News – Page 1323
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Patient volume forces East Surrey to close A&E
PERFORMANCE: Patient volumes forced the accident and emergency department at East Surrey Hospital to close for five hours last month in a situation more akin to winter pressures.
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NewsDisagreement over new 'death rate' measure continues
The NHS Information Centre has been forced to amend the new summary hospital mortality indicator following complaints from the members of the steering group set up agree a consensus on measuring mortality rates, HSJ has learned.
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NewsInfections rise forces hospital to close to new patients
A hospital has been closed to new patients following a rise in the number of cases of the C difficile bug.
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NewsLess than a third of patients asked about diet
Less than a third of patients have been asked about their diet and weight during a stay in hospital and less than a quarter have been given a choice of what they would like to eat, according to new research.
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Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership overspending in 'some staff areas'
WORKFORCE: Staff in post at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust are 314 whole time equivalent below the funded level, but the organisation is still overspending on staff in some areas.
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One year without MRSA for Colchester FT
PERFORMANCE: Colchester University Hospital FT has gone a whole year without a case of MRSA, according to figures from the Health Protection Agency.
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Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership forced to plug CIP gap
FINANCE: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust is looking for non-recurrent savings to plug a £600,000 gap in its cost improvement plan savings.
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Financial pressures 'beginning to emerge' in Newcastle
FINANCE: Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tyneside primary care organisations are already reporting overspends according to NHS North of Tyne board papers.
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C difficile targets breached in Northumbria
PERFORMANCE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust missed its in year targets for reducing the first quarter, board papers reveal.
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South of Tyne awards contract for specialist services for young people
COMMERCIAL: NHS South of Tyne and Wear has awarded a contract for its specialist community child and adolescent mental health and learning disability service, following a consultation with children and families on how they would like to see services delivered.
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Dementia service waiting times improve in the NE
PERFORMANCE: Average lengths of stay for dementia patients across the region has reduced from 16 to 10 days, and patients are seeing a specialist liaison nurse within a day, something which could previously take up to five days.
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Primary care organisations across NE launch equality consultation
PERFORMANCE: Primary Care Organisations across the North East are inviting members of the public to have their say on how equality can be improved in the NHS.
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New public health director at North Tyneside
WORKFORCE: North Tyneside Council and primary care trust have jointly appointed a new public health director to start in October.
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Increase in parking charges at NUH
FINANCE: Nottingham Hospitals NHS trust has announced that it will increase the rates it charges for patients and visitors to park in its car parks from September.
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Northampton General joins forces with the private sector
COMMERCIAL: Northampton General Hospital NHS trust has announced a partnership with private healthcare provider Avery Healthcare to provide 22 “transitional care” beds at its Cliftonville Care Centre.
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Kettering General misses A&E performance targets
PERFORMANCE: Kettering General Hospitals Trust failed to meet key performance targets in its accident and emergency department in the last quarter, recent board papers reveal.
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Delayed transfers of care increasing at Nottinghamshire Healthcare
PERRFORMANCE: Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust missed its delayed transfers of care targets in June.
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University Hospitals Leicester racks up £8.4m deficit
FINANCE: Trust board finance papers reveal that at the end of June the organisation had spiralled into a debt of £8.4m already this year, a position the finance director Andrew Seddon describes as “most disappointing”.
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South Tees improves care for patients that have fallen
PERFORMANCE: A new arrangement between Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust and the Hambleton and Richmondshire community fast response team at South Tees Hospitals NHS foundation trust is reducing the number of ambulance call-outs and improving care for people who have fallen.
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Northumbria Healthcare at 'very high risk' of breaching targets
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust is at “very high risk” of failing to meet it C difficile and A&E waiting times targets, board papers warn.