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Junior doctor numbers tripled at struggling A&E
Extra government funding will be used to trebled the number of junior doctors at the accident and emergency department of a trust affected by the closure of services at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, it has been announced.
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Ambulance Service records highest absence rate in region
WORKFORCE East of England Ambulance Service Trust had the highest average sickness absence rate for the first three months of 2013 across the East of England region, according to HSJ analysis of official data published in July.
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Taunton chief welcomes scrutiny by chief inspector
PERFORMANCE: The chief executive of Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust has welcomed the trust’s inclusion in the first wave of hospitals to be inspected under the new chief inspector of hospitals’ regime.
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Wales braced for hospital care review decision
A panel of experts is set to reveal its findings on divisive proposals to overhaul hospital services in west Wales.
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St Helens and Knowsley plans £15.4m savings in 2013-14
FINANCE: St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals Trust aims to make cost improvement programme savings of £15.4m in 2013-14.
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South London and Maudsley IAPT services sees increase in advice calls regarding sexual abuse
PERFORMANCE: South London and Maudsley’s Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies services have seen an increase in calls regarding historical sexual abuse, board papers report.
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South West hospitals perform well against SHMI
PERFORMANCE: Five trusts in the south west had higher than expected mortality under the standardised hospital mortality indicator.
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North Essex Partnership extends mental health support phone line
PERFORMANCE North Essex Partnership and Mid Essex Mind, has secured funding to extend an out of hours mental health support line service it has been piloting for the last year.
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Complaints stay level year-on-year at South west London and St George's Mental Health Trust
PERFORMANCE: Complaints have stayed level year-on-year at South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust, a board report reveals.
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Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust planning to re-model community services
STRUCTURE: Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust is planning to re-structure Enfield community services, which it took over in the Transforming Community Services programme in 2010.
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Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust sets up new services after GP concerns
PERFORMANCE: Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust has set up two new services in response to access concerns from GPs.
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HSJ Live 24.9.2013: Ed Miliband pledges to 'rescue the NHS'
Labour leader blames fragmentation of services on the current government, and describes mental health as a “one nation issue”.
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Exclusive: Loss-making UnitedHealth UK plans rebrand
UnitedHealth is to wind up its UK arm and plans to shift staff into another subsidiary with a more pan-European focus, HSJ understands.
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Monitor warning on foundations' A&E performance
The number of NHS foundation trusts failing to meet the target for seeing patients within four hours of arriving at accident and emergency departments has doubled in the last year.
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Cambs and Peterborough CCG faces 'significant financial challenge'
FINANCE: The clinical commissioning group which has put up to £800m of older people’s services out to tender is reporting it faces a “significant financial challenge”.
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Exclusive: London A&Es already struggling before winter pressures begin
Emergency performance in London has declined sharply since mid August, and has now fallen to a level not normally seen until December, a leaked report shows.
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HSJ at the Labour conference – follow it live
Follow HSJ’s reporters, who are tweeting live from the Labour conference in Brighton
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Health experts to 'mine' GP notes
British researchers have begun work analysing doctors’ notes in a “big data” project which it is hoped could revolutionise healthcare and treatments.
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Great Western 'disappointed' over A&E bail out
FINANCE: The chief executive of Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust has expressed her disappointment that the trust missed out on a share of the government’s accident and emergency bailout fund.