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Darent Valley introduces ‘virtual operator’
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust introduced voice recognition technology on 3 June.
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NW Surrey CCG sets out prospectus
FINANCE: North West Surrey Clinical Commissioning Group has published a “prospectus” outlining its likely areas for funding.
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North East London FT on track to hit Monitor performance metrics
STRUCTURE: North East London Foundation Trust is on-track to meet its Monitor metrics, board papers reveal.
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North East London behind on IAPT target after funding cut
PERFORMANCE: North East London Foundation Trust is behind on its Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies target after a funding cut, board papers reveal.
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HSJ Live 15.07.2013 This week is HSJ women's week
The week HSJ is celebrating women in healthcare. Meanwhile, the NHS braces itself for Sir Bruce Keogh’s report on 14 trusts with high mortality rates.
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FT merger decision exposes policy confusion
Policy surrounding NHS service change has been labelled a “mess” after the first merger between foundation trusts was blocked on the same day as NHS England’s chief executive demanded radical service reconfiguration nationwide.
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Hospital urges admin staff to volunteer as care assistants
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust is encouraging administrative staff to volunteer for work as care assistants on its wards.
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Berkshire CCGs apologise for Continuing Health Care hold-ups
PERFORMANCE: Slough Clinical Commissioning Group has written to Continuing Health Care claimants to apologise for delays to the assessment process.
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Capacity problems hit stroke care at Heatherwood FT
PERFORMANCE: Capacity pressures at Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust have been blamed for poor performance on stroke care.
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Berkshire reconfiguration places CCG's reputation at risk
STRUCTURE: There is an “extreme” risk that the failure to reconfigure acute services in East Berkshire could harm the reputation of Bracknell and Ascot Clinical Commissioning Group, board papers say.
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Agreement sought on integration fund rules
NHS England and the Local Government Association are jointly developing a set of criteria that councils must meet in order to receive a share of the new £3.8bn health and social care fund.
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Cambs and Peterborough FT appoints new CEO
WORKFORCE Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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Call for change to drug price rules
Progress towards personalised medicines is being held back by the way drug prices are set, it is claimed.
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South Essex Partnership University Foundation Trust appoints new CEO
WORKFORCE South Essex Partnership University Foundation Trust has announced its deputy chief executive Sally Morris is to be promoted to the top job.
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CQC accuses Southend of unsafe care
PERFORMANCE Southend University Hospital Foundation Trust is failing in a raft of core areas and exposing patients to unsafe and undignified care, according to a Care Quality Commission report.
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'Obesity epidemic bankrupting NHS' says Lord
An “obesity epidemic” is bankrupting the NHS, a former consultant surgeon has warned in the Lords.
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Basildon builds prefab ward to mitigate winter A&E challenge
PERFORMANCE Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust is procuring a prefabricated building to boost bed capacity in a bid to address its high mortality rate.
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CCG yet to publish a finance report
FINANCE: A clinical commissioning group is yet to publish a finance report, choosing to focus resources elsewhere in the immediate aftermath of the transition to the new NHS structure.
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Heatherwood trust falls nearly double the national average
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust has nearly twice the rate of patient falls when compared to the national average.
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Patients would recommend Heatherwood trust
PERFORMANCE: Two thirds of Heatherwood and Wexham Park patients said they were “extremely likely” to recommend the foundation trust to their friends and family.