News – Page 925
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Royal Free will reveal merger case in July
STRUCTURE: The Royal Free London Foundation Trust is due to unveil its outline business case for taking over another trust in July, HSJ has learned.
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Cambridge University Hospitals appoints interim chief nurse
WORKFORCE Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed a new interim chief nurse, the trust has announced.
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NewsIntegrated care has cross-Whitehall backing
Government departments including the Treasury, the Department for Communities and Local Government and the Department of Health are “committed” to integrating health and social care, a top health official has insisted.
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Central and North West London Foundation Trust chair to step down
WORKFORCE: The chair of Central and North West London Foundation Trust will step down and be replaced by a new chair in November.
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New midwifery-led unit for Bristol
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust is opening a new midwifery-led birthing unit at St Michael’s hospital in the city.
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NewsOpt-out doctors 'will be named'
Doctors who decide not to disclose details of their performance will be “named and shamed” by the government, it has emerged.
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NewsOut-of-hours confusion highlighted
More than two in five people have no idea how to contact their GP out-of-hours service, a poll suggests.
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West London Mental Health Trust sicknes rate above average
WORKFORCE: A report to the board of West London Mental Health Trust said the organisation had an “accumulative sickness absence rate [of] 4.9 per cent for 2012-13 [for the year to date].
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Heart of England sub contracts elective work to private sector amid A&E pressure
PERFORMANCE: Heart of England Foundation Trust sub contracted more than 100 operations to a private provider after “extreme emergency pressures” caused it to cancel all elective surgery for five days.
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Birmingham mental health trust misses therapies target
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust missed its target for access to psychological therapies for quarter three.
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Mile End Hospital behind target on VTE compliance
PERFORMANCE: Mile End Hospital, part of Barts Health Trust, is behind target on venous throboembolism risk assessment compliance for the year-to-date.
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Pay spending over plan at Hampshire Hospitals
WORKFORCE: Pay spending was £1.5m over plan at Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust in the year to October 2012.
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NewsDH sets aside £600m for 'rotten' Lorenzo ‘bribes’
The Department of Health has set aside £600m to pay up to 22 NHS trusts to procure a patient records system branded “completely useless” by a senior MP, it has emerged.
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NewsRevealed: the 100-fold variation in CCG workforce size
There is a more than a 100-fold variation in the numbers of people employed by clinical commissioning groups, HSJ research has found. The revelation has prompted concern over the viability of smaller CCGs
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Bedford Hospital Trust introduces new parking charges
FINANCE New parking charges are being introduced for patients and visitors at Bedford Hospital’s South Wing site.
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Retained cannulas reported at Burton Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Burton Hospitals Foundation Trust continues to see incidents of retained cannulas in patients, according to the latest performance report from East Staffordshire CCG.
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Dorset Healthcare delays property transfer
STRUCTURE: The board of Dorset Healthcare University Foundation Trust has raised concerns about taking on responsibility for property from local primary care trusts.
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Death rates to be investigated at Tameside Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust will be among the first five to be investigated by NHS Commissioning Board medical director Sir Bruce Keogh, in a probe into hospitals with the highest mortality rates.
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Ipswich takes sweetened Lorenzo deal
COMMERCIAL: Ipswich Hospital Trust has approved plans to implement the Lorenzo electronic patients record system, the trust has announced.