News – Page 1207
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East Cheshire misses surplus target, despite below-plan paybill spend
FINANCE: East Cheshire Trust’s bottom line was still hovering just above breakeven at the end of December, against plans to have delivered a surplus of £658,000 by that point.
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QVH remains on course for surplus, despite challenges
FINANCE: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust’s financial performance remains on course for a planned surplus.
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NHS Midlands and East launches 'real time' monitoring of patient experience
PERFORMANCE: A system for ranking NHS trusts by patient satisfaction will be introduced across a quarter of England’s hospitals in 2012-13, with part of their funding dependant on league table performance.
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Yorkshire trust appoints new chief exec with council background
WORKFORCE: A new chief executive has been appointed at Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust.
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NewsTreatment information for outpatients must improve, trusts warned
Hospitals must get better at explaining treatment, according to the Care Quality Commission, after a national survey of outpatients found many were left confused about tests, medicines and side effects.
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NewsSurgery uses patient list to market private tests
A GP practice has used its patient list to distribute marketing material for a company offering private screening for heart conditions and stroke risk.
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NewsHospital infection strategies 'wrong' - study
Hospitals may be adopting the wrong strategy for tackling a notorious healthcare associated infection, a study suggests.
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NewsGovernment forced to defend McKinsey bill involvement
The government has denied that there is a conflict of interest between its health reforms and a management consultant advising on them.
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NewsReforms spell end of joint commissioning in Peterborough
A long-running agreement on joint commissioning of health and social care has come to an end because of the government’s health reforms.
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New MD for Surrey social enterprise
WORKFORCE: The newly formed social enterprise in east Surrey, First Community Health and Care, has appointed Philip Greenhill as its new managing director.
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Western Sussex having trouble generating interest in spare hospital block
COMMERCIAL: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS has extended a deadline for organisations to express an interest in taking over the Harness Block at Southlands Hospital.
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Norovirus warning at Royal Surrey County Hospital
PERFORMANCE: Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has asked outpatients to stay away if they have had diarrhoea or vomiting in the last 48 hours.
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Community engagement strategy for Kent and Medway Partnership
STRUCTURE: Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership has launched a Community Engagement Strategy.
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East Kent Hospitals set to introduce new patient monitoring system
STRUCTURE: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is investing in a new deteriorating patient monitoring system.
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East Kent Hospitals launches ‘passport’ for LD patients
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust has developed and launched a “healthcare passport” for patients with learning disabilities.
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QVH first to offer ‘claw hand’ drug on NHS
PERFORMANCE: The Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has become the first hospital to offer an innovative new treatment on the NHS.
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QVH remains slightly over MRSA target
PERFORMANCE: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is reporting only two MRSA cases this financial year, but has already failed to reach its tough target of just one case.
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New theatre build set to begin next month
STRUCTURE: The Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is due to begin site redevelopment in March in preparation for the building of new surgical facilities.
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Oxfordshire pockets surplus despite acute overspending
FINANCE: Oxfordshire primary care trust is on track to meet its surplus target of £2.2m, despite overspending on its major acute contract and deteriorations in other areas of commissioning.
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Rise in 'digestive procedures' prompts overspend on private contract
FINANCE: NHS Swindon is forecasting an overspend on its contract with the private provider BMI.