News – Page 932
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Mersey Care Trust self-reports after data breach
PERFORMANCE: Mersey Care Trust has reported itself to the Information Commissioner after patient identifiable data was sent to the NHS Information Centre.
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Norovirus on the rise at Manchester mental health trust
PERFORMANCE: Greater Manchester West Mental Health Foundation Trust saw a “significant” increase in norovirus cases in 2012-13 – in line with the national trend.
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Cinema ad used by 5 Boroughs to highlight young people's issues
STRUCTURE: A new website for young people with mental health problems is being publicised through a cinema advert – starring an 18-year-old who received support from a mental health trust for anxiety and depression.
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Manchester care trust staff feel unable to innovate without permission
WORKFORCE: A series of workshops on Compassion in Practice has highlighted how staff at Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust felt unable to make even small changes without permission.
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Surplus in 2012-13 for Mancehster mental health trust
FINANCE: Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust is reporting a surplus of just over £1m for 2012-13 and is meeting the key Monitor financial requirements, the board heard.
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Cumbria trust seeks specialist nurses for safeguarding service
WORKFORCE: Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust is recruiting more staff to enable it to represent the health service in “safeguarding children” triage meetings with the local authority and police.
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Cumbria falls down on dental decontamination
PERFORMANCE: Half the dental facilities run by Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust do not meet the requirements for dental decontamination, the board has been warned.
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Failure to meet 18 week target in Cumbria
PERFORMANCE: Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust failed to meet the 18 week referral to treatment target for several clinical areas in April – including diabetics, community paediatrics, neuroscience and restorative dentistry.
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Lancashire trust responds to issue of young people on adult wards
PERFORMANCE: Young people have been placed on adult wards 18 times since March 2012, the board of Lancashire Care Foundation Trust was told.
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Bed closure concern for Cheshire mental health trust
STRUCTURE: A consultation on a planned redesign of learning disability services across Cheshire and the Wirral has uncovered some concerns about closure of beds.
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Lottery money for Cheshire wellbeing service
FINANCE: Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Foundation Trust is to provide additional well-being services with Big Lottery Fund money.
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Live patient feedback system at East Surrey Hospital
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has introduced a new patient experience management programme, which its manufacturers claim is “set to take patient feedback to a new level”.
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NewsCQC Morecambe Bay probe due to be published within weeks
A probe into the role of the Care Quality Commission and its actions at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust is due to be made public later this month, HSJ has learned.
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Greater Manchester AHSN makes key appointments
CLINICAL RESEARCH: Greater Manchester Academic Health Science Network has appointed a managing director and interim chair.
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East of England Ambulance Trust received 99 complaints in one month
PERFORMANCE: Struggling East of England Ambulance Service Trust received 99 complaints in February 2013, according to board minutes published in May.
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NewsA&E performance tracker: Improvement continues at end of May
Accident and emergency performance has again improved on the previous week’s position, the latest data shows.
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NewsFarrar issues rallying cry
The NHS has got to raise its game and get away from thinking that patching together the service is enough to keep it going, Mike Farrar has said.
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NewsBME applicants 'less likely to win NHS jobs'
Black and minority ethnic applicants are discriminated against in NHS recruitment processes, the author of a new report has claimed.
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NewsKing's Fund reports on A&E performance
Waiting times for accident and emergency patients reached a nine-year high in the fourth quarter of 2012-13, the King’s Fund said today.
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Surrey and Sussex closely missed March A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust just missed the 95 per cent A&E target in March –despite coping with a 14 per cent month-on-month increase in attendances.