News – Page 1039
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Kent and Medway embarks on estate modernisation plan
STRUCTURE: There are facilities at Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust that even its chief executive would not want herself or her family to use, she has admitted.
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Former PCT chair joins Frimley Park board
WORKFORCE: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has welcomed two new non-executive directors to its board.
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Chief makes pledge to improve complaints handling
PERFORMANCE: Sussex Partnership chief executive Lisa Rodrigues has identified improving the trust’s handling of complaints as her top priority for this financial year.
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Frimley Park ahead of plan by £2m
FINANCE: Frimley Park Hospital Foundation Trust is forecasting an outturn surplus of £5.1m against a plan of £3m for 2012-13.
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Building starts on new learning disability facility
STRUCTURE: Building work has begun on a new state of the art learning disability service in Caterham.
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NewsLansley intervention damaged patient care, says Carnall
The former NHS London chief executive has said Andrew Lansley damaged patient care by halting the capital’s large-scale service change programme.
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NewsNHS England plans to lead 'radical' service change
NHS England is planning to continue the health service’s current savings drive after 2015, and to recast it as a programme of “ambitious and radical” service change led by its area teams.
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News'Don't think you're different to Mid Staffs staff,' warns Berwick
NHS staff should not be confident they would have acted differently to their counterparts at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, the man leading the government’s post Francis review of patient safety has warned.
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East and North Herts looks to recruit 50 EU nurses
WORKFORCE: Fifty EU nurses could soon be working at East and North Herts Trust which is working with NHS Professionals to recruit them on ‘flexible work contracts.’
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Hillingdon Hospitals on track to miss Q4 A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust is on track to miss its A&E waits target for the fourth quarter of the 2012-13 financial year, a report to the board revealed.
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North Bristol gets red rating
PERFORMANCE: North Bristol Trust has moved from an amber-red to a red rating under Monitor’s governance risk rating framework.
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Two South Warwickshire transformation schemes rated amber
PERFORMANCE: Two of South Warwickshire Foundation Trust’s transformation plans have been rated amber.
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New HR director for Royal Cornwall
WORKFORCE: Nick Macklin will be joining the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust as director of human resources and organisational development next week, board papers report.
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East Kent steps down from major incident status
PERFORMANCE: An unexpected and unexplained peak in inpatient demand is starting to ease at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust.
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NewsNurses to get 360-degree feedback in drive to improve appraisals
Nurses are to be asked to give feedback about the performance of their colleagues and seniors to contribute to appraisals, as part of a series of initiatives announced to improve nursing care quality.
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High street shops to open at Bristol Royal Infirmary
COMMERCIAL: Four leading high street reatilers are to open stores in Bristol Royal Infirmary’s new Welcome Centre after signing contracts with University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust.
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NewsConfed: NHS should avoid administration for trusts
More needs to be done to help financially-troubled hospital trusts before they face going into administration, according to NHS representatives and unions.
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£3m to £4m surplus forecast for Sheffield Children's
FINANCE: Sheffield Children’s Foundation Trust saw its surplus drop by £0.6m to £3.3m in February – but it is still well above the plan of £1.3m.
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NewsGovernment backs liabilities of national NHS property firm
The Department of Health has announced it will fund any income shortfalls of its newly created NHS property company, in a move widely interpreted as aiming to assure private sector investors about their assets.
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Higher than planned surplus for Norfolk community trust
FINANCE: Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust made a surplus of £2.6 for the first 11 months of 2012-13 – nearly twice what it had originally forecast. The trust expects the final surplus for the year to be around the same figure.