News – Page 718
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HSJ LocalCass: Neonatal facilities ‘transformed’ by new unit
ACUTE CARE: Bradford Royal Infirmary has opened a £2m neonatal unit complete with ensuite family bedrooms, play area and a counselling suite.
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HSJ LocalChesterfield Royal misses cancer target
PERFORMANCE: Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust has missed the national target for treating cancer patients within 62 days of screening for the third month in a row.
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Bedfordshire CCG accountable officer resigns
WORKFORCE: Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group’s accountable officer has resigned.
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HSJ LocalAiredale surplus better than planned
FINANCE: Airedale Foundation Trust posted a surplus of £393,000 at the end of January, £275,000 more than planned.
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NewsRanked: Whipps Cross poorest hospital rated by CQC to date
Whipps Cross University Hospital is by one measure, the poorest hospital to be rated by the Care Quality Commission to date.
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HSJ LocalTrusts sells part of hospital site to housing developers
COMMERCIAL: Northumberland Tyne and Wear Foundation Trust has sold land at its Northgate Hospital site for a net £13.7m to housing developers
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NewsExclusive: DH agreed extra bailouts for trusts where performance was at risk
The Department of Health arranged at least £39m in extra ‘essential’ capital funding for foundation trusts where patient safety or ‘ongoing operations’ were at risk because of maintenance backlogs, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCCGs given only two weeks to finalise primary care budget arrangements
Commissioners have been left with only two weeks to finalise potentially complex legal arrangements for taking control of their primary care budgets.
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HSJ Local‘No one held accountable’ for Hinchingbrooke deal, says PAC report
PERFORMANCE: Oversight of the contract for NHS’s only privately run hospital was ‘poor and inadequate’ and ‘no one has been held accountable for the consequences’, MPs have said.
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NewsKing's Fund disputes Labour plan to exempt NHS from EU rules
Labour’s election proposal to make the NHS exempt from European Union procurement law cannot be implemented unless a future government curbs the independence of foundation trusts, the King’s Fund has said.
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HSJ LocalCancer training for London practice nurses to be rolled out
WORKFORCE: A scheme to train practice nurses in managing cancer patients is likely to be rolled out across south west London pending the evaluation of a trial in Wandsworth.
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New interim chief executive for outer London trust
WORKFORCE: West Middlesex University Hospital Trust has appointed a new interim chief executive.
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HSJ LocalBristol Community Health appoints non-exec director
WORKFORCE: Bristol Community Health has appointed Julie Dovey as a non-executive director.
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HSJ LocalManchester stroke centralisation could 'save 50 lives a year'
STRUCTURE: The majority of stroke patients in Greater Manchester will be treated at specialist hospitals, under plans to increase the centralisation of services which it is hoped could save 50 lives a year.
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HSJ LocalTrust told to improve mental health services
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners have told 5 Boroughs Partnership Foundation Trust to boost its performance in for improving access to psychological therapies services
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NewsPharma giant strikes deal to save breast cancer drug funding
The Swiss drug giant Novartis has struck a deal with NHS England to prevent one of its breast cancer treatments being axed from the cancer drugs fund.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England drug delay led to ‘absolutely preventable’ deaths
A two year delay in NHS England drawing up a prescribing policy for a licensed drug has led to at least two ‘absolutely preventable’ deaths and more than 30 adults and children left at significant risk, HSJ has been told.
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NewsBarts placed in special measures after hospital rated 'inadequate'
Barts Health Trust, the largest NHS trust in the country, is to be placed in special measures after a damning Care Quality Commission inspection report rated Whipps Cross University Hospital ‘inadequate’.
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HSJ LocalTrust launches campaign to support whistleblowers
WORKFORCE: Tameside Hospital Foundation Trust has launched a campaign to encourage staff to raise concerns.
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HSJ Local£1m IT project to predict clinical outcomes for diabetes patients
COMMERCIAL: Camden Clinical Commissioning Group has won funding for a £1m project that will use statistical data to predict outcomes for patients with diabetes.