News – Page 1127
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Assessment clinic offers acute relief in South West Essex
SERVICES: Older people in South West Essex will avoid unnecessary hospital appointments and hospital admissions following the launch of an assessment clinic service at Brentwood Community Hospital.
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North Essex's PCTs exceed planned surpluses
FINANCE: All three PCTs in the North Essex cluster exceeded their planned surpluses in the last financial year.
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North Essex plans new services
SERVICES: Plans for new and improved services have been unveiled as part of the annual plan for the North Essex Partnership Foundation Trust.
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Herts Partnership's accident prevention is recognised
PERFORMANCE: The Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trist has been awarded a seventh gold medal by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).
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CQC lifts James Paget's warning notice
PERFORMANCE: The CQC has lifted a warning notice around care and welfare of patients which it had placed on the James Paget University Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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Anonymous donor offers £300k for adult autism
FINANCE: An anonymous donor has offered Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust £300,000 funding for adult autism services over a three year period.
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough gets financial risk of 2
FINANCE: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust ended the first month of the new financial year £180,000 in deficit - giving it a financial risk rating of 2.
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NewsUCLH chief fears CCGs could bring more fragmentation
One of England’s most respected hospital chiefs has said he fears clinical commissioning groups could lead to care becoming increasingly fragmented – and that rationalisation of acute services is “happening behind the scenes” without their input.
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Bed demand forces trust to halt downsizing
STRUCTURE: A Midlands hospital has been forced to pause its programme to cut the number of in-patient beds for up to two years because of “unprecedented” emergency demand.
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NewsNew integrated provider on cards for London
Two councils and a community trust in London are to consider plans to integrate provision of health and social care services.
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Cambridge and Peterborough plans better staff engagement
WORKFORCE: Disappointing results in some areas of the 2011 staff survey has led to proposals to engage staff better at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust.
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Work begins on Stevenage's £19.3m A&E
SERVICES: Work is underway on the new £19.3m emergency department at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage.
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Norfolk Community Health makes surplus
FINANCE: Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust made a surplus of £234,000 in May - £101,000 ahead of plan and reflecting savings from vacant posts.
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Smoking service in Norfolk goes out to tender
SERVICES: The smoking cessation service in much of Norfolk is to go out to tender later this year.
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Norfolk Community Health reaches MRSA limit
PERFORMANCE: Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust reached its contractual limit for MRSA cases in the first month of the financial year.
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Peterborough and Stamford plans for a £54m deficit
FINANCE: Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust expects to make a loss of £54.3m in 2012-13.
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Ex-NHS worker held in police payments investigation
WORKFORCE: A former NHS employee from west London has been arrested by police investigating claims that journalists bribed police officers and public officials.
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Pensions problem halts community trust's expansion
A community trust’s bid to run a number of Sure Start centres in Norfolk has been hit by pension complications.
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NewsMonitor 'could not have prevented' oversized PFI
A report into how a foundation trust came to be burdened with a large private finance initiative agreement has found Monitor was unable to prevent the deal – but said it could have spotted its slide into deficit earlier.
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NewsDeparting Maudsley chief plans to develop Oxford AHSC
Stuart Bell, departing chief executive of the South London and Maudsley Mental Health Foundation Trust, has told HSJ he wants to help develop an academic health science centre in Oxford.