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QVH slightly behind on finance plan
FINANCE: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was behind plan after the first two months of the current financial year, according to board papers.
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Lewisham Healthcare Trust tenders for taxi services
COMMERCIAL: Lewisham Healthcare Trust has issued a tender notice for a taxi service for patients and staff, courier service for parcels and a collection and delivery of pathology specimens service.
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Acute demand pushes Bucks Healthcare into the red
FINANCE: Higher than planned levels of activity forced Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust into a deficit of nearly £1m in June.
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Work begins on new theatres at QVH
STRUCTURE: Work to replace six operating theatres at East Grinstead’s Queen Victoria Hospital began at the end of June.
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Barts tenders for performance management system
COMMERCIAL: Barts Health Trust has advertised for a supplier to provide it with “clinical benchmarking data and a performance management system that is based on inpatient and outpatient data sets”.
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Range of organisations line up to provide Gloucestershire Community Services
STRUCTURE: More than 20 organisations have expressed an interest in taking on community services in Gloucestershire, the primary care trust chief executive has confirmed.
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RBH governors request right to attend board meetings
STRUCTURE: Governors at the Royal Berkshire Hospital Foundation Trust have requested to be allowed to attend board meetings, as part of a wider move towards better communication with trust executives.
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Lincs consultants made responsible for patient flow
FINANCE: Consultants at Pilgrim Hospital in Lincolnshire will be given control over the discharge and admission of patients in an effort to save more than £1million.
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NW ambulance service hits 'red' call target for first time
PERFORMANCE: The North West Ambulance Service has hit a target for responding swiftly to the most urgent calls for the first time since the service was established, says a report to the Lancashire PCT cluster.
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South Tees £2.2m behind plan
FINANCE: South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was £2.2m behind its financial plan as of June 2012.
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Bucks trust appoints new NED
WORKFORCE: David Sines has been appointed to the board of Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust as an associate non-executive director.
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'Engaging CCGs' in North Yorks deficit 'essential'
FINANCE: NHS North of England has said it is “essential” emerging clinical commissioning groups are involved in developing plans to overcome the commissioning deficit in North Yorkshire and York.
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Trust looks to Portugal for new nursing recruits
WORKFORCE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust is planning to recruit nurses from Portugal amid staffing shortages and an over-reliance on temporary staff.
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Western Sussex hospitals accredited as trauma centres
STRUCTURE: St Richard’s and Worthing Hospitals have been confirmed as important parts of a new Sussex-wide network set up to improve emergency care for the most seriously-injured patients.
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Top PEAT scores for Western Sussex
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has been awarded the highest possible ratings in the latest annual Patient Experience Action Team (PEAT) scores.
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CQC flags compliance risk at UHBristol
WORKFORCE: A Care Quality Commission inspection of University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust flagged concerns the trust did not have sufficient staff.
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MSSA case reported at QVH
PERFORMANCE: The Queen Victoria Hospital Foundation Trust reported one case of MSSA infection during the first quarter of the year, according to board papers.
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Hampshire CCGs appoint PCT man as accountable officer
WORKFORCE: Two Hampshire clinical commissioning groups have announced they will be sharing a chief officer.
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NewsSickness rate among NHS staff falls
Sickness among NHS workers has fallen by just 0.04 per cent in 12 months despite efforts by NHS trusts to reduce the number of days lost.
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NewsWellbeing measure 'will boost health investment'
New efforts to measure the nation’s overall wellbeing will lead to more investment in health services, including mental health, the government’s “happiness tsar” has predicted.