News – Page 1230
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NewsLansley outlines further 'steps' to address breast implants concerns
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has set out a “series of steps” in response to continued concerns over the safety risks posed by French Poly Implant Prostheses (PiP) breast implants.
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NewsCameron demands improvements to frontline nursing 'red tape'
The prime minister has announced a series of moves to improve care standards and free nurses of “non-essential paperwork and excessive bureaucracy”.
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HSJ Local
Scabies outbreak halts admissions for 48 hours
PERFORMANCE: Two wards at a hospital in Sussex had to be closed to new admissions for 48 hours last year after an outbreak of scabies.
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HSJ Local
Basildon FT looks at 5 per cent cost cut
FINANCE: A tough year is in prospect at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust, which is planning for reductions in divisional costs of 5 per cent.
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HSJ Local
Basildon unlikely to hit 98 per cent A&E target
PERFORMANCE: A&E performance against the four hour target stands at 97.8 per cent in the year to date and is unlikely to reach 98 per cent by the end of the year, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust’s board has been told.
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HSJ Local
Stroke concern at Cambs PCT cluster
PERFORMANCE: Performance on stroke targets is causing concern at NHS Peterborough and NHS Cambridgeshire.
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Pressure building on Peterborough finances
FINANCE: NHS Peterborough faces significant risks as it battles to break even this financial year, a board meeting heard.
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HSJ Local
Welwyn hospital A&E services to be reduced from this month
STRUCTURE: Accident and emergency services at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Welwyn are to be reduced overnight as East and North Hertfordshire Trust continues with a major reconfiguration.
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HSJ Local
Greater Manchester signs £1.8m home oxygen contract
COMMERCIAL: The Greater Manchester cluster of primary care trusts has signed a contract worth an estimated £1.8m for the provision of home oxygen services to all 10 PCTs in the area.
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HSJ Local
Berkshire Healthcare restructures community service management
STRUCTURE: Berkshire Healthcare has established a new management structure for its community services.
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HSJ Local
Greater Manchester cluster proposes responsibility for networks’ funding
STRUCTURE: The NHS Greater Manchester ‘cluster’ of primary care trusts has proposed that it take over responsibility funds held to support the Making it Better reconfiguration of the city’s maternity services.
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HSJ Local
Nottingham named regional trauma centre
STRUCTURE: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has been designated the region’s lead trauma centre
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HSJ Local
New chief medical officer at Rotherham FT
WORKFORCE: A new medical director has started work at The Rotherham Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Interest in North Bristol tender "encouraging"
COMMERCIAL: North Bristol Trust has received eight pre qualification questionnaires in response to its tender for a partner to build and health and social care centre and provide nursing services.
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HSJ Local
Amber/red rating for governance at Dudley
PERFORMANCE: Dudley Group of Hospitals Foundation Trust has been amber/red rated by Monitor for governance due to higher than planned levels of Clostridium difficile and outstanding CQC compliance actions.
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HSJ Local
Berkshire cluster fails to agree asset transfer plan with trust
STRUCTRE: The Berkshire primary care trust cluster’s plans to transfer community service properties to Berkshire Healthcare are “inconsistent with Department of Health guidance” and the issue will take months to resolve, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Leicester, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire form £10m sports and exercise centre
STRUCTURE: Three trusts have linked up with universities to form a £10m centre for sport and exercise medicine.
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HSJ Local
Worcestershire Health and Care struggles to recruit medics
WORKFORCE: Worcestershire Health and Care Trust has decided to recruit nurse consultants instead of doctors after struggling to fill medical posts.
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HSJ Local
Southampton PCT misses all acute activity targets
PERFORMANCE: NHS Southampton is above target on all its acute activity measures after entering into an agreement with its main provider to reduce waiting times.
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NewsDH advertises for future leader of Public Health England
The Department of Health has begun advertising for a chief executive designate for its new executive agency Public Health England.