News – Page 884
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Lewisham hitting A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Lewisham Healthcare Trust is hitting the A&E target so far this financial year.
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North West London in 'do not resuscitate' controversy
PERFORMANCE: CQC inspectors found four improperly completed “do not attempt resuscitation” orders at North West London Hospitals Trust, an inspection report reveals.
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Imperial plans for £15.1m surplus in 2013-14
FINANCE: Imperial College Healthcare Trust is planning for a £15.1m surplus in 2013-14, board papers reveal.
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Imperial achieves £53m in savings over 2012-13
FINANCE: Imperial College Healthcare Trust made £53m in savings over 2012-13, board papers reveal.
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Imperial misses HCAI target for 2012-13
PERFOPRMANCE: Imperial College Helathcare Trust had missed its C difficile target or 2012-13
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NewsHospital chief executive resigns over A&E performance
The chief executive of Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust has resigned following problems with emergency department performance.
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Milton Keynes ended financial year with £8.8m deficit
FINANCE: Milton Keynes Hospital Foundation Trust ended the 2012-13 financial year with a £8.8m deficit, the Monitor consolidated accounts for the year reveal.
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Imperial appoints new strategy director
WORKFORCE: Imperial College Healthcare Trust has appointed a new strategy director.
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Royal Cornwall continues to fail on A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Just 89.8 per cent of patients at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust’s accident and emergency department were treated or admitted and discharged within four hours in June.
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Kernow CCG due diligence discovers wrongly transferred assets
STRUCTURE: Medical equipment and 35 IT servers were wrongly transferred from Cornwall Primary Care Trust to Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group, a due diligence process has discovered.
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Royal Cornwall passes CQC inspection
PERFORMANCE: Care Quality Commission inspectors found the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust was meeting five of the essential standards during an inspection in May.
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NewsNHS England to publish trust-by-trust 'never events' list
NHS England is to publish quarterly lists of all the “never events” – the worst preventable mistakes – recorded in the NHS, broken down by trust, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS payment system 'needs reform'
Finance managers are calling for a reform of the NHS internal payments system.
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NewsUK addictions costing billions
The UK is the “addiction capital of Europe”, with some of its highest rates of opiate addiction and dependence on alcohol, a report has warned.
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NewsSix CSUs form 'leading edge' partnership
Six NHS commissioning support units are forming a “strategic alliance” with the aim of working jointly on major contracts and developing services.
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NewsKey telehealth group axed
A flagship group set up by the government to promote efforts to have three million patients using telehealth by 2017 has been disbanded amid growing evidence the programme is experiencing difficulty, HSJ has learned.
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SW London and St George's Mental Health Trust appoints exec nurse
WORKFORCE: South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust has appointed Andrew Dean as nursing and quality director.
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NewsSchools demand scrapping of restrictions on graduate doctors
Medical schools have called for the lifting of 60-year-old restrictions on the activities of newly qualified doctors, raising concerns of an impact on patient safety, HSJ has discovered.
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'Abuse' sparks Monitor probe at Calderstones
PERFORMANCE: Monitor yesterday announced it had launched an investigation into Calderstones Partnership after a patient was abused while in the foundation trust’s care.
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NewsCentral costs of pathology reorganisations revealed
Three controversial regional pathology reorganisations have incurred £2m in central costs and experts estimate the total bill for NHS trusts and bidders to be about £10m and rising.