News – Page 1106
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New specialist nurse service for Norfolk and Suffolk
WORKFORCE: Bliss, the special care baby charity, has announced a new nursing post to support the families of premature and sick babies in the East of England.
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Imperial orders further audit of 'retained swabs' after surgery
PERFORMANCE: Imperial College Healthcare Trust has ordered a further audit of the number of swabs left inside patients after surgery, minutes reveal.
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Trust ends 'reporting break' on referral-to-treatment time reporting
PERFORMANCE: Imperial College Healthcare Trust has started reporting its 18-week waiting time figures again, after a six-month break.
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Dorset County savings plans dependent on staff turnover
WORKFORCE: Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust is dependent upon staff leaving to achieve its savings plan, board papers reveal.
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New critical care monitoring technology for East Sussex
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has purchased a new system electronic system to improve care for intensive care patients.
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East Sussex Healthcare seeks to ‘clarify’ future of services
STRUCTURE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust has issued a statement in order to “clarify” its plans for the future configuration of its stroke, orthopaedics and general surgery departments.
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Consultation launched on Trafford A&E downgrade
STRUCTURE: NHS Trafford has begun public consultation on proposals to replace the accident and emergency unit at Trafford General Hospital with an urgent care centre.
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Board to be told a ‘patient story’
PERFORMANCE: An initiative has been launched to improve the board of East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust’s knowledge in patient experience.
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Treasury approves £72m funding for North Cumbria hospital rebuild
FINANCE: The Treasury has approved capital funding of £71.6m to allow the trust to redevelop its West Cumberland Hospital, North Cumbria University Hospitals reported yesterday.
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West Hants CCG chosen to trial year of care tariff
STRUCTURE: West Hampshire clinical commissioning group has been confirmed as an “early implementer” site to trial a year of care tariff for patients with long term conditions.
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SHIP underspending on staff
WORKFORCE: The Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth primary care trust cluster is currently spending £500,000 less than planned on workforce.
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Southern Health appoints COO
WORKFORCE: Southern Health Foundation Trust has appointed Dr Helen McCormack as chief medical officer.
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Middlesbrough holds first health and wellbeing board meeting
STRUCTURE: The first meeting of the health and wellbeing board meeting for Middlesbrough was held in June.
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South Tees buys 'responsive' website
COMMERCIAL: South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has launched a website, described by the firm which designed it as the first “responsive” site of any NHS trust.
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Ron Calvert to run healthcare provider in Australia
WORKFORCE: Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust chief executive Ron Calvert is leaving to run a healthcare organisation in Australia, he has announced.
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Sharp fall in hospital infections
The number of people catching a killer bug during their stay in Welsh hospitals has dropped by more than a third in a year, a new report has revealed.
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Children's ward 'fully staffed again'
A children’s ward that did not admit patients for three weeks because of a staff shortage has returned to full service.
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NHS regulator drops 'Chinese walls' plan
Foundation trust regulator Monitor has scrapped its plan to build “Chinese walls” within its organisation to separate its existing role from its future responsibility to regulate the entire NHS healthcare sector.
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Analysed: A&E performance in Bristol
This HSJ Local Briefing looks at how to reverse a decline in performance at Bristol’s A&E departments.
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Monitor drops controversial credit rating plan
Future healthcare sector regulator Monitor has scrapped many of the controversial restrictions it had proposed placing on providers of essential NHS services, including debt caps, external credit ratings, and curbs on dividend payments.