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NewsHSJ backs campaign encouraging female experts
HSJ is backing a campaign to increase the proportion of female experts featured on television and radio.
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NewsFunding for fingerprint drugs test
Drug tests that will be able to detect the substances someone has taken through their fingerprints have been given funding.
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Monitor scrutinises quality as part of Western’s FT bid
STRUCTURE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has reported that October was the “most intensive stage” yet of its application to become a foundation trust.
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NewsMPs call for improved diabetes care
Too many patients with diabetes are developing potentially life-threatening complications because they are not receiving the straightforward care and support they need, according to MPs.
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Mid Staffordshire halves waiting times
PERFORMANCE: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has halved the average waiting time for patients waiting for treatment after being referred by their GP.
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Deloitte due to start board appraisal at St George's
STRUCTURE: Deloitte are due to start their Board Governance Assurance Framework appraisal at St George’s this month
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St George's predicting £6.5m surplus despite behind-target savings
FINANCE: St George’s Healthcare Trust is predicting a £6.5m surplus despite falling behind on its savings target.
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St George's audit committee flags procurement irregularities
FINANCE: St George’s audit committee reported: “[We] have been and continue to be concerned about the high level of tender waivers raised for reason of ‘urgency’ and ‘sole supplier’ – 4.6 per cent of non-pay and capital expenditure year to date – leading to inability to demonstrate value for money.”
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NewsExclusive: Jim Easton's commissioning board role to be split up
Jim Easton will not be replaced, and the functions of his department will be split between four of the other NHS Commissioning Board national directors, HSJ has learned.
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Southampton consultant wins prize for flu vaccine research
RESEARCH: A consultant at Southampton General Hospital has been honoured following the publication of a paper on a universal vaccine for influenza.
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Power outage investigation at Dartford and Gravesham
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust lost power for 20 minutes while carrying out a routine generator test over the autumn, according to board papers.
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NHS Haringey demands improved 'talking therapies' performance
PERFORMANCE: NHS Haringey has asked its Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) provider for an action plan to improve performance.
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Aspirant FT says it has improved following CQC visit
PERFORMANCE: Managers at a Midlands hospital which had its application for foundation trust status deferred for the second time following CQC concerns, have said work has been done to improve.
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Quarter of St George's consultants 'have no job plan'
WORKFORCE: An audit committee report said it wanted to “raise concerns” with the board of St George’s Healthcare Trust about consultant job planning.
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St George's has higher staff turnover rate than other teaching hospitals
WORKFORCE: St George’s Healthcare Trust has a staff turnover rate 4 per cent higher than the London teaching hospital average, a report said.
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Non-executive appointed at Sussex Community
WORKFORCE: Martin Sambrook has been appointed as a new non-executive director on the Sussex Community NHS Trust board.
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Above average SMHI at Western Sussex
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust’s board has been told that its Summary Hospital-Level Mortality Indicator (SMHI) level is above average but “as expected”.
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NHS Haringey misses stop smoking target for quarter one
PERFORMANCE: NHS Haringey missed its target for getting smokers to quit for quarter one, achieving 300 against a target of 427.
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NHS Camden misses cervical cancer screening target
PERFORMANCE: NHS Camden has missed its target for cervical screening, achieving 66.9 per cent coverage against a national threshold of 80 per cent.
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Cluster calls meeting with Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust
PERFORMANCE: The North Central London primary care trust cluster called a meeting with the north London mental health organisation because “numbers of patients entering treatment are not in line with increased investment for 2012-13.”