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Wye Valley issues norovirus warning
PERFORMANCE: Wye Valley Trust has issued a warning to visitors to stay at home if they have symptoms of norovirus after a number of outbreaks in the West Midlands and early cases in the Herefordshire community.
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NW London Hospitals Trust relying on SHA to repay DH loan
FINANCE: North West London Hospitals Trust has said it cannot repay a Department of Health working capital loan of £14.3m without support from NHS London’s challenged trust board.
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Voluntary redundancy costs Birmingham, Solihull and Black Country clusters £11m
WORKFORCE: The Black Country and Birmingham and Solihull primary care trust clusters have announced they will spend £11m on voluntary redundancies.
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Hertfordshire appoints new board members
WORKFORCE: Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust has appointed two new non-executive directors and 10 new governors.
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New air ambulance site in Surrey
STRUCTURE: The Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance has relocated one of its helicopters to Redhill in Surrey.
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Social enterprise fund for community wellbeing
FINANCE: Social enterprise Central Surrey Health has set up a charitable fund to support community health and wellbeing projects.
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Patients left until the 'last five minutes' of four-hour target
PERFORMANCE: A detailed report on Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust’s A&E performance said: “Even during occasions of bed availability, we are still leaving patients till the last five minutes of the four hours [target wait], leaving little contingency for unexpected events.”
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FT chief appointed to Youth Justice Board
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust has been appointed as a non-executive director of the national Youth Justice Board.
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Readmissions up at Hillingdon Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust has seen readmissions up 8.4 per cent on the same period in 2011-12.
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Provider giving NHS Bury daily updates on C difficile
PERFORMANCE: NHS Bury is now receiving daily notifications about incidences of Clostridium difficile from Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust, in a drive to tackle rates of infection in the area, clinical commissioners report.
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Cumbria and North East LAT hires nurse and medical director
WORKFORCE: The NHS Commissioning Board local area team for Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear has appointed a nursing and medical director.
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Large commissioning board LAT gets interim director
STRUCTURE: An interim director has been appointed to the Cumbria, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear local area team, pending a permanent appointment.
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Avon and Wiltshire appoints new chief executive
WORKFORCE: Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust has appointed current Devon Partnership Trust boss Iain Tulley as its new chief executive.
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HSJ LocalRuling in PCT's favour in Dorset AQP row
COMMERCIAL: The Independent Reconfiguration Panel has dismissed a complaint about NHS Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset’s handling of the any qualified provider process. However, providers remain concerned about the pricing of dermatology services.
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Chair of £19m deficit PCT lashes out over its budget 'mismatch'
FINANCE: The chair of financially troubled NHS North Yorkshire and York has publicly lashed out over what he sees as its unfairly low funding.
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NewsUPDATED: Government seeks significant change to GP contracts
The government will seek to make significant changes to GP contracts in coming years, including standardising practices’ income and introducing a new set of community services, it has announced.
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Social enterprise successful in contract retender
A high profile social enterprise scheme has won a £113m contract to continue providing community services across Mid Surrey.
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Mid Staffs reopens wards after norovirus
PERFORMANCE: A hospital ward and acute stroke unit at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have been re-opened following a norovirus outbreak.
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NewsLeading nurses unveil tool to probe NHS culture
Leading nurses have developed a test to identify whether a workplace is suffering from a culture problem akin to that which contributed to the care failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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Complaints soar at James Paget
James Paget University Hospitals Foundation Trust has reported a 30 per cent increase in complaints year on year.