent and Medway Partnership ‘mostly comparable’ with other trusts
PERFORMANCE: Results from the 2011 community mental health survey show services provided by Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust “are mostly comparable with the rest of the country”.
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NewsDH will 'create pressure' to ensure quality - Easton
The Department of Health will increasingly place trusts under “high pressure” not to make cuts that damage services and to “encourage” the “right” actions.
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CQC gives Basingstoke trust a clean bill of health
PERFORMANCE: A Care Quality Commission compliance review has found that Basingstoke and North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust are meeting all the essential standards of quality and safety.
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New stroke rehab unit opens in West Kent
STRUCTURE: A £400,000 stroke unit has opened at a community hospital in West Kent.
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Chair praises new Tunbridge Wells Hospital
STRUCTURE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust chair Anthony Jones has described 2011 as a “tremendous year” for the trust.
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Mostly ‘good’ PEAT result for East Sussex Healthcare
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Healthcare received positive ratings for food, hospital environment and privacy and dignity in the annual Patient Environment Action Team (PEAT) results.
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Sussex Community Trust appoints NED
WORKFORCE: Sue Bucknall has been appointed as a non-executive director of the Sussex Community NHS Trust.