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Keogh finds disconnects at United Lincs
The Keogh review has identified “lack of escalation procedures, inadequate staffing levels and disconnected leadership” as some of the key areas of concern at the United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust.
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Keogh review: Inadequate staffing and governance failures at North Cumbria
PERFORMANCE: A probe of trusts with high death rates found inadequate staffing and sustained failures to ensure adequate maintenance of estates and medical equipment at North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust.
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Sheffield FT chair awarded OBE
WORKFORCE: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Chairman, Tony Pedder, has been awarded an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
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NewsEleven trusts put in 'special measures' following Keogh review
Eleven of the 14 hospital providers investigated because of high mortality ratios have been placed in “special measures”, the health secretary has announced.
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NewsChiefs avoid axe despite trusts facing 'special measures'
HSJ understands no hospital chief executives will face immediate removal from post as a result of Sir Bruce Keogh’s review into mortality rates.
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NewsResignations announced at Keogh review trust
East Lancashire Hospitals Trust today announced the resignations of its chair and deputy chief executive, minutes before the expected publication of Sir Bruce Keogh review’s report on the trust.
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NewsKeogh review leaks point to staffing issues
Sir Bruce Keogh’s review of mortality indicators at 14 trusts has found staffing concerns at each but it also cautions against taking the indicator scores to mean the same thing as “avoidable deaths”, leaked extracts suggest.
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NewsAverage CCG faces £10m topslice to pay for integration fund
The average clinical commissioning group will have more than £10m taken out of its budget in 2015-16 to pay for the government’s planned £3.8bn fund for the integration of health and social care, according to NHS England.
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NewsCollege urges paediatric reconfiguration
Health services for children must be radically changed or young patients could face serious safety risks, leading doctors have said.
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Hospital had 'suboptimal standards'
Tameside General Hospital is set to be heavily criticised in a series of reports by NHS England medical director Professor Sir Bruce Keogh.
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Cambridgeshire Community Services wins temporary reprieve
STRUCTURE Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust has won a stay of execution of at least three months after a programme to tender out up to £1bn worth of services it provides was delayed, HSJ has learned.
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NewsThe Keogh review: HSJ's brief guide to mortality rates
The Keogh review into high mortality rates at 14 NHS hospital trusts has once again brought the debate over the indicator to the fore.
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New focus on 'doing things well' consistently at Brighton
PERFORMANCE: The chief executive of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has signalled to the organisation’s staff that they need to improve their standards consistently.
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Darent Valley introduces ‘virtual operator’
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust introduced voice recognition technology on 3 June.
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Darent Valley welcomes last tranche of Portuguese nurses
WORKFORCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust this month welcomed the final batch of nurses from a group of 50 recently recruited from Portugal.
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Dorking community hospital temporarily shut to inpatients
STRUCTURE: There was a “temporary relocation” of all 12 inpatient beds from Dorking hospital last month, due to early indicators of care standards being at risk of falling.
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NW Surrey CCG sets out prospectus
FINANCE: North West Surrey Clinical Commissioning Group has published a “prospectus” outlining its likely areas for funding.
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North East London behind on IAPT target after funding cut
PERFORMANCE: North East London Foundation Trust is behind on its Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies target after a funding cut, board papers reveal.
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Nottingham plans £45m savings in 2013-14
FINANCE: Nottingham University Hospitals Trust aims to make cost improvement programme savings of £45m in 2013-14.