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Bradford and Airedale CCG reviewing special needs services
STRUCTURE: Bradford and Airedale CCG has launched a consultation in partnership with Bradford Council to review local services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.
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Manchester cancer 'board' to replace network
STRUCTURE: A cancer providers board is to be set up in Greater Manchester and Cheshire to replace the existing cancer network. All trusts which want to provide cancer services will be expected to belong.
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Manchester scientists in tumour gene breakthrough
RESEARCH: Scientists from Manchester Biomedical Research Centre at St Mary’s Hospital and the University of Manchester have identified a new gene responsible for causing a common tumour affecting the brain and spine. Although these spinal meningiomas can be removed by surgery, they can reoccur and sometime run in families.
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New neuro unit for East Lancs
SERVICES: Childrens’ specialist neurodevelopment services are to be brought together in a new unit at East Lancashire Hospitals Trust.
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Three north west trusts to collaborate on 'sustainability'
STRUCTURE: Three trusts to the south of Manchester are to work more closely together.
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Hopes for no more C Diff at Lancs Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust is hoping to see no more C difficile cases in the last weeks of the financial year.
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Brighton and Sussex has lost 492 bed days to norovirus
PERFORMANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has seen 493 bed days lost to norovirus so far this financial year with 225 patients and 55 staff members affected.
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Queen Victoria told to improve record keeping
PERFORMANCE: The Queen Victoria Hospital Foundation Trust has been told to improve its record keeping by the Care Quality Commission.
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DTOC review at Sussex Partnership
PERFORMANCE: Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust has launched a review of delayed transfer of care after the number soared to the highest since it became a foundation trust.
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HSJ Live 13.3.2013: Nicholson and Hunt speak at the Innovation Expo
Sir David Nicholson speaks about culture at the Healthcare Innovation Expo, where Jeremy Hunt is also due to talk, and revelation of the new NHS GP deputy medical director.
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Most chairs back Francis's recommended rules for board members
Nearly three-quarters of hospital and mental health provider chairs back the introduction of a “fit and proper person test” for membership of trust boards
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Trust chairs believe there are other Mid Staffs-type failures
“A small number” of trusts are failing in a similar way to Mid Staffordshire, HSJ survey finds
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Aggregate hospital ratings 'risk leaving out what matters'
A study into quality ratings for hospital trusts has found that single organisational measures - which are being explored by the government - “run the risk of leaving out what matters to patients with specific conditions”.
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DH accepts mortality data 'around' during Nicholson's Mid Staffs oversight
Hospital-level mortality rates were “around at that time” when Sir David Nicholson was chief executive of the heath authority overseeing the Mid Staffordshire Trust, the Department of Health has accepted to HSJ.
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Morecambe Bay Inquiry chair revealed
PERFORMANCE: The independent inquiry into poor care at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust will be led by Dr Bill Kirkup CBE, local MPs have revealed.
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Regulator demands action over Hull Infirmary assessment unit
PERFORMANCE: Hull Royal Infirmary is not always ensuring safe care for patients in its acute assessment unit, a Care Quality Commission inspection has found.
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CSUs see chance for new business in wake of Francis
Commissioning support units are strengthening their quality assurance services in response to the Francis report on Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, HSJ has learned.
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CQC: NHS 'failing dementia patients'
The health and social care system is “struggling” to care properly for people with dementia, the health watchdog said.
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HSJ Live 12.3.2013: Are there more Mid Staffs?
Trust chairs believe there are other Mid Staffs-type failures and the rest of the today’s news
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Government drops controversial clause from NHS competition rules
The Department of Health has amended key sections of controversial secondary legislation covering the contracting out of NHS services.