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HSJ LocalNursing posts under threat at Hinchingbrooke
Nearly 50 nursing posts could be axed at a trust taken over by the private sector earlier this year, HSJ has discovered.
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HSJ Local
Five overdue safety alerts at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The trust had work overdue on five national patient safety alerts in July, latest Department of Health data show.
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Junior doctors complain of 'bullying culture' at trust
An investigation has been carried out at a teaching hospital after junior doctors complained of a bullying culture and unsafe practices.
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NewsNew Legionnaires' outbreak confirmed
Samples from hot tub confirmed as strain legionella bacteria
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NewsCompetition to be limited between commissioning support units
The NHS Commissioning Board has said it will limit competition among commissioning support units for service contracts it is tendering itself.
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NewsCommissioning board and Trust Development Authority directors handed responsibility for 2012-13 delivery
Senior leaders appointed to the NHS Commissioning Board and NHS Trust Development Authority are to take on ‘management responsibility’ for the delivery of NHS performance in 2012/13 from 1 October, six months before the abolition of PCTs and SHAs. This is in addition to existing respective responsibility for commissioning development ...
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HSJ LocalTrust chairman sparks food review after criticising ham sandwich
A West Midlands hospital has launched a review of its chilled food after the trust chairman told a public meeting the hospital’s ham sandwich “was the worst he had ever tasted”.
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HSJ Local
Oxfordshire plans acute service restructure
STRUCTURE: Oxford University Hospitals trust is planning restructure local services care in a bid to cut delayed discharges.
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HSJ LocalLincolnshire staff work to rule over pay
Maintenance staff at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust are working to rule today after their pay was cut by £1,700.
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NewsMental health strategy launched in Scotland
A strategy which aims to improve people’s mental health and well-being has been launched in Scotland.
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NewsCataract surgery restrictions criticised
Sight-saving surgery is being wrongly restricted due to cost-cutting measures, it has been claimed.
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NewsCalls for extra public health funding
The Department of Health will face widespread calls to increase the total budget for public health from the £2.2bn pledged by health secretary Andrew Lansley earlier this year.
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HSJ Local
Cluster asks GPs not to refer to major teaching hospital until 2013
PERFORMANCE: The medical directors of NHS South West London have asked GPs in the cluster not to refer some patients to St George’s Healthcare Trust because of a waiting times backlog.
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HSJ Local
Cluster asks GPs not to refer to teaching hospital for some procedures
PERFORMANCE: The medical directors of NHS South West London have asked GPs in the cluster not to refer some patients to St George’s Healthcare Trust because of a waiting times backlog.
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HSJ Local
RJAH to invest £11m in facilities
COMMERCIAL: Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust has agreed an £11m three-year investment plan to improve hospital facilities.
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HSJ Local
Research establishes gender link in allergy hereditary
RESEARCH: Clinicians at Southampton University Hospital Foundation Trust have discovered a child’s risk of developing an allergic disease is doubled if a parent of the same sex has suffered from it.
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HSJ Local
3.2pc of Pennine Care diagnostic waits over six weeks
PERFORMANCE: 3.2 per cent of patients awaiting diagnostic tests from the trust in June had been on its waiting list for more than six weeks, against a national target that fewer than 1 per cent of patients should wait that long.
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HSJ Local
5.4pc of East Cheshire Trust diagnostic waits over six weeks
PERFORMANCE: 5.4 per cent of patients awaiting diagnostic tests from the trust in June had been on its waiting list for more than six weeks, against a national target that fewer than 1 per cent of patients should wait that long.
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Sefton over the threshold for diagnostic waits
PERFORMANCE: In June NHS Sefton was one of five North West primary care trusts to miss the national target of less than 1 per cent of patients waiting more than six weeks for diagnostic tests, latest Department of Health data shows.