News – Page 918
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Calderdale and Huddersfield misses target for TIA patients
PERFORMANCE: Only 51 per cent of transient ischemic attack patients with high risk of stroke were treated within 24 hours at Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust in October, falling below the 60 per cent target.
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East Riding of Yorkshire introduces C diff card
PERFORMANCE: East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group has introduced a voluntary C difficile card, which will be issued to patients who test positive for the bacteria at hospital or their GP surgery.
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Shropshire CCG agrees formal support from area team
PERFORMANCE: Shropshire CCG is receiving formal support from its area team because of failures to commission services that comply with the 18 week referral to treatment requirement, recent board minutes state.
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Timeline for major reconfiguration set out by Barking, Havering and Redbridge
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust has set out a proposed timeline for reconfiguration which will include moving all emergency admissions and surgery to Queen’s Hospital by mid 2015.
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NewsRichards: compassion 'alive and well' in NHS
Compassion in the NHS is “alive and well”, according to England’s chief inspector of hospitals.
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NewsAnalysed: England's national workforce plan
The growing and contracting staff groups are revealed in Health Education England’s proposal to allocate the NHS’s £5bn education and training budget
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NewsPatients asked to opt out or be included in database
NHS England has begun sending leaflets out to every household in England to inform residents that information from their patient records will be used in a national database unless they actively opt out.
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Staffing shortage causes financial woe for Queen Victoria Trust
Queen Victoria Hospital Foundation Trust is £468k behind plan in its latest financial performance report largely due to staffing gaps.
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NewsCharge for A&E visits backed by third of GPs
A third of GPs believe patients should be charged for some accident and emergency department visits, while most think government changes will do nothing to alleviate current pressures, according to a poll for the Press Association.
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NewsMPs warn on clinical trials results
Clinical trial results are being routinely withheld from doctors, which is undermining their ability to make informed decisions about how to treat patients, the Commons public accounts committee has warned.
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HSJ LocalBournemouth and Poole agree not to merge for a decade
STRUCTURE: The two south coast foundation trusts whose planned merger was blocked last year have signed an undertaking not to attempt to merge again for the next 10 years.
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NHS England director to run 'challenged' trust
WORKFORCE: Another NHS England leader in the South region has left to run an acute trust, it has been announced.
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HSJ LocalMental health needs assessed in custody
A mental health service in Kent has teamed up with police to create a street triage team that will assess whether a person should be detained or referred to a care pathway.
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Monitor agrees improvements with learning disability trust
Calderstone Partnerships Foundation Trust has entered into legally binding undertakings with Monitor to secure improvements to its care of adults with mental health and learning difficulties.
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Hospital to join vascular surgery network
Salisbury District Hospital is to become part of a regional network of specialist centres for vascular surgery.
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North Middlesex expands A&E as Chase Farm's closes
North Middlesex University Hospital Trust has expanded its accident and emergency department to meet increased demand after nearby Chase Farm Hospital’s A&E closed at the beginning of last month.
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New chief for Devon Partnership
WORKFORCE: Devon Partnership Trust has announced the appointment of Melanie Walker as its new chief executive.
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NewsUpdated: Full list of NHS recipients of honours
The chief executive of Salford Royal Foundation Trust has been awarded a knighthood in the new year’s honours list.
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NewsEight hundred data breaches in Scotland over five years
There have been more than 800 incidents of data loss by health boards in the last five years, figures have revealed.
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NewsFox: NHS budget protection must end
Ringfenced funding for the NHS must end after the next general election, a senior Conservative has said.