News – Page 1078
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Gloucestershire hospitals behind plan on deficit
FINANCE: Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust had a deficit of £0.9m at the end of July, £0.6m worse than planned at this point in the year.
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Lewisham Healthcare 'asked to make significant alterations' to financial plan
FINANCE: NHS London asked Lewisham Healthcare Trust to make “significant alterations” to its long-term financial modelling in July, board papers reveal.
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Help cards handed out to new F1 doctors
WORKFORCE: Reference cards are being given to junior doctors at United Lincolnshire Hospitals to help ease their transition from medical students to doctors.
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Barnet and Chase Farm sees improvement in Did Not Attend rates
PERFORMANCE: Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust has seen a 0.7 per cent improvement in its Did Not Attend ratios, ranking it above the national and London averages.
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Lewisham Healthcare ups loan application to £12m
FINANCE: Lewisham Healthcare Trust has increased the amount of working capital loan it is seeking from the Department of Health from £5m to £12m, board papers reveal.
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Claims against Lewisham Healthcare double
PERFORMANCE: The number of legal claims made against Lewisham Healthcare Trust in the last quarter was nearly double the average over previous years, a report reveals.
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Lewisham Healthcare's FT bid delayed
STRUCTURE: A report to the board of Lewisham Healthcare Trust said that the trust’s foundation trust application would now be discussed at the Department of Health’s October technical committee meetings, which would cause a “three month delay to either April or May 2013”.
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Increase in patient falls mars Portsmouth clean sheet
PERFORMANCE: Portsmouth Hospitals Trust met all its operating framework, Monitor, CQUIN and internal quality targets in July 2012, with two exceptions: falls and patient moves.
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Transport company changes phone number after concerns
PERFORMANCE: NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland primary care trust cluster have negotiated with Arriva Transport Solutions to provide a new low-rate number for its patient transport service.
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HSE eases up on Salisbury
WORKFORCE: The Health and Safety Executive has removed one of two improvement notices issued to Salisbury Foundation Trust.
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CCG to unveil plans at Northants AGM
PERFORMANCE: NHS Northamptonshire will be holding its annual general meeting on Septmber 27 where the Nene Clinical Commissioning Group will outline its vision for the future commissioning of health services in the region.
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The Min ahead of plan on deficit
FINANCE: The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases Foundation Trust is reporting a lower deficit than anticipated at the end of July.
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Barnet and Chase Farm investigates 'black breaches'
PERFORMANCE: Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals are investigating a series of ‘black breaches’ in which the time from an ambulances arrival to the patient being formally handed over to the trust was longer than 60 minutes.
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Chesterfield Royal sings up to Mencap charter
WORKFORCE: Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust has signed up to Mencap’s ‘Getting it right’ charter for patients with learning disabilities.
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Mid Yorkshire appoints new chairman
WORKFORCE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust has appointed a new chair.
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Recruitment delays at Avon and Wiltshire
WORKFORCE: Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust had failed to appoint a medical director following interviews in August.
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Building of new Sussex cancer screening unit set to begin
STRUCTURE: Building work on the new West Sussex Breast Cancer Screening Service should begin this autumn, with completion anticipated by autumn 2013.
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Nurse-led alcohol and drug liaison team at Chesterfield Royal
WORKFORCE: A nurse led team at Chesterfield Roya Hospital is supporting trust staff to ensure patients with alcohol or drug related illnesses and injuries are given the highest quality of care.
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Worcestershire service review delayed
STRUCTURE: A review of acute services in Worcestershire has been delayed after NHS managers said they needed more time to draw up the short-list of options.
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North west trusts look to improve complaints handling
PERFORMANCE: Four north west hospitals are among a group of ten acute trusts that have come together to work on improving their complaints handling ahead of the publication of the report Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry.