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Bid for Birmingham 'medical quarter'
COMMERCIAL: Property developers and a leading healthcare technology firm have joined forced to try and create a ‘medical quarter’ in Birmingham.
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South Devon Healthcare goes almost two years without MRSA
PERFORMANCE: South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust ended almost two years without a case or MRSA when a patient contracted the superbug last month.
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South Devon over achieves surplus
FINANCE: South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust finished 2011-12 with a surplus of around £4.6m, £2.4m ahead of plan.
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New chief executive for South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust
WORKFORCE: South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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South Tees FT chief executive steps down to 'develop next stage of my career'
WORKFORCE: South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust chief executive Simon Pleydell is stepping down after nine years at the trust.
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NewsInformation Centre to focus on cost of over-60s hospital care
Patients aged 60 and over account for more than half of the income hospitals receive under the payment-by-results tariff, the Health and Social Care Information Centre has reported.
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NewsPension reform deterring would-be doctors - BMA
Junior doctors have been urged to fight for their pensions amid fears government reforms could dissuade talented students from studying medicine.
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NewsInformation strategy details: Lansley promises online GP access to 'end 8am rush'
The health secretary has promised patients easier interaction with GP practices, as he published the long awaited NHS information strategy today.
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Cambridgeshire Community Services must triple its membership
STRUCTURE: Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust needs to more than triple its membership in six months if it is to meet its target of 7000 members in October.
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Burns go-ahead for 2012 clinical excellence awards
NHS doctors will be able to get their 2012 round of Clinical Excellence Awards after health minister Simon Burns gave the go ahead.
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Nottingham draws up death advice for children
PERFORMANCE: Parents are being given help and advice on how to talk to their children about death and serious illness by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Southampton surgeons pioneer new knee surgery technique
RESEARCH: Surgeons in Southampton have pioneered an operation to repair damaged knees without the need for a total replacement – halving recovery times.
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St George's breast cancer service wins award
PERFORMANCE: The breast cancer service team at the south west London acute won an NHS Improvement award for reducing the amount of time that patients spend in hospital following surgery.
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Governor elections for Mid Staffs
STRUCTURE: Elections will be held to fill six public vacancies on the council of governors at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust and candidates are being urged to come forward to represent their areas.
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Imperial appoints new chief operating officer
PERFORMANCE: The central London trust has appointed Steve McManus as chief operating officer, from the equivalent role at University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust.
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Birmingham trust introduces new skin cancer drug
Two patients at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham were among the first in the country to start receiving a new anti-cancer drug within days of it being granted a licence.
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Northumbria Healthcare named top hospital trust
PERFORMANCE: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has won an award for top hospital trusts.
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Oxford trust plans to move cancer services to new centre
STRUCTURE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust is planning to move its head and neck cancer services from John Radcliffe Hospital to nearby Churchill Hospital as part of plans to develop a major cancer centre on the site.
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Oxford trust plans to invest in neo natal unit
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals Oxford Trust is planning to spend more than £3m extending its intensive care unit for newborn babies, to provide space for an extra 12 cots.
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London mental health clinicians win places on fellowship programme
WORKFORCE: Two staff from South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust have won places on the Clinical Leadership Fellowship Programme run by the NHS National Leadership Academy.