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'Don't think you're different to Mid Staffs staff,' warns Berwick
NHS staff should not be confident they would have acted differently to their counterparts at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, the man leading the government’s post Francis review of patient safety has warned.
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East Kent steps down from major incident status
PERFORMANCE: An unexpected and unexplained peak in inpatient demand is starting to ease at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust.
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Confed: NHS should avoid administration for trusts
More needs to be done to help financially-troubled hospital trusts before they face going into administration, according to NHS representatives and unions.
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High street shops to open at Bristol Royal Infirmary
COMMERCIAL: Four leading high street reatilers are to open stores in Bristol Royal Infirmary’s new Welcome Centre after signing contracts with University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust.
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North Bristol gets red rating
PERFORMANCE: North Bristol Trust has moved from an amber-red to a red rating under Monitor’s governance risk rating framework.
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Two South Warwickshire transformation schemes rated amber
PERFORMANCE: Two of South Warwickshire Foundation Trust’s transformation plans have been rated amber.
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New HR director for Royal Cornwall
WORKFORCE: Nick Macklin will be joining the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust as director of human resources and organisational development next week, board papers report.
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Hillingdon Hospitals on track to miss Q4 A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust is on track to miss its A&E waits target for the fourth quarter of the 2012-13 financial year, a report to the board revealed.
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East and North Herts looks to recruit 50 EU nurses
WORKFORCE: Fifty EU nurses could soon be working at East and North Herts Trust which is working with NHS Professionals to recruit them on ‘flexible work contracts.’
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Nurses to get 360-degree feedback in drive to improve appraisals
Nurses are to be asked to give feedback about the performance of their colleagues and seniors to contribute to appraisals, as part of a series of initiatives announced to improve nursing care quality.
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£3m to £4m surplus forecast for Sheffield Children's
FINANCE: Sheffield Children’s Foundation Trust saw its surplus drop by £0.6m to £3.3m in February – but it is still well above the plan of £1.3m.
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HSJ Live 16.4.2013: Don Berwick: Group will not be afraid to disagree with government or NHS leadership
Coverage of talks at two London conferences by Don Berwick, the Boston-based international expert on patient safety, who is carrying out a review of the NHS, in the wake of the Francis review, and the rest of today’s news.
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Mid Staffs placed in special administration
Scandal-hit Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been put into special administration by health sector regulator Monitor, it was announced this afternoon.
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Government backs liabilities of national NHS property firm
The Department of Health has announced it will fund any income shortfalls of its newly created NHS property company, in a move widely interpreted as aiming to assure private sector investors about their assets.
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Public wedded to NHS funding model
The public remain firmly committed to a free at the point of delivery NHS, but could potentially back charging patients in certain circumstances, according to a survey for the King’s Fund.
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Analysed: mental health providers for the South East Coast
This week’s HSJ Local Briefing investigates the changing picture of mental health services across the South East Coast region
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Midlands CCGs agree risk-sharing deal
FINANCE: Three clinical commissioning groups in the West Midlands have agreed to a plan to help them mitigate potential risks for the year ahead.
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Bristol trusts respond to service change 'anti-competitive' claim
COMMERCIAL: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust and North Bristol Trust are to start work to demonstrate the benefits to patients of their swapping services after the Co-operation and Competition Panel concluded it could be anti-competitive.
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Healthwatch chief admits delayed start for some areas
The chief executive of Healthwatch England has admitted some local branches are not yet established but said it will help resolve problems as “quickly as possible”, in an interview with HSJ.
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Child heart op death rates released
Mortality rates for all children’s heart surgery centres in England have been released following the temporary suspension of operations in Leeds.