All MEDWAY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST articles – Page 9
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England breaches 18 week target
If you take non-reporting trusts into account, it looks like the English NHS breached 18 weeks in October – for the first time since the target was originally achieved in January 2012
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HSJ Local
Chief operating officer leaves Medway FT
WORKFORCE: Medway Foundation Trust’s chief operating officer has left the role less than a year after joining.
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HSJ Local
Updated: Ambulances to be diverted from Medway following CQC inspection
PERFORMANCE: Ambulances will be temporarily diverted from the accident and emergency department at Medway Foundation Trust two mornings this week under a plan from NHS England.
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HSJ Local
Keogh trust to exit special measures after two years
QUALITY: The Care Quality Commission has recommended that Tameside Hospital Foundation Trust comes out of special measures.
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News
Revealed: 11 trusts whose DH bailouts were converted to loans
The Department of Health obliged some of the most seriously troubled hospitals in the NHS to receive their bailouts in the form of ‘loans’ last year, DH figures show.
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FT finance: Winners and losers of education and training income
We reveal the biggest winners and losers of education and training income since 2012-13.
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Clever patient scheduling won't prevent a waiting list breach
A longer queue means longer waits
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HSJ Local
‘Urgent’ stroke review underway in Kent and Medway
STRUCTURE: There is an ‘urgent need’ to improve stroke services across Kent and Medway, commissioners have decided.
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Exclusive: Bailouts top £870m as trusts struggle to pay bills
The Department of Health issued £874m in bailouts to trusts in 2014-15, HSJ can reveal.
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Monitor sets out plan to enlist 'superbuddies'
Monitor plans to set up a framework agreement to allow high performing trusts to put themselves forward as potential “superbuddies” for failing counterparts, the regulator’s chief executive has revealed.
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Exclusive: Half of nurses at 'inadequate' trusts worried about staffing
More than half the nursing workforce at the eight hospital trusts rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission have said there are not enough staff for them to do their job.
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HSJ Local
Basildon and Thurrock appoints new chair
WORKFORCE: Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed Nigel Beverley as its new chair.
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HSJ Local
Updated: Leading foundation trust buddies with Medway
PERFORMANCE: Struggling Medway Foundation Trust has been buddied with Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust to try and help the hospital improve its performance.
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HSJ Local
New chief executive for beleaguered acute trust
WORKFORCE: Medway Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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News
'Hard evidence' special measures worked at Keogh trusts, say researchers
There is ‘hard evidence’ that the special measures regime has reduced death rates at the 11 Keogh trusts and potentially saved hundreds of lives, researchers have claimed.
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HSJ Local
Medway still has 'long way to go' despite improvement
PERFORMANCE: Medway Foundation Trust has kept its “inadequate” rating despite slight improvements found by a Care Quality Commission inspection team during its latest visit.
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HSJ Local
Ambulance staff to leave patients waiting at A&E during busy periods
South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust will leave patients waiting to be admitted to accident and emergency departments in order to respond to emergency calls during busy periods.