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Exclusive: National chief GP appointed by commissioning board
The NHS Commissioning Board had appointed a deputy medical director for primary care, HSJ has learned.
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Berwick will look at Francis report with 'a critical eye'
The NHS faces a fresh wave of reform recommendations this summer aimed at improving quality and safety, with two influential reviews triggered by the Francis inquiry due to report in the same month.
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Exclusive: Keogh mortality probe could be 'model' for chief inspector of hospitals
NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh hopes his review of care quality at 14 acute trusts will provide a model for the future chief inspector of hospitals.
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George Eliot Trust working on Lorenzo implementation
COMMERCIAL: George Eliot Trust is working with the Department for Health and IT contractor CSC to implement the Lorenzo electronic patient record system.
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East Sussex centralises maternity and children's services after 'calamity' warning
A hospital trust is to centralise its consultant-led maternity and paediatric inpatient services onto one site without consulting the public, after an expert team warned of “the potential for calamity”.
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Erratic performance on 111 services in Oxfordshire
PERFORMANCE: Performance of NHS 111 services in Oxfordshire have been “variable” over the winter due to issues around staffing availability and call distribution.
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Judging the real risks to the NHS
In the last decade the NHS has been in a permanent state of “crisis”
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Calderdale runs dentistry consultation
STRUCTURE: Calderdale CCG is asking its local population to feed into a consultation on the future of dental services across West Yorkshire
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Christie seeks commercial pathology tie up
CONTRACTING: The Christie Foundation Trust is in ‘competitive dialogue’ to find a partner to develop pathology services with, board papers reveal.
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Winter pressude led to surgery cancellation at East Lancs
PERFORMANCE: Winter pressures led to cancellation of elective surgery at East Lancashire Hospitals Trust – and this is expected to have a knock on effect on the 31 and 62 day cancer treatment targets in January.
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Lancs Hospitals misses four hour target in January
PERFORMANCE: The 95 per cent target for treating A&E patients with four hours was missed in January at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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New chair for Royal Wolverhampton
WORKFORCE: A chartered accountant has been appointed as chairman of The Royal Wolverhampton Trust.
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Barnsley CCG appoints three board members
Structure: Barnsley CCG has made three new appointment.
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Agency spending up at East Cheshire
FINANCE: East Cheshire Trust spent £4.3m on agency staff in the first eight months of this financial year – and if it continues this trend will have spent considerably more this year than last.
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Trust faces £1.5m fine for small C Difficile breach
PERFORMANCE: A trust which has had just one case of clostridium difficile cross infection this year faces a penalty of at least £1.5m for exceeding its target number of cases by three.
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Trauma stretching A&E at Brighton and Sussex
PERFORMANCE: A significant increase in trauma cases is stretching A&E services at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust and affecting its performance against the four hour target.
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Medway FT missed four hour target
PERFORMANCE: Medway Foundation Trust missed the four hour A&E target in January. But while nearly 93.5 per cent of people were treated, admitted or discharged within four hours one patient had to wait 19 hours and 36 minutes before being admitted.
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Royal Surrey records surplus
FINANCE: The Royal Surrey County Hospital Foundation Trust was £400,000 in surplus at the end of December – but made a loss of £200,000 in the month itself, reflecting a small number of working days and patients choosing not to have major surgery around Christmas. It has a revised planned ...
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Sussex Partnership short on savings
FINANCE: Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust has only made £8.7m of its planned £10.9m savings so far this financial year.
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£4.9m surplus at the Christie
FINANCE: The Christie Foundation Trust had a surplus of £4.9m at the end of December - £1.6m ahead of plan.