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Trust starts second push to tackle non-attendance
PERFORMANCE: Almost one in four South Essex Partnership University Foundation Trust patients failed to attend a first appointment with a consultant in January.
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CCG to review trust’s district nurse contract
COMMERCIAL: District nurses from Oxford Health Foundation Trust are likely to work 11,000 shifts above their contracted activity level this year because of huge patient demand.
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Trust gives smart phones to staff to access records
WORKFORCE: Central London Community Healthcare Trust has issued 181 smart phones to staff in areas such as physiotherapy, speech and language and occupational therapy after a trial showed multiple benefits.
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Trust monitors mental health unit following suicides
PERFORMANCE: Clinical governance experts are examining whether an action plan is being followed at a mental health unit where six inpatients took their own lives while on leave between April and December 2013.
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HSJ Live 30.03.2015: Challenge Top-down Change guide published
Jeremy Hunt indicates a future Conservative government would meet the £8bn called for by the NHS Five Year Forward View, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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Conservatives 'would meet NHS £8bn funding requirement'
The health secretary has suggested a future Conservative government would meet the NHS’s £8bn spending requirement for the next Parliament.
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Ed Miliband pledges cap on profits of independent providers in NHS
Ed Miliband has pledged that a Labour led government would impose a profit cap on private providers of NHS ‘clinical services’. He made the announcement at a speech to launch the party’s general election campaign in east London today.
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Leading trusts defy NHS England over 'out of area' referrals
Teaching hospitals are continuing to refuse ‘out of area’ referrals in defiance of new rules from NHS England.
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HSJ Live 27.03.2015: Labour would cap profits of private NHS providers
Ed Miliband pledges to halt ‘privatisation of NHS’ at election campaign launch, plus the rest of the day’s news and comment
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United Lincolnshire out of special measures
PERFORMANCE: United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust has been taken out of special measures.
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Salford Royal made second 'outstanding' trust
PERFORMANCE: Salford Royal Foundation Trust has been rated ‘outstanding’ following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission.
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Create patient safety body straight after election, say MPs
An independent national patient safety organisation to investigate clinical incidents in the NHS should be created immediately after the election, a committee of MPs has said.
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East Sussex rated 'inadequate' by CQC
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust has been rated as ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission.
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Training framework to support managers needed, Change Challenge finds
Interactive guide to be published on Monday
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New finance director for Imperial
WORKFORCE: Imperial College Healthcare Trust has appointed a new finance director.
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CQC drops risk ratings from GP monitoring
The Care Quality Commission will no longer be risk rating GP practices as part of its intelligent monitoring process.
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Full HCA registration 'inevitable', says care review author
New training standards for healthcare assistants should be made mandatory as part of a journey towards ‘inevitable’ full registration of the care workforce, the author of the Cavendish review has said.
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A&E pharmacists pilot gets national rollout
More than 50 pilot sites will take part in a national trial of clinical pharmacists in accident and emergency departments.
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CQC 'shines spotlight' on outstanding care
The Care Quality Commission has said it is ‘shining a spotlight’ on good and outstanding NHS care with a new report.
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South West trust launches overseas recruitment drive
WORKFORCE: Weston Area Health Trust has hired six nurses from Spain following an overseas recruitment campaign this month, bringing the numbers of overseas nurses working at the acute provider to 28 this year.