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East Sussex has HSMR of 101
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust performed slightly below expected for patient mortality rates, according to this year’s Dr Foster “hospital guide”.
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HSJ live: Reaction and analysis: Lewisham to retain a 'smaller' A&E unit
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced Lewisham Hospital will retain a smaller accident and emergency unit, with 24/7 “senior medical cover”, following advice from NHS medical director Bruce Keogh.South London Healthcare Trust will be dissolved by October 2013.
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Hunt gives hints on Francis response
The government’s response to the Francis report will set out how patient voice will be “at the heart” of what the NHS does in future, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has revealed.
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Exclusive: Leaked DH report signals national A&E shakeup
National officials are considering a major reorganisation of emergency services, including designating units as either “999 emergency departments” or “111 emergency departments”.
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Pennine Acute slashes surplus forecast
FINANCE: Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust has cut its forecast surplus for 2012-13 from £5.7m down to just £25,000, strategic health authority board papers show.
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Stockport FT placed in significant breach over A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Stockport Foundation Trust has been found in significant breach of its terms of authorisation for “successive failure” to meet national accident and emergency waiting standards.
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Mental health trusts told to improve PbR data
Mental health providers have been told they must improve the quality of their data reporting as part of a move to a payment by results funding system.
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Southampton acute demand skyrockets
PERFORMANCE: All measures of demand for acute services all significantly over plan in Southampton in October, latest primary care trust data shows.
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Telephone physio 'as effective'
Over-the-phone physiotherapy appointments could save time and money if rolled out across the NHS, a study suggests.
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A&E 'overstretched', says Labour
Hospital accident and emergency departments are overstretched and understaffed with patients forced to wait in ambulances just to gain admission, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has said.
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Full detail: Emergency care review seeks 'paradigm shift'
A Department of Health review of emergency and urgent care calls for a “paradigm shift” in the NHS’s approach to those services.
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Bolton FT deficit up to £11.3m at end of October
FINANCE: The foundation trust’s in-year deficit had increased to £11.3m by the end of October, according to its latest finance report.
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Bradford City CCG fully authorised
STRUCTURE: Bradford City CCG has been fully authorised in the second wave of authorisations by the NHS Commissioning Board.
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North East Essex CCG has been authorised with one condition
STRUCTURE North East Essex CCG has been authorised with one condition in the NHS Commissioning Board’s second wave of CCG authorisations.
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Sheffield CCG authorised with no conditions
STRUCTURE: Sheffield CCG has been authorised with no conditions in the second wave of CCG authorisation decisions.
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The Royal Marsden misses cancer referral target
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Marsden has failed to achieve the 85 per cent threshold for the 62-day standard of urgent referral to treatment, an NHS London report said.
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Homerton sees spike in non-elective episodes
PERFORMANCE: Homerton University Hospital saw an increase in non-elective episodes for the year-to-date, 9 per cent higher than last year.
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Barking, Havering And Redbridge Hospitals breaches health care associated infections target
PERFORMANCE: Barking, Havering And Redbridge Hospitals has breached its health care associated infections limit, according to an NHS London report, recording eight infections.
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Epsom And St Helier Hospitals breaches health care associated infections target
PERFORMANCE: Epsom And St Helier Hospitals University Trust has breached its health care associated infections limit, according to an NHS London report.
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Bart's Health Trust on course to miss Q4 A&E wait target
PERFORMANCE: Bart’s Health Trust is on course to miss the A&E four-hour wait target of 95 per cent for quarter four, a report reveals.