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News
Exclusive: Weakest CSUs given three months to improve
Struggling commissioning support units are to be given just three months to improve their business practices or face intervention by the NHS Commissioning Board, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ Local
Colchester busts C diff limit
PERFORMANCE: Colchester University Hospital Foundation Trust has exceeded its maximum number of C difficile cases for the year and will be red rated by Monitor.
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HSJ Local
Capacity severely affecting elective work at Basildon
PERFORMANCE: Capacity problems have left an Essex foundation trust unable to carry out most elective work for over two months – with only cancer, day case and urgent work being done.
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HSJ Local
Inappropriate admissions issue for Colchester
PERFORMANCE: One of the trusts at the centre of a mortality investigation has said that it needs to work to reduce inappropriate admissions, especially for patients who are terminally ill.
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Leader
MPs’ push for flexibility should end underspending
There is mismatch between how FTs and the DH manage spending
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HSJ Local
Review concludes Basildon short of senior pharmacists
STRUCTURE: An overhaul of pharmacy services at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust could see more senior pharmacists employed.
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HSJ Local
Review reports on Basildon children's surgery
STRUCTURE: The question of whether children’s surgical services at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust should continue in their present form has been raised by an external review.
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HSJ Local
Kent and Medway closes Trinity Road facility
STRUCTURE: Kent and Medway Partnership NHS and Social Care Foundation Trust has vacated one of its properties because it has judged it is not fit for purpose.
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HSJ Local
New managing director sought by Sussex Partnership
WORKFORCE: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking applicants for a new post of managing director of adult mental health services.
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HSJ Local
Now Herts Community Health expects £1m surplus
FINANCE: Hertfordshire Community Trust expects to end the year with a surplus of £1.05m against a plan of £1.23m.
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HSJ Local
East and North Herts records £760,000 surplus
FINANCE: East and North Hertfordshire Trust had a year-to-date surplus of just £0.76m at the end of January - £3.60m behind plan.
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HSJ Local
BSUH upgrading radiotherapy machines
STRUCTURE: The NHS in Sussex is improving its radiotherapy provision with the replacement and upgrading of four current linac machines at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton by the end of 2014.
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HSJ Local
Small surplus prediction from Basildon
FINANCE: Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust Is expecting to end the year with a small surplus of around £200,000.
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HSJ Local
Community mental health move in Kent
STRUCTURE: Kent and Medway Partnership NHS and Social Care Foundation Trust has relocated a raft of community services in Dartford.
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HSJ Local
C Diff breached at Herts Community Trust
PERFORMANCE: Breaching the yearly target for clostridium difficile cases has led to a red rating for Hertfordshire Community Trust.
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HSJ Local
No criminal offences following Kent neuro investigation
PERFORMANCE: Kent police say no criminal offences took place at a hospital unit at the centre of an investigation into patient care.
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HSJ Local
More diagnostics at North Lincs and Goole
SERVICE DESIGN: More patients are to receive diagnostic tests at Goole and District Hospital due to new services being introduced by the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
New observation unit at Scarborough
STRUCTURE: York Hospitals trust has invested in a new high observation bay for Scarborough Hospital.
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HSJ Local
Northumbria Healthcare income boost
FINANCE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has reported a “substantial” over-performance to November 2012 with an extra £5.4m on its NHS North of Tyne contracts, £3.25m of which is within Northumberland care trust.
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HSJ Local
Northumberland ambulance performance problems
PERFORMANCE: The NHS North of Tyne board has been warned over “deteriorations in performance” over recent months in ambulance response times particularly within the Northumberland Care trust area.