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Kernow CCG makes board appointments
WORKFORCE: Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group has appointed two new executive directors as well as four non-executive directors.
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Derby Hospitals launches second resignation scheme
WORKFORCE: Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust has launched a second mutually agreed resignation scheme to help it deliver savings of £24m in 2012-13.
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Four overdue patient safety alerts for the Walton Centre
PERFORMANCE: The trust had four overdue patient safety alerts in September, according to latest central alerting system data.
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Increased agency use drives overspend at Avon and Wiltshire
FINANCE: Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust was £1.5m overspent on pay at the end of August due to an increase in temporary staffing costs.
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NHS 111 launched in Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire residents will now be able to call NHS 111, NHS Hertfordshire has announced.
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Rising DTOCs impact on patient safety at Royal Berkshire
PERFORMANCE: A rise in delayed transfers of care in West Berkshire has been linked to increasing numbers of patients with falls and pressure ulcers.
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RBH performance drops on Cerner implementation
PERFORMANCE: The implementation of the Cerner Millenium electronic patient record system has had a detrimental impacted on patient experience at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.
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New specialist rehabilitation hospital announced for in Tees
COMMERCIAL: The Cambian Group, an independent provider of specialist mental health services to the NHS, has announced the opening of a 26 bed rehabilitation hospital for women with enduring mental illness in Durham.
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Mid Yorkshire leadership to remain and 'develop partnerships'
STRUCTURE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust’s leadership team will remain in place to seek a “long term solution for the organisation” and explore “partnerships for the delivery of specialist and local services”.
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New NED at Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals
STRUCTURE: An businesswoman has been appointed a Non-Executive Director of Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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Less than 10 per cent of Avon and Wiltshire staff respond to safety survey
WORKFORCE: Just 204 out of more than 3,000 employees at Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust responded to a survey on patient safety.
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Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital offers new national blood cancer service
CLINICAL RESEARCH: The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust has launched the new service to patients suffering from a blood cancer that affects the spine.
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Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust appoints new nursing director
WORKFORCE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust has appointed a part-time interim nursing director.
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NewsTwo fifths of doctors consider leaving medicine says BMA
NHS reforms and increased pension costs have led more than two fifths of doctors considering leaving medicine, according to the British Medical Association.
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NewsExclusive: patient deaths spark tuberculosis investigation
A decision to increase the number of patients being treated at a dialysis unit run by the University Hospitals of Leicester could have led to the death of a patient, it has emerged.
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HSJ LocalPressure mounts on Surgicentre after two deaths
Pressure is mounting on an independent treatment centre where two patients died after surgery following criticism from the Care Quality Commission over the assessment and management of risk.
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NewsLib Dem peers backtrack over CCG board membership vote
Liberal Democrat peers have agreed to support government regulations under which councillors - and local doctors and nurses - are banned from clinical commissioning group governing bodies.
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NewsBMA slams 'unfair' pension reforms
Doctors’ leaders have launched a fresh attack on the government’s controversial pension reforms, labelling them “fundamentally unfair”.
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News'Dual carriageway' approach urged
A “dual carriageway” approach should be used for the roll-out of personal health budgets by NHS commissioners, according to a new report.
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Chesterfield in hand hygiene drive
PERFORMANCE: Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust is to launch a new hand hygiene campaign from next week.