News – Page 935
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Airedale CCG seeks to 'mitigate' fines on provider
PERFORMANCE: Recent performance board papers for Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven CCG warn of a “number of issues” regarding its contract with its main service provider Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.
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Ambulance target concern at Durham Dales CCG
PERFORMANCE: A Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield CCG board paper warns of “concern” over ambulance responses to red calls in 8 minutes.
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Innovative bowel cancer screening at South Tyneside
SERVICE DESIGN: South Tyneside District Hospital has become the first in the country to offer a new screening test to prevent bowel cancer.
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Northumberland, Tyne and Wear launches adolescent bipolar service
SERVICE DESIGN: Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust Has launched a new adolescent bipolar service
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Choose and Book under used in North Kirklees
PERFORMANCE: The latest performance board papers for North Kirklees CCG warn that the proportion of patients booked for their first outpatient appointment by their GPs using Choose & Book continues to show an “underperformance against the national standard”.
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'Urgent action' needed on Southampton trust CIPs
FINANCE: “Urgent action” is needed at University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust to improve the delivery of cost improvement plans.
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Independent case report criticises Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Trust
A mental health worker savagely stabbed to death by a paranoid schizophrenic who was living in the community should not have been visiting him alone, a report has concluded.
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Funding confusion 'directly caused' vulnerable woman's death
A woman with complex mental health problems committed suicide after funding decision errors by a primary care trust and local authority saw her prematurely removed from a care home.
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Concern over NHS giving commercial access to new mothers
NHS officials have been criticised for letting sales people have access to new mothers just hours after they have given birth.
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CCG notes Durham and Darlington A&E problems
PEFORMANCE A North Durham CCG board paper warns that County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation “continues to struggle to achieve performance” for A&E waiting times.
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County Durham and Darlington installs car charging points
STRUCTURE: Owners of electric vehicles can now charge up at Darlington Memorial Hospital after County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust installed new charging points at the hospital’s car park.
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Northumbria Healthcare opens health centre
SERVICE DESIGN: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has opened a new £18m health centre in Morpeth.
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Northern Lincolnshire and Goole mortality ratio visit due
PERFORMANCE: The Bruce Keogh mortality review team is due to visit hospitals in Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole on 5 June 2013.
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Doncaster A&E performance warning
PERFORMANCE: Recent board papers for Doncaster CCG warn of falling A&E four hour waiting time target performance at Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in March.
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Berkshire West CCGs highlight CSU cost
FINANCE: A Berkshire West CCGs finance paper states that the “capacity and capability” of the Central Southern Commissioning Support Unit will be “critical” to the delivery of their financial strategy.
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Report reveals concern about using friends and family test in A&E
Trusts “consistently” raised concerns about using the controversial friends and family test in accident and emergency departments, according to research commissioned by the NHS and obtained by HSJ.
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Emergency medicine taskforce established under health education 'mandate'
A taskforce has been established by Health Education England to investigate how it can incentivise trainee doctors to work in emergency medicine.
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Analysed: Community engagement in Mid Devon
Examining the future of Tiverton and District Hospital after a meeting between commissioners and the public
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Conservative policy group health questionnaire includes question on limiting GP visits
A questionnaire document distributed by the Conservative Policy Forum includes a question about limiting the number of times patients can visit their family doctor in a year.
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Government plans 'talking' pilot to improve NHS culture
Nurses, doctors and other healthcare professionals could be expected to hold monthly sessions to discuss the pressures they face as part of a government backed initiative to improve culture and compassion across the NHS.