News – Page 1059
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Norovirus outbreak at Mid Staffordshire
PERFORMANCE: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has closed one ward and its acute stroke unit to admissions, transfers and discharges to nursing homes after an outbreak of norovirus.
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New beds for Lincolnshire trauma patients
FINANCE: An East Midlands trust has spent more than £15,000 to purchase 15 new high-tech beds for trauma patients.
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NewsAvoidable harm in NHS drops for six months
There have been six months of continuous reductions in the proportion of patients avoidably harmed under NHS care, latest data shows.
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NewsHospital activity 'will rise'
Four out of five hospital chief executives believe their trust will do more work this financial year than it did in 2011-12. The finding casts doubt on commissioners’ hopes of controlling demand.
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NewsDoctor recruitment drive off to slow start
A recruitment drive to increase the number of doctors in Wales has seen just five vacancies filled in six months, a government document shows.
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NewsNew healthcare rules 'nonsensical'
Labour has hit out at the “nonsensical” rules that will determine who can sit on the governing boards of the new organisations responsible for commissioning healthcare.
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NewsNo revalidation of nurses for three years
Revalidation for nurses will not be introduced for at least three years, despite the head of the Nursing and Midwifery Council admitting current arrangements are “not fit for purpose”.
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Hillingdon Hospitals earns same revenue year-on-year with '120 fewer staff'
WORKFORCE: A report to the board of Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust said its revenue was £1m ahead of plan in August, with costs £838,000 higher than plan, with £500,000 “directly linked with the higher NHS clinical income achieved”.
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Virgin community services begin in Sussex
COMMERCIAL: A new community musculoskeletal service has been launched across Hastings and Rother following a tender exercise won by Virgin Care.
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Swale CCG seeks lay members
WORKFORCE: Two independent lay members are being sought to join the governing body of Swale Clinical Commissioning Group.
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HSJ LocalGloucestershire community services to stay in the NHS
COMMERCIAL: A primary care trust whose plans to transfer community services to a social enterprise were halted by a legal challenge has decided to keep the services within the NHS.
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News'No substance' to clinical network claims
The NHS Commissioning Board has denied the jobs of 600 staff working on clinical networks are at risk but concerns remain that uncertainty over their future will lead to a loss of expertise.
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HSJ LocalBristol children's heart surgery faces CQC concerns
PERFORMANCE: Children’s heart surgery services at the Bristol Children’s Hospital face likely criticism from the Care Quality Commission following an investigation, HSJ understands.
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Wolverhampton trust faces £6m pay-out
PERFORMANCE: The family of a disabled boy will receive a £6m pay out from the NHS after doctors and midwives at the Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust failed to recognise he was being starved of oxygen during his birth 11 years ago.
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NewsCuts pose risk to infection control gains, nurses warn
Progress on tackling healthcare associated infections could be lost as services come under increasing financial pressure, infection control nurses fear.
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News'Whistleblowing' charter launched
A whistleblowing charter has been signed by health unions, employers and regulators, which pledges to support staff who raise concerns.
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NewsNicholson fears 'carpet bombing' privatisation
A warning by the head of the NHS that the government’s controversial health reforms could end in “misery and failure” sparked fresh Labour calls for parts of the shake-up to be halted.
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NewsWarning against surgery age limits
Thousands of older patients are needlessly dying because they are being denied treatment on the grounds of their age, a report has found.
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NewsGuidance on hospital food revealed
Some hospitals are failing to provide patients with high quality and healthy meals, the health secretary has warned.
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NewsMinisters offer NMC £20m to cut fee hike
The government has offered a £20m grant to the Nursing and Midwifery Council in a bid to reduce the size of its proposed fee hike which has sparked uproar among the workforce.