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NewsWinter pressures continue into spring
Hospital trusts across England reported higher than planned deficits in the first month of the financial year, linked to winter pressures dragging on into the spring, HSJ analysis has revealed.
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NewsSarah Wollaston elected Commons health committee chair
Conservative MP for Totnes, who is a former GP, succeeds Stephen Dorrell
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HSJ LocalDispute hits finances of CCG and provider in Shropshire
COMMERCIAL: A contract dispute between a clinical commissioning group and a trust in Shropshire has resulted in the CCG being placed in “financial recovery” and the provider pushed deeper into deficit, board papers showed.
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NewsNHS could learn cost-cutting lessons from retail, Corrigan claims
Hospitals need to follow in the footsteps of retailers when it comes to cost-cutting techniques and quality measures, it has been claimed.
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HSJ Local
NHS 111 could be terminated in Norfolk
PERFORMANCE: The NHS 111 service could be terminated in Norfolk, as the East of England Ambulance Service Trust, which runs the service, has failed to secure sufficient funding.
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HSJ Local
Cambs and Peterborough fails healthcare aquired infections target
PERFORMANCE: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group exceeded its annual ceiling for C difficile and MRSA in 2013-14, according to papers discussed it’s June governing body meeting.
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HSJ LocalNewcastle CCGs exceed threshold for healthcare aquired infections
PERFORMANCE: Newcastle North and East Clinical Commissioning Group exceeded its threshold for non-hospital related healthcare acquired infections by more than double in 2013-14.
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HSJ Local
Newcastle FT exceeds C Diff threshold in 2013-14
PERFORMANCE: Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust reported 86 cases of C difficile in 2013-14, exceeding its threshold of 66, according to papers discussed at the June meeting of Gateshead, Newcastle North and and East and Newcastle West CCGs.
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HSJ Local
Newcastle FT fails to meet nursing staffing levels
WORKFORCE: Planned nurse staffing levels were not met for 19 per cent of inpatient shifts at Newcastle Upon Tyne Foundation Trust in April, according to a paper discussed at its May board meeting.
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HSJ Local
Stall in Birmingham Women's staff engagement
WORKFORCE: Staff engagement at Birmingham Women’s Foundation Trust has “stood still since” 2012, the trust’s May board papers state.
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HSJ Local
St George's aims to be authorised as an FT in November
STRUCTURE: St George’s Healthcare Trust aims to be authorised as a foundation trust in November, according to board papers.
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HSJ Local
St George's reduces number of missing medical notes with electronic tags
PERFORMANCE: St George’s Healthcare Trust slashed the number of medical notes going missing by attaching 9,000 “radio frequency identification” tags to notes, as part of an exercise.
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HSJ Local
Initiative launched to share health data between Liverpool and Lancashire
The North West Coast Academic Health Science Network has launched a £500,000 programme to improve the sharing of patient data between health and social care services in Liverpool and Lancashire.
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HSJ LocalRotherham CCG awarded business 'excellence' standard
STRUCTURE: Rotherham Clinical Commissioning Group has become the first NHS commissioning organisation to be awarded the Investors in Excellence standard.
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Revealed: CSU sector income is £50m above expectations
Commissioning support units made a collective surplus of nearly 6 per cent, HSJ can reveal after obtaining financial performance data for the entire sector for the first time.
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NewsTrusts exodus from Capita HR contract
Trusts across Liverpool are pulling out of a “landmark” £27m deal to buy their payroll and recruitment services from outsourcing giant Capita, fewer than three years into the seven-year contract.
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NewsCall for human factors support for patient safety
A group of leading patient safety experts are seeking central funding to support the spread of human factors science.
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HSJ LocalCQC to conduct 'urgent' safety review at Stafford Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission is to undertake an “urgent review” of safety at Stafford Hospital after the special administrators of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust raised concerns about the “fragility” of services at the troubled provider.
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NewsProbe lays bare ‘lapses’ in past patient records safety procedures
An investigation has uncovered ‘significant administrative lapses’ in processes used by the NHS Information Centre to oversee the release of patient records to organisations including research bodies, government departments and insurers.
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HSJ LocalBidder for £800m integrated care contract pulls out at final stage
COMMERCIAL: One of the bidders in the running for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group’s £800m integrated older people’s services contract has dropped out at the final stage.