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Uncertainty grows over NHS Direct's future
NHS Direct may not continue to deliver the NHS 111 service beyond the end of this financial year, it has emerged.
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NewsExclusive: Mass board resignations at ex-NHS social enterprise
The chair and other non-executive directors of a social enterprise providing NHS community services have resigned en masse following a row over executive pay, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHunt plans £260m to help hospitals go digital
Hospitals are due to be funded to improve their “outdated” paper patient notes and prescriptions, under plans expected to be announced by the health secretary.
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NewsLamb: 'No parity' in mental health services
The lack of equality in emergency hospital services for mental health patients needs to be addressed, health minister Norman Lamb has said.
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Mental health trust admits it is unable to win FT status alone
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust has become the latest NHS provider to admit it will not be able to win foundation trust status independently.
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New board appointments at 2gether
WORKFORCE: 2gether Foundation Trust has appointed two new non-executive directors as its new chair also takes up post.
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Oldham announces A&E expansion
SERVICE DESIGN: Work has started to expand and improve the accident and emergency facilities at Royal Oldham Hospital, part of Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust.
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Stepping Hill introduces 'paperless' A&E
STRUCTURE: Stepping Hill Hospital, part of Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, has become one of the first hospitals to introduce a paperless A&E department, it has said.
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Pennine Care takes on Trafford community services
STRUCTURE: Community health services in Trafford have transferred to Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust.
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Stockport CCG examines C Diff deaths
PERFORMANCE: Recent board papers for Stockport CCG warn of concern over five serious incidents reported in quarter four 2012/2013 where C.Difficile was named on the death certificate.
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HSJ Local
Stockport CCG documents NHS 111 struggle
STRUCTURE: The latest quality report for Stockport CCG set outs the difficulties experienced in the roll out of the new NHS 111 service across the patch.
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HSJ Local
New charitable fund at Blackpool cardiac centre
STRUCTURE: The Lancashire Cardiac Centre, based at Blackpool Victoria Hospital, has launched a new charitable fund.
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NewsRise in A&E attendances during 2012 claim
The number of patients who attended accident and emergency wards has increased by more than a million in just one year, it has been suggested.
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NewsCancer patients left hungry, survey shows
An “alarming” number of cancer patients are left to go hungry in hospitals and want to drop out of treatment because of the way they were dealt with by staff, a charity has warned.
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NewsSerco targets Cambridge community services contract
Serco is gearing up to bid for the Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust contract and expand its NHS portfolio, the company’s director of community services Sharon Colclough has indicated to HSJ.
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HSJ Local
West Middlesex over-contract on activity
FINANCE: West Middlesex University Hospital Trust is over-performing its contract on activity, a CCG board paper reveals.
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All visiting stopped after Redditch norovirus outbreak
PERFORMANCE: All wards at the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch have been closed to visitors due to an outbreak of norovirus.
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New mental health research unit at Lincolnshire Partnership
RESEARCH: A new clinical mental health research unit has been opened at Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
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Cumbria Partnership appoints new chief executive
STRUCTURE: Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has appointed Claire Molloy as its new chief executive.
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Kent epilepsy service improves patient dignity and cuts ambulance call-outs
PERFORMANCE: A care home has praised an NHS community epilepsy service in Kent for improving the dignity of its residents, who have learning disabilities.