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NewsLansley announces £30m fund for cold housing
The government will provide an extra £30m to help keep homes warm during winter, the health secretary announced today.
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NewsCommunity care failing the vunerable, report claims
Community care has failed the most vulnerable members of society and ‘urgently’ needs reforming, a think tank has concluded.
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Exclusive: inquiry launched as £25m black hole opens up in PCT accounts
An independent “forensic” inquiry has been launched after a £25m financial black hole opened up in NHS Croydon’s accounts.
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Surrey and Sussex still behind on VTE
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare is now the only trust in the South East Coast region significantly behind on venous thromboembolism performance, according to strategic health authority board papers.
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Winchester and Eastleigh beats savings target
FINANCE: Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust is ahead of its break-even financial plan for 2011-12, after beating its savings target for the year to date.
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Winchester and Eastleigh rated red for operating plans
PERFORMANCE: Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust has been given a red rating under the South Central strategic health authority compliance framework for its operating plans, and an amber rating for care quality.
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Birmingham CCGs present 'significant challenge' on size and geography
STRUCTURE: The current configuration of clinical commissioning groups in Birmingham and Solihull, Black Country and Arden present a significant challenge on the basis of their “size and geographical coherence”, according to NHS West Midlands.
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Patients diverted from pressured Worcester Royal A&E
PERFORMANCE: Due to continued poor performance against A&E targets, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust is to divert some patients from its Worcester Royal Hospital site to its Alexandra Hospital site.
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NHS Cumbria draws up list of potential properties for transfer to FT
STRUCTURE: Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust and NHS Cumbria have drawn up a provisional list of properties that could be transferred to the FT, following its takeover of the primary care trust’s community services.
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Solent trust wins Winchester and Eastleigh sexual health contract
COMMERCIAL: Solent NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded a contract to take over Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust’s sexual health services.
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NHS Devon highlights safeguarding concern
WORKFORCE: NHS Devon has identified a “serious child safeguarding concern” due to a lack of suitable paediatric posts, according to board papers.
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Non-acute DTOC a cause for concern in Dorset
PERFORMANCE: Delayed transfer of care continues to be a concern for the NHS Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole cluster despite improvements.
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Pennine Acute records one mixed sex breach in September
PERFORMANCE: Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust recorded one breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation last month.
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North Cumbria University Hospitals records one mixed sex breach in September
PERFORMANCE: North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust recorded one breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation last month.
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Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset cluster busts C diff target
PERFORMANCE: The NHS Bournemouth and Poole and NHS Dorset cluster has exceeded its year to date clostridium difficile target by more than 30 cases.
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NewsLib Dems peers push series of amendments on competition
Liberal Democrat peers are supporting a series of amendments to the Health Bill aimed at curtailing competition regulation, and are concerned it could still extend the application of European competition law to the NHS.
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NewsTargeting 'risky' male drinkers could save NHS £120m - report
A quarter of men are “risky drinkers” who have an increased chance of developing cancer, liver disease and mental health problems, a study has suggested.
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NewsGovernment alcohol pricing plans backed
A leading academic on the alcohol industry and the chief executive of a brewery have backed the Scottish government’s plans to introduce minimum pricing.
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NewsEmployers tells DH to make pensions plans more 'progressive'
NHS Employers has sent the government detailed advice on how to exempt nearly half of staff from requirements to pay more towards their pensions next year.
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Only four maternity units in London meet consultant labour ward requirements
WORKFORCE: A report from NHS London has outlined significant shortfalls in consultant presence in labour wards.