News – Page 1269
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Herts acute trust still predicting surplus
FINANCE: East and North Herts Trust is still predicting a £3.5m surplus this year.
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Herts trust considers increasing use of bank staff
WORKFORCE: East and North Herts Trust is looking at changing the make up of its workforce to reduce the number of redundancies it may have to make when service changes are completed in 2014.
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NewsPickles backs NHS workers' 'right to wear cross'
Cabinet minister Eric Pickles has supported demands for Christians to be allowed to wear crosses at work as two NHS workers take their case to Strasbourg.
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NewsRCGP seeks health reform talks
Family doctors’ leaders have offered an olive branch to ministers in their bitter battle over the government’s NHS reforms.
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NewsMonitor reports sharp deterioration in foundations' A&E performance
Monitor has reported sharp increases in the numbers of foundation trusts breaching accident and emergency targets or attracting the worst risk ratings for governance.
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Sussex Partnership just about in surplus in Jan
FINANCE: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust recorded an operating deficit of £52,000 in January, taking the year to date position to a surplus of just £7,000.
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Unexpected benefit from summary care record in Kent
PERFORMANCE: The NHS Kent and Medway cluster has found summary care records are proving to be a “real benefit” to Gurkha families needing hospital care, some of whom spoke little English.
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Extra million boosts NHS dentistry in Surrey
FINANCE: NHS Surrey has announced it is investing an extra £1m in the county’s high street dentists in order to boost NHS capacity.
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Sussex Partnership FT names preferred provider for IT contract
COMMERCIAL: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has named a preferred bidder for a contract to provide information technology infrastructure and support.
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Sussex Partnership falling behind on savings
FINANCE: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust was around £2.4m behind its savings target in January, according to latest board papers.
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London cluster delays panel decision on service reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: The south west London PCT cluster is delaying until May the panel meeting at which a 60-strong group will examine the quality aspects of a proposed service reconfiguration for the area.
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East Sussex PCTs ties charity grants to outcomes
COMMERCIAL: The East Sussex primary care trust cluster and local authority is to offer up to £8m worth of commissions to voluntary and community organisations.
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East London trust defies commissioners and plans for 9,000 births
PERFORMANCE: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust is anticipating 9,000 births across its two sites in 2012-13, board papers said.
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DH hands Surrey and Sussex Healthcare £6m
FINANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is to receive a significant chunk of extra government funding for new equipment.
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BSUH in line for £1m DH handout
FINANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust is to receive extra government funding for new equipment.
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DH funding for eye equipment at Western Sussex Healthcare
FINANCE: Western Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is to receive extra government funding for new equipment.
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SHA report: Southport and Ormskirk missed "covenant tests" for FT bid
PERFORMANCE: The trust’s bid for foundation status has been marked amber-red in the latest NHS North of England provider development report.
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East London hospital trust sets new record for ambulance handover delays
PERFORMANCE: Barking, Havering, Redbridge University Hospitals Trust saw 120 “black breaches” - cases where patients are left waiting an hour or more in an ambulance because they are unable to admit them - in just one week.
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Foundation trust considers 12-hour nursing shifts to save £500,000
WORKFORCE: The Royal Berkshire Hospital Foundation Trust has considered bringing in 12-hour nursing shifts to save money.
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Patient waits 23 hours to be admitted to trust A&E
PERFORMANCE: A report to Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust’s board showed one patient had waited 23 hours before being admitted in A&E.