News – Page 1182
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One compulsory redundancy follows QVH ward closure
WORKFORCE: One member of staff was made compulsorily redundant following the closure of a ward at Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, according to board papers.
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NewsCharity challenges CQC over critical report
A charity has challenged the findings of a critical Care Quality Commission report on one of its homes for young people with learning disabilities.
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North Bristol Trust plans private patient unit
North Bristol Trust is seeking a commercial partner to build and run a stand-alone private patient unit next to its new private finance initiative hospital.
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NewsMental health trust in breach of authorisation despite 'improvement'
A mental health trust has been found in significant breach of its authorisation by Monitor, after the Care Quality Commission raised concerns about care.
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NewsIntegrated care has no 'significant impact' on hospital costs
The greater integration of care has no significant impact on the cost of secondary care, with benefits cancelled out by “unexpected” increases in emergency admissions, a major review has found.
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NewsExclusive: CCG authorisation requirements and timetable revealed
Clinical commissioning groups will have to meet 118 authorisation requirements to be approved to take over from primary care trusts in April next year.
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NewsRegional differences in accidental injury death rates
The number of people who die from injuries such as falls, road accidents and poisoning varies dramatically aross England, research suggests.
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New chief exec and chair for Croydon after current chair steps down
WORKFORCE: The chair of Croydon Health Services is stepping down shortly after the chief executive departed.
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NewsOlder cancer patients' treatment restricted, Macmillan claims
Elderly cancer patients are being “under-treated” on the NHS because of assumptions made about their ability to cope, a charity warned today.
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Essex trusts form limited company with university and council
STRUCTURE: South Essex Partnership University Foundation Trust has formed a limited company with four other NHS trusts, Essex County Council and a university.
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NewsPM declares 'national crisis' over dementia care
The prime minister has declared that rising rates of dementia are “a national crisis” and launched a major drive to improve the lives of sufferers and their carers.
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Oxford and Southampton named as trauma centres
STRUCTURE: John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford and Southampton General have been named as the South Central region’s two major trauma centres.
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NewsExclusive: Treasury claws back £0.5bn from health budget
The Treasury has clawed back half a billion pounds that was allocated for health spending this year, prompting fears that the punishing NHS savings drive will go towards “general deficit reduction”.
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Torbay looks to collaborate with acute trust
STRUCTURE: Torbay Care Trust and South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust have agreed to “strengthen their levels of collaboration”.
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Liverpool Community Health names new medical director
WORKFORCE: The trust has appointed Craig Gradden, currently of Aintree University Hospitals, as medical director.
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New Plymouth social enterprise below average on staff engagement
WORKFORCE: Plymouth Community Health scored below average on four key indicators of staff engagement in the 2011 NHS staff survey.
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Northants and Milton Keynes performance under closer SHA scrutiny
PERFORMANCE: NHS Midlands and East has stepped up its monitoring of the Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes primary care trust cluster amid substandard performance in A&E and urgent care.
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Coventry and Warwickshire faces 'significant underdelivery' of CIPs
FINANCE: Significant under delivery of the cost improvement programme means that only £20m of the £28m target is now forecast to be achieved.
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George Eliot Trust awards itself amber-red governance rating
PERFORMANCE: George Eliot Hospital Trust’s self-assessed governance risk rating for quarter four is amber-red, after the trust missed targets on C difficile and accident and emergency care.
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Yorkshire chief executive takes over additional PCT cluster
WORKFORCE: Christopher Long, chief executive of the Humber PCT cluster, has additionally become chief executive of NHS North Yorkshire and York from next month.