All MEDWAY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST articles – Page 11
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NewsUniversity Hospitals Birmingham 'partners' with trust 150 miles away
University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust is to partner with a struggling FT more than 150 miles away in a bid to help the organisation make desperately needed improvements.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts plead for extra cash to pay bills
Hospital trusts needed financial help last year to fend off legal threats from suppliers, update “obsolete” medical equipment and even keep electricity supplies flowing, according to a raft of pleas for bailouts seen by HSJ.
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HSJ LocalCQC reports Medway emergency department 'in crisis'
A Care Quality Commission inspection report on the emergency department at Medway Maritime Hospital concluded it was “effectively in a crisis situation”.
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Medway's expected deficit rockets to £8m
FINANCE: Medway Foundation Trust expects to record a deficit of £7.9m this financial year - a substantial increase from the originally planned level of £1.2m.
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HSJ LocalMonitor appoints interim leadership at Medway
Monitor has appointed interim leadership at Medway Foundation Trust, after both the chairman and chief executive left the trust last week.
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NewsDr Foster identifies 13 trusts with high mortality ratios
Thirteen hospital trusts have higher than expected mortality indicator scores, according to an extract from the latest report by health analytics firm Dr Foster which has been shared exclusively with HSJ.
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Biopsy patients received each others' treatment in records mix-up
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust is conducting an internal investigation after two biopsy patients’ records were mixed up resulting in the wrong treatment for each.
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Monitor could intervene at Medway
Monitor told Medway Foundation Trust to take urgent action to improve or risk changes being imposed on its leadership.
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NewsAnalysis: Keogh review trusts take positives from scrutiny
A majority of the trusts placed into special measures following Keogh review inspections have expressed concern about the costs of improving care, even if most have backed the additional scrutiny they have received, according to HSJ analysis.
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Below par PLACE scores for Medway FT
PERFORMANCE: Medway Foundation Trust scored below average for all four standards in the new patient-led ward inspection regime.
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SupplementsCoping with winter pressures
As trusts begin to prepare for accident and emergency departments’ busy season, a concerted move towards co-located urgent and primary care services to take the pressure off is gathering pace
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Medway FT below average for first FFT scores
PERFORMANCE: Medway Foundation Trust scored an average of 43 for accident and emergency and 55 for inpatients in the “friends and family” test over the first quarter of 2013-14.
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Below average sickness absence at Medway FT
WORKFORCE: Medway NHS Foundation Trust had a below average sickness absence rate for acutes during the first three months of 2013 across the South East Coast region.
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NewsTrust by trust: the Keogh review lays down verdict
HSJ’s news team summarises Sir Bruce’s findings
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Medway board told to focus on patient safety
PERFORMANCE: Medway Foundation Trust’s board needs “greater pace and clarity of focus” on improving the overall safety and experience of patients, according to the Keogh review.
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NewsEleven trusts put in 'special measures' following Keogh review
Eleven of the 14 hospital providers investigated because of high mortality ratios have been placed in “special measures”, the health secretary has announced.
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Medway clinical director links up with university
WORKFORCE: Medway NHS Foundation Trust clinical director for women’s health has been designated ‘visiting professor’ to the Faculty of Health and Social Care at Canterbury Christ Church University.
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New Medway orthotics pathway cuts patient waits
PERFORMANCE: The orthotics department at Medway Maritime Hospital has dramatically reduced waiting times, according to Medway Foundation Trust.
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Food improvement focus at Kent acute trust
PERFORMANCE: A new improved and flexible menu is being introduced later this month at Medway NHS Foundation Trust.