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2gether failing follow up target
PERFORMANCE: 2gether Foundation Trust hit the target for following up 95 per cent of patients within seven days of discharge from mental health inpatient units.
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Birmingham Women's relies on non-recurrent 'efficiencies'
FINANCE: Birmingham Women’s Hospital Foundation Trust has made a third of its efficiency schemes non-recurrently so far this year.
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New chief operating officer for West Suffolk FT
WORKFORCE: A former naval officer has been made the chief operating officer for West Suffolk Foundation Trust.
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South Norfolk CCG given 13 conditions for authorisation
STRUCTURE South Norfolk CCG clinical commissioning group (CCG) has been granted conditional authorisation with 13 conditions, the NHS Commissioning Board has announced.
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Hillingdon Hospitals above sickness absence target rate
WORKFORCE: Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust is exceeding its staff sickness absence target rate of three per cent for the year so far.
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Swindon CCG signs commissioning support deal
COMMERCIAL: Swindon Clinical Commissioning Group has signed a contract with Central Southern Commissioning Support Service worth £2.4m.
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South London Healthcare Trust ahead of plan on finance
FINANCE: South London Healthcare Trust is ahead of its forecast finance plan by £7.7m.
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West London Mental Health Trust on track to achieve surplus
FINANCE: West London Mental Health Trust is on track to achieve its year-end income and expenditure surplus of £3.4m, a report to the board said.
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Epsom and St Helier sickness rate above target
WORKFORCE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust’s sickness rate is above target for the year-to-date.
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RNOH plans to do 80 per cent specialist work
STRUCTURE: The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust is planning an 80/20 split of specialist and routine activity in the future, according to a commissioner strategy document.
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CQC finds North Bristol failing one standard
PERFORMANCE: Care Quality Commission inspectors found North Bristol Trust was not meeting standards on record keeping during a routine visit earlier this year.
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Croydon Health Services Trust behind on finance target
FINANCE: Croydon Health Services Trust is behind on its financial targets at month 10 of the financial year, a report to NHS London said.
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Fall in longer waits for Norfolk orthopaedic service
PERFORMANCE: Thirty five patients had to wait longer than two weeks for Norfolk’s orthopaedic clinical assessment and treat service in February – compared with 229 in January.
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Lancashire Teaching Hospitals FT elects new governors
WORKFORCE: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has elected four new governors Alan Morrow ,David Williams, June McGuire, and Maureen Bamber.
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HSJ Live 12.4.2013
How electronic solutions can improve primary care and the rest of today’s news
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HSE launches criminal probe into Mid Staffs patient death
A criminal investigation has been launched by the Health and Safety Executive into the death of a woman at Stafford Hospital in 2007.
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Health secretary working in hospital A&E
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt is working in Watford General Hospital’s accident and emergency department today as part of an initiative to give health ministers and officials frontline experience, HSJ has learned.
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Exclusive: NHS England could 'ratchet up' financial pressure on private mental health providers, analysts warn
Private mental health providers could see pressure on their profit margins “ratcheted up” by the centralisation of secure and specialised mental healthcare commissioning in the hands of NHS England, according to a new report by market analysts Laing and Buisson.
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Government approves £425m Royal Liverpool construction following delays
The government has approved a £425m private finance initiative rebuild of the Royal Liverpool Hospital, following delays.
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Clock stopped on FT merger investigation
COMMERCIAL: The first merger between two foundation trusts faces further delays after the Competition Commission “stopped the clock” on its investigation into the deal.