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NewsStaff absenteeism highest in NHS, study shows
Employee absenteeism in the NHS is failing to be adequately addressed by managers, despite the fact that the organisation has the highest level of worker absence of any sector, a report has warned.
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Health and safety risk from George Eliot hardware
PERFORMANCE: George Eliot Hospital is to review staffing levels in its estates department after identifying the poor maintenance as a serious risk.
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Lambeth moves to single emerging CCG
STRUCTURE: The GPs in Lambeth are now members of a single emerging clinical commissioning group.
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Patients left confused by Swindon A&E scheme
STRUCTURE: A scheme aimed at reducing accident and emergency attendances is causing “confusion and complaints” among patients, according to primary care trust board papers.
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All practices within Shropshire County PCT have signed up to a single emerging CCG
STRUCTURE: All practices within NHS Shropshire County have signed up to a single emerging clinical commissioning group.
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George Eliot beats CIP target for first quarter
FINANCE: George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust has exceeded its cost improvement plan target for the first quarter of 2011-12, but is yet to identify all the savings it will need to make this year.
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George Eliot rated amber-green after missing cancer target
PERFORMANCE: George Eliot Hospital missed out on a “green” Monitor governance rating after narrowly failing to meet its 62 day cancer referral target for the first quarter of 2011-12.
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New out of hours provider in Great Yarmouth and Waveney
COMMERCIAL: Great Yarmouth and Waveney’s primary care trust and clinical commissioning group have appointed a new provider for out of hours services in the area.
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NHS Wiltshire struggles to reach contract agreement with acutes
FINANCE: NHS Wiltshire had still not agreed contracts with four of its biggest acute providers by the start of July.
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SHA proposes 'no pathology service review, no bailout' policy for London trusts
FINANCE: Documents seen by HSJ reveal NHS London is proposing to make financial bail-outs conditional on trusts signing up to its plans to shake-up pathology.
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Reconfiguration in Berkshire and Buckinghamshire to leave three main acute sites
STRUCTURE: A strategy for the future of acute and community care in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire has made no mention of Ascot’s Heatherwood hospital, which has already been dogged by closure fears.
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Lancashire Care FT reports rise in violent incidents against staff
WORKFORCE: The rate of violent incidents against staff at the foundation rose in June to its highest level since October 2010, according to its August board papers.
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C difficile cases rise faster than planned at East Lancashire Hospitals Trust
PERFORMANCE: Cases of C difficile rose faster than planned at the trust in the first three months of 2011-12, latest board reports show.
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Berkshire East falls short on QIPP savings
FINANCE: Berkshire East primary care trust made only two thirds of its planned efficiency savings in the first two months of 2011-12, according to board papers.
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NewsSHA cluster chief executives announced
The chief executives of the strategic health authority clusters have been appointed.
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NewsDH confirms delay to GP practice registration
The government has confirmed it is delaying the deadline for the registration of GP practices with the Care Quality Commission by a year.
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NewsFoundation Trust revives £2m e-records project
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust has resurrected plans for an e-records system despite a recent failed pilot of e-records software and criticism by MPs of attempts to create a similar network nationally.
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Mental Health Network calls to postpone personal budgets
Mental health professionals and service users have united to cast doubt on the merits of personal health budgets.
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Call for probe into GP transfer of SW London care home patients
PERFORMANCE: One of the leading lights of the government’s GP commissioning reforms has been drawn into a row which has seen the primary care trust cluster for south west London investigate claims care home patients were “dumped” by a GP practice.
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Berkshire West QIPP slips
FINANCE: Berkshire West primary care trust is expecting to meet its surplus target of £1.6m for 2011-12, but said some efficiency schemes were already showing “significant slippage” in the first two months of the year.