News – Page 1034
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Brighton signs contract with Sodexo
COMMERCIAL: Sodexo has won a contract to deliver soft facilities management services for Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Plummeting death rates in Hounslow
PERFORMANCE: Death rates have plunged in Hounslow over the past decade, a new report reveals.
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Ealing Hospital Trust to see out rest of 2012-13 on block contract
FINANCE: Ealing Hospital Trust will see out the rest of 2012-13 on a block contract arrangement worth £103m, its commissioners have said.
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Kensington & Chelsea procure single MSK service
COMMERCIAL: NHS Kensington & Chelsea has procured a single musculo-skeletal service under the Any Qualified Provider framework.
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Dorset cluster gets green rating on QIPP plan
FINANCE: The Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole primary care trust cluster QIPP plan is progressing well and has been rated green by NHS South of England.
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Coventry beats surplus plan despite missing QIPP target
FINANCE: Coventry primary care trust reported a better than planned surplus of £3.7m in October.
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Coventry and Warwickshire 'consistently' underachieves on delayed transfers
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire has “consistently underachieved” on delayed transfers since October 2011, primary care trust cluster board papers show.
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NHS Westminster tops national league for breastfeeding
PERFORMANCE: NHS Westminster has topped the national league for partially or totally breastfed babies in England.
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NHS Harrow success on smoking quitters and breast-feeding
PERFORMANCE: NHS Harrow has seen increased rates of those quitting smoking and new mothers starting breast-feeding, minutes reveal.
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Cluster confirms inner north west London PCTs bail out outer north-west London
FINANCE: In minutes released at the last board meeting finance director NHS North West Lonoon David Slegg said the PCTs that ended 2011-12 in surplus had bailed out those that would have turned a deficit.
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Mid Yorks gears up for service change consultation in March
STRUCTURE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is preparing reconfiguration proposals and plans to consult from March next year.
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Mid Yorks admin staff hold three day strike
WORKFORCE: Administration and clerical staff at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust have held a three day strike in protest over redundancies.
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Barnsley announces linked health and social care record
COMMERCIAL: Barnsley Council has used systems provided by Liquidlogic, part of McKesson, to link social care records in real time to NHS records.
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East Kent relocation of adult wards
STRUCTURE: Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust has moved a number of adult mental health wards to Canterbury, as part of plans to centralise these services there.
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Cancer patients to be transferred from Imperial to the Royal Marsden
PERFORMANCE: Minutes released with the latest set of NHS North West London board papers advise clinical commissioning groups to write to their cancer patients and tell them they will be referred to the Royal Marsden instead of Imperial College Healthcare Trust.
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Former CNO becomes Salisbury non exec
WORKFORCE: Former chief nursing officer for England Dame Sarah Mullally has been appointed as a non-executive director of Salisbury Foundation Trust.
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Chelsea and Westminster non-elective activity '13 per cent above plan'
PERFORMANCE: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust’s non-elective activity is 13 per cent above plan, a report to NHS North West London’s board said.
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Integration plans for Kent community services
STRUCTURE: Kent Community Health Trust and Kent County Council have unveiled proposals to integrate health and social care services.
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Activity puts pressure on BANES and Wiltshire QIPP plans
FINANCE: The Bath and North East Somerset and Wiltshire primary care trust cluster QIPP plan has been rated amber by NHS South of England, despite good progress against milestones set out as part of QIPP initiatives.