News – Page 1175
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First public board for East CCG
STRUCTURE: A clinical commissioning group in the East Midlands is to hold its first public board meeting next week.
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Over activity sees Northern Devon miss savings target
FINANCE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust is forecasting a £232,000 slippage against its savings plan.
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New director of public health appointed for the south
WORKFORCE: Yvonne Doyle has been appointed as director of public health for the NHS South of England strategic health authority cluster, with immediate effect.
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Vomiting bug blamed as Royal Berkshire misses stroke target
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust has blamed a downturn in stroke performance this year on an outbreak of norovirus.
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Workforce director appointed at Plymouth
WORKFORCE: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust’s deputy director of human resources is to join Plymouth Hospitals Trust as director of workforce.
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Trust loses out on cash as patients 'readmitted' for just 10 minutes
PERFORMANCE: Patients are being classified as readmissions at Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust despite spending less than 90 minutes in the hospital, an analysis has found.
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NewsExclusive: London and Manchester to get beam therapy investment
Andrew Lansley will tomorrow announce two hospitals that will offer Proton Beam Therapy for the treatment of cancer.
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Buckinghamshire trust FT bid delayed six months
STRUCTURE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust has put back its application for foundation status by six months.
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£500k spike in Bolton Health Consortium prescribing overspend
FINANCE: Bolton Health Consortium’s forecast overspend on its prescribing budget went up by £496,000 in February, to £861,000.
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Leeds Infirmary wins major trauma centre
STRUCTURE: Leeds General Infirmary, part of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, has been named as one of 22 major trauma centres nationally.
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Southampton doctor makes blood pressure breakthrough
RESEARCH: University of Southampton researchers are reporting they have discovered a new process that controls the ability of arteries to regulate blood pressure.
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Buckinghamshire Trust misses C diff target throughout 2011-12
PERFORMANCE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust missed its target for C difficile infections in each month of 2011-12 to February.
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Inconsistencies found between ambulance and trust handover reporting
PERFORMANCE: A report to the north central London cluster of PCTs said the number of reported delays of more than a hour in ambulance handovers to acute trusts was inconsistent between the London Ambulance Service and hospitals.
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Hull and East Yorkshire named as major trauma centre
STRUCTURE: Hull Royal Infirmary, part of Hull and East Yorkshire Trust, has been named as one of 22 major trauma centres nationally.
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Takeover of Trafford Healthcare Trust completed
STRUCTURE: The takeover of the Trafford Healthcare Trust by Central Manchester University Hospitals is now complete, the foundation has announced.
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Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals rated red on FT progress
STRUCTURE: Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been red-rated on its progress towards becoming a foundation trust.
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Major trauma centre confirmed at Newcastle FT
STRUCTURE: The Royal Victoria Infirmary, part of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has been named as one of 22 major trauma centres nationally.
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DH issues grant for developing patient information
The Patient Information Forum is to be given £175,000 by the Department of Health to test and develop new approaches to improving health and wellbeing.
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NewsMarket competition test proposed for trusts seeking extra funding
Monitor might refuse to allow local increases to the prices paid to NHS trusts unless commissioners have proven they could not buy the services more cheaply elsewhere, an independent report for the regulator has suggested.
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NewsHealth board management to be scrutinised over waiting times
An independent review is to be carried out into the culture of management at a Scottish health board accused of doctoring waiting times figures to meet official targets.