News – Page 1149
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HSJ LocalBristol acutes consider merger
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust and North Bristol Trust have set up a project board to consider whether the two organisations should merge to create an organisation with a turnover close to £1bn.
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HSJ LocalMorecambe Bay 'not sustainable' without reconfiguration, says new chief
Troubled foundation trust University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay “can’t work” in the future without the reconfiguration of key services, its new chief executive has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: a healthcare crisis facing Cumbria
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of the key issues facing the NHS’s major health economies. This week, HSJ looks at the healthcare crisis in Cumbria.
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NewsPublic health staff to keep NHS pension
Public health staff who transfer to local government next year will retain their NHS pension, it has been revealed. However, it remains uncertain whether they will keep the pension if they subsequently change jobs within public health.
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NewsUnpaid work experience scheme to be extended to more hospitals
A scheme that gives unpaid job seekers the chance to provide patient care in the wards of a hospital is set to be extended, it has emerged.
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HSJ LocalData breach trust fined £90,000
A health trust plans to appeal after being fined £90,000 because details of almost 60 patients were sent to the wrong person, the information watchdog said.
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Hike in mixed sex breaches at Western Sussex
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has experienced a significant increase in its breaches of the Department of Health’s rules on mixed sex accommodation.
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Dartford and Gravesham records five mixed sex breaches
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has seen a slight increase in breaches of the Department of Health’s rules on mixed sex accommodation.
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Slight fall in mixed sex breaches at Medway FT
PERFORMANCE: Medway NHS Foundation Trust has recorded a slight decrease in breaches of the Department of Health’s rules on mixed sex accommodation.
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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare improves mixed sex figures
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has seen a slight decrease in breaches of the Department of Health’s rules on mixed sex accommodation.
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CQC finds minor concern at Littlebrook Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has warned Kent and Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust that it has found cause for minor concern at one of its sites.
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Diarrhoea and vomiting at Western Sussex
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has been hit by norovirus this month.
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Frimley Park FT meets infection control targets
PERFORMANCE: Frimley Park NHS Foundation Trust met its targets for MRSA and C. difficile last year but admits this year will be “challenging”.
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Surplus target for Frimley Park FT
FINANCE: Frimley Park NHS Foundation Trust has set out its financial target for the end of the financial year 2012-13.
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Surplus for East Kent Hospitals
FINANCE: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust said it finished the last financial year with a surplus.
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Mixed sex breaches stable at Brighton and Sussex
PERFORMANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has recorded the same number of breaches of the Department of Health’s rules on mixed sex accommodation for two consecutive months.
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Physio phone triage rolled out in Surrey
STRUCTURE: Physiotherapy patients in mid Surrey are now benefiting from telephone triage within 48 hours of GP referral, according to the county’s main community social enterprise.
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Sherwood FT two years without MRSA
PERFORMANCE: Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust has now gone two years without a case of MRSA making it one of the best performing hospitals in the NHS.
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Patient discharged with cannula
PERFORMANCE: Burton Hospitals Foundation Trust has reported a never event incident to its board involving a patient who was discharged with a cannula still in place.
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HSJ LocalMid Staffs managers offer healthcare to Ghana
WORKFORCE: Two managers from the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust are to fly out to Ghana to offer healthcare to communities there.