News – Page 1406
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Northumbria Healthcare appoints social care expert as NED
WORKFORCE: A former council chief executive has been appointed a non-executive director of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
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Cornwall Partnership consults staff on restructure
WORKFORCE: Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust is consulting on three options for its future structure after taking on provision of children’s community health services.
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Avon and Wiltshire performs poorly against CQUIN target
FINANCE: Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust has lost out on £166,000 after failing to meet the full requirements of a commissioning for quality and innovation (CQUIN) target.
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Avon and Wiltshire look to become FT by year end
STRUCTURE: Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust is aiming to become a foundation trust by the end of the financial year.
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Londonwide GP council to represent capital's pathfinders
STRUCTURE: A single forum now represents all of London’s 38 pathfinder consortia.
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NewsLansley blames waiting time rise on snow
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has blamed the “severe winter” for an increase in NHS waiting times.
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NewsTories accused over listening exercise timing
Health secretary Andrew Lansley’s promise to “pause and listen” to concerns over his planned NHS shake-up were dismissed as a smokescreen to protect the coalition from an electoral backlash in the run-up to next month’s polls.
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NewsLeading MPs fail to find anything positive in NHS reforms
The chair of the influential Public Accounts Committee has said the cross-party group of MPs struggled to find anything positive in the government’s NHS reform plan
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NewsNo hospital doctors on consortia boards
Patients and other health professionals are being excluded from the “closed shop” of GP commissioning consortium boards, an HSJ investigation has found.
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NewsCluster landscape shows 52 commissioners
Primary care trusts are clustering into 52 commissioners across England – ranging from a £4.7bn giant to an £800m standalone PCT.
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NW London Hospitals Trust forced to set deficit plan for 2011-12
FINANCE: The large acute trust’s plan for the year anticipates a £19m deficit.
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Royal Free records year-end surplus
FINANCE: The central London hospital reported a surplus of £9m for the financial year.
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Medway FT signs memorandum of understanding with nearby acute trust
STRUCTURE: Medway NHS Foundation Trust has moved a step closer to integration with Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, which is seeking a way of gaining foundation status.
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Medway hails ‘best results’ on mixed sex wards
PERFORMANCE: The trust believes itself to be compliant with operating framework requirements that it eliminate mixed sex accommodation except where it is in the overall best interests of the patient, or reflects the patient choice.
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Police to discuss controlled drugs policy with Frimley Park staff
WORKFORCE: The FT is making efforts to improve areas of poor performance in theatres, with a focus on improving management of controlled drugs.
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Chelsea and Westminster maternity complaint count remains static
PERFORMANCE: An internal review of maternity services at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has concluded that more needs to be done to ensure all patients have a positive experience.
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Broadmoor airs reservations over personality disorder service redesign
PERFORMANCE: The West London Mental Health Trust, which runs the Broadmoor high-secure services, warned it had “reservations” over the ability of the prison service to manage some of the patients under its care.
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GP commissioning executive takes up reins in Rotherham
STRUCTURE: A primary care trust subcommittee composed of GPs has taken on responsibility for most functions of NHS Rotherham since 1 April.
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Frimley Park expects improvement on stroke to result from workforce changes
PERFORMANCE: The FT expects to improve its stroke services “imminently” after a lengthy period of below par performance, according to board papers.
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Frimley Park Hospital FT acts to improve trauma performance
PERFORMANCE: The FT is making efforts to improve areas of poor performance in trauma and orthopaedics.