News – Page 1355
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Birmingham Community Healthcare chasing PCT for outstanding £587,000
FINANCE: Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust is owed £587,000 by NHS Sandwell, which has failed to repay the money within the 90 day limit.
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NewsEuropean integrated care models weighed up by struggling hospital
A struggling district general hospital in South West England is considering adopting Europe’s most innovative models of integrated care to ensure future sustainability, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS estate spend rising despite lower bed numbers
Spending on maintaining buildings, cleaning hospitals and feeding patients in the NHS has risen by nearly 8 per cent in a year despite a fall in the number of beds, Department of Health figures reveal.
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Cornwall names AQP services
COMMERCIAL: NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly have decided to open up adult primary care psychological therapies, musculo-skeletal services for back and neck pain and community adult hearing services to any qualified provider.
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NewsSpecialist care housing model losing funding
Specialist housing integrated with care provision may not survive as a long term model for providing care for older people, a report has warned.
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NewsDilnot social care proposals are 'regressive', says Lansley
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has told a meeting of councillors that he believes the Dilnot Commission’s proposals on care funding reform are “regressive”, HSJ understands.
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Dilnot social care proposals would cost Surrey £100m a year
FINANCE: Implementing the Dilnot report’s recommendations for reforming social care funding would cost Surrey an extra £100m per year, its county council has estimated.
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NewsIndependent NHS screening review launched
An independent review of NHS breast screening is under way after researchers suggested the harms may outweigh the benefits.
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NewsReforms must change to 'mitigate damage' - BMA chair
The British Medical Association has said significant changes to NHS reforms are still required to “mitigate the damage” they will cause, as peers prepared to debate afresh the government proposals.
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NewsLansley plans increased spot checks to improve elderly care
Plans to “root out” problems in the care of older people will see hundreds of hospitals and care homes subject to higher numbers of unannounced checks.
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NewsSingle NHS finance and performance post abolished
The post which had been expected to become the second most senior job in the new NHS has been split in two.
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NewsLarge variation in nursing skill mix, figures show
Figures obtained by HSJ reveal a large difference in staff skill mix between different hospital trusts.
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Medway FT accredited for minor injuries course
WORKFORCE: Medway NHS Foundation Trust has introduced a minor injuries training course for nurses and paramedics.
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Medway FT records four mixed sex breaches for September
PERFORMANCE: Medway NHS Foundation Trust recorded four breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation last month.
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Zero mixed sex breaches in September for Kent and Medway Partnership
PERFORMANCE: Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust recorded no breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation last month.
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Worcestershire acute below plan on activity
PERFORMANCE: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust is below plan on non-elective, outpatient and accident and emergency activity at the end of the first quarter of the year.
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Zero mixed sex breaches in September for Sussex Community Trust
PERFORMANCE: Sussex Community NHS Trust recorded no breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation last month.
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South Tees Hospitals considers centralising specialist orthodontics
STRUCTURE: South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is considering centralising its specialist orthodontic services.
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NHS Worcestershire overspends on Continuing Care
FINANCE: NHS Worcestershire is reporting a £3.1m overspend on Continuing Care due to a growth in client numbers compared to 2010-11.
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EMAS appoints new chief executive
WORKFORCE: East Midlands Ambulance Service has appointed a former strategic health authority director as its new chief executive.