News – Page 1035
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Pilgrim Hospital's A&E in £100k revamp
United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust is to spend £100,000 on improvements to its A&E department at Pilgrim Hospital.
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Staffordshire surgery mistake is 'never event'
A surgeon began operating on the wrong part of a patient’s back during surgery at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire, it has emerged.
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Recruitment drive for health visitors
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust has launched a recruitment drive for health visitors.
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Somerset QIPP plans get green light
FINANCE: Somerset Primary Care Trust’s QIPP plans have been rated green by NHS South of England.
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Kent and Medway Partnership brings in new non execs
WORKFORCE: Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust has appointed new non-executive directors.
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Emergency activity puts Gloucestershire QIPP plans at risk
FINANCE: Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust’s QIPP plans have been rated amber by NHS South of England at the end of the second quarter of 2012.
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Plymouth Hospitals aims for openness
WORKFORCE: The executive team at Plymouth Hospitals Trust has set aside seven days dedicated to meeting with clinicians in its 35 service areas.
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Ealing Hospital sees lower elective admissions rate
PERFORMANCE: Ealing Hospital Trust reported elective admissions were 11.7 per cent lower than the same period in the previous year.
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Lack of capacity blamed for poor reporting on Swindon QIPP plans
FINANCE: Six out of seven of Swindon primary care trust cluster’s QIPP workstreams were rated amber by NHS South of England in September.
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Hospital could be transferred to community ownership
Monitor has agreed to examine proposals to transfer a hospital site, currently part of the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, to local community ownership.
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NewsBoard urges local leaders to push ahead on reconfiguration
The NHS Commissioning Board has indicated that health service leaders have only a “narrow window” to begin reconfiguration projects in their area as they can only count on political support until the end of 2013.
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NewsCSUs frustrated by lack of clarity on funding
Commissioning support units are frustrated by an ongoing lack of clarity over how much income they will receive from the NHS Commissioning Board, HSJ has learned.
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NewsFailings in mental health crisis care exposed
Two fifths of NHS mental health trusts do not have enough staff to offer adequate care to people suffering a mental health crisis, it has emerged.
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NewsTrust boards urged to act on staff wellbeing
Trust boards must take the lead in promoting the health and wellbeing of staff, according to a new report backed by the NHS chief executive, the Royal College of Physicians and Faculty of Occupational Medicine.
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NewsHunt to announce plans for Ofsted-style hospital ratings
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt is backing the introduction of an Ofsted-style rating system for hospitals and care homes in an attempt to end a “crisis of care” in parts of the system.
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NHS Ealing top in the cluster for individual funding requests
PERFORMANCE: NHS Ealing is top in the NHS North West London cluster for individual funding requests, a report reveals.
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'Significant' risk in specialised services upheaval, says board
The new commissioning system for the £12bn specialist services budget in 2013-14 will be “radically different” but its introduction involves a “significant” risk, the NHS Commissioning Board has said.
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NewsNHS 111 switch will be a 'big bang'
NHS 111 is likely to generate inappropriate referrals for a “considerable period of time”, a champion of the new non-emergency telephone number has told HSJ.
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News'Whistleblowing' surgeon in High Court battle
A surgeon who claims he is being victimised for blowing the whistle about safety concerns at Alder Hey Children’s Foundation Trust in Liverpool will take his case to the High Court, HSJ has learned.
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NewsRestrict friends and family test to hospitals, says DH
The new friends and family patient satisfaction test should initially be largely restricted to acute care settings rather than rolled out universally, according to a Department of Health cost-benefit analysis.