News – Page 1029
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NewsMedics slam radiotherapy 'red tape'
A group of doctors has claimed in a letter that changes to NHS commissioning is delaying radiotherapy treatment and putting patients’ lives at risk.
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HSJ Local
North West London Hospitals Trusts records a 12-hour-plus waiter in April
PERFORMANCE: North West London Hospitals Trust saw one patient left waiting to be admitted more than 12 hours after the decision to admit was made.
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HSJ Local
Bolton FT cuts ‘backlog’ of long waiters
PERFORMANCE: In the final three months of 2012-13 Bolton Foundation Trust more than halved its ‘backlog’ of patients who had been waiting more than 18 weeks for admission, according to clinical commissioning group board papers.
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HSJ Local
Pre-operative information lacking at Medway
PERFORMANCE: Medway NHS Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing below average in the inpatient survey for explaining to patients how they might feel after undergoing a procedure.
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Bolton makes £3.7m provision for continuing care backlog
FINANCE: Bolton CCG set aside a provision of £3.7m in 2012-13 to cover the potential future costs of settling backdated claims for Continuing Healthcare funding, board papers state.
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HSJ Local
Solent Trust reports 'stark' staff survey feedback
PERFORMANCE: “Stark” responses to a staff survey have revealed worsening levels of stress at Solent Trust, and a growing sense that workers are dissatisfied with the quality of care they can give.
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NewsCare claims backlog 'will take five years to clear'
The deluge of retrospective claims for continuing healthcare funding that flooded into the NHS last year will take at least half a decade to be resolved, lawyers have warned.
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HSJ Local
Medway FT scores badly on patient dignity
PERFORMANCE: Medway Foundation Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing below average in the inpatient survey for treating people with dignity and respect.
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Plymouth Hospitals goes overseas to recruit nurses
WORKFORCE: Plymouth Hospital Trust has held recruitment days in Belfast and Dublin in a bid to recruit registered nurses.
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NewsTwo bidders drop out of pension fund hospital build scheme
Two out of three bidders involved in an innovative scheme to use pension fund capital to finance a major hospital development have dropped out, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Pain control highly rated at Queen Victoria FT
PERFORMANCE: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing above average in the inpatient survey for efforts to control pain.
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Queen Victoria FT staff supportive of patients
PERFORMANCE: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing above average in the inpatient survey for emotional support given to patients.
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Patients recognise nurse respect at Queen Victoria FT
PERFORMANCE: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing above average in the inpatient survey for the way nurses acted around them.
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Queen Victoria FT scores well in information levels
PERFORMANCE: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing above average in the inpatient survey for the amount of information given to patients.
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HSJ Local
New non-executive for Hull and East Yorks
WORKFORCE: Andy Snowden has been appointed as a non-executive director at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust.
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HSJ Local
PCT chair joins acute trust board
WORKFORCE: A former primary care trust chair has joined Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust as a non-executive director.
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Vale of York CCG plans £3.3m surplus and to pay off debt
FINANCE: Vale of York CCG is planning for a surplus of £3.3m in its first financial year – but hopes to pay off nearly £3.5M of the deficit it is inheriting.
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HSJ Local
Calderdale and Huddersfield leading on new cornea surgery
SERVICES: Patients at Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust are benefiting from a new cornea transplant process.
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HSJ Local
Keyhole kidney stone treatment introduced at Huddersfield
SERVICES: Keyhole treatment for kidney stones is now available at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, saving patients a journey to Wakefield or Leeds. And a new centralised urology unit at the hospital can also use lithotropsy to break up smaller stones.