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Lewisham Healthcare ups loan application to £12m

2012-09-14T17:48:00Z

FINANCE: Lewisham Healthcare Trust has increased the amount of working capital loan it is seeking from the Department of Health from £5m to £12m, board papers reveal.
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Claims against Lewisham Healthcare double

2012-09-14T17:47:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The number of legal claims made against Lewisham Healthcare Trust in the last quarter was nearly double the average over previous years, a report reveals.
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Lewisham Healthcare's FT bid delayed

2012-09-14T17:46:00Z

STRUCTURE: A report to the board of Lewisham Healthcare Trust said that the trust’s foundation trust application would now be discussed at the Department of Health’s October technical committee meetings, which would cause a “three month delay to either April or May 2013”.
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Barnet and Chase Farm investigates 'black breaches'

2012-09-14T17:41:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals are investigating a series of ‘black breaches’ in which the time from an ambulances arrival to the patient being formally handed over to the trust was longer than 60 minutes.
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Mid Yorkshire appoints new chairman

2012-09-14T17:40:00Z

WORKFORCE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust has appointed a new chair.
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Hillingdon Hospitals wins community opthamology contract

2012-09-14T17:32:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust has won a £2.2m contract for community opthamology in Hillingdon, board papers revealed.
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Hillingdon 'not making sufficient progress' on theatre utilisation

2012-09-14T17:31:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The chair of Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust has said it is not making sufficient progress on theare utilisation.
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London Ambulance Service pilots scheme to divert mental health patients from A&E

2012-09-14T16:27:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The London Ambulance Service Trust is piloting a scheme with Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust on a scheme to divert mental health patients from A&E.
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Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust invited merger bids from 39 trusts

2012-09-14T15:50:00Z

STRUCTURE: Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust issued an invitation to 39 providers for expressions of interest in merging with it, board papers reveal.
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Three care assistants charged with neglect at Whipp's Cross

2012-09-14T15:49:00Z

WORKFORCE: Three care assistants at Whipps Cross University Hospital have been charged with neglect.
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Exclusive: Private franchise not ruled out as trust seeks merger

2012-09-13T16:17:00Z

STRUCTURE: West Middlesex University Hospital Trust has become the latest district general hospital to say it cannot make foundation trust status on its own and seek a merger partner. It has not ruled out a private franchise management deal.
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Estates arm of Guy's and St Thomas' identifies £6m in extra income

2012-09-07T18:37:00Z

COMMERCIAL: The estates and infrastructure arm of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust believes there is potentially an extra £6m in profit to be made for the trust on “higher margin traded services”.
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Guy's and St Thomas' tightens procedure for 'ethical' donations

2012-09-07T18:14:00Z

STRUCTURE: Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust has drawn up a memorandum of understanding “regulating the types of contributions it was appropriate to accept or refuse on proper ethical grounds, as a result of fundraising across King’s Health Partners.”
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Epsom and St Helier misses emergency readmission target

2012-09-07T18:13:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust is breaching the emergency readmission to A&E target, with a rate of 7.3 per cent againt an organisational target of 5.8 per cent.
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Epsom and St Helier finance ahead of plan

2012-09-07T18:12:00Z

FINANCE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust is ahead on its financial plan by £429,000, its July finance report reveals, but the trust is still predicting a year-end deficit of £19.4m.
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Proposal to centralise pathology at St George's

2012-09-07T18:11:00Z

STRUCTURE: The London review of pathology services has proposed centralising pathology in south west London at St George’s Hospital.
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Fifteen nurse hours per bed day at Shelford Group trusts

2012-09-07T18:03:00Z

WORKFORCE: Research carried for the Shelford Group, which represents England’s most powerful teaching hospitals, shows each patient bed day accounts for an average of 15 nurse hours.
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Guy's and St Thomas' A&E software fails

2012-09-07T18:03:00Z

PEFORMANCE: Symphony, the IT system used in Guy’s and St Thomas’ A&E, stopped sending follow-up letters to GPs, board papers reveal.
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Guy's and St Thomas' has nursing shortfall of 111

2012-09-07T18:03:00Z

WORKFORCE: Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust has a shortfall of 111 nurses, a report reveals
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A&E target missed at Guy's and St Thomas'

2012-09-07T18:02:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust has missed its A&E target for quarter one of this financial year.