News – Page 963
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Ipswich trust enters partnership to cut carbon
COMMERCIAL Ipswich Hospital has become the first hospital in the UK to enter into a partnership to install a biofuel electricity generator.
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East and North Herts gets new linear accelerators
COMMERCIAL: Two of the linear accelerators at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre are being replaced by state of the art machines at a cost of £3.7m. The new equipment is able to deliver intensity modulated radiation therapy which can provide more accurate treatment and reducing side-effects.
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NewsGovernment approves £425m Royal Liverpool construction following delays
The government has approved a £425m private finance initiative rebuild of the Royal Liverpool Hospital, following delays.
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East Kent hospitals declares 'major incident' due to high activity
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust has been forced to declare an internal major incident due to high emergency demand.
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Five 52-week waiters for Sheffield Children's
PERFORMANCE: Five patients have been waiting more than a year for treatment at Sheffield Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust.
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HSJ LocalHSE launches criminal probe into Mid Staffs patient death
A criminal investigation has been launched by the Health and Safety Executive into the death of a woman at Stafford Hospital in 2007.
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Heatherwood and Wexham Park appoints new NEDs
WORKFORCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals Foundation Trust appointed two new non-executive directors at the beginning of March.
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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals recruits new clincial research director
CLINICAL RESEARCH: Dr Peter Sneddon is to become the director of clinical research at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust and the University of Sheffield next month.
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New high observation bay for Scarborough Hospital
STRUCTURE: Patients at Scarborough Hospital are to benefit from a high observation bay designed for patients who need closer monitoring after surgery or who are ‘stepping down’ from more intensive care, the trust has reported.
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West Suffolk recruits plastic surgeons
WORKFORCE: West Suffolk Foundation Trust has employed its own plastic surgeons due to increasing demand.
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NewsHealth secretary working in hospital A&E
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt is working in Watford General Hospital’s accident and emergency department today as part of an initiative to give health ministers and officials frontline experience, HSJ has learned.
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North West 111 launch beset by 'serious problems', says Eastern Cheshire CCG chief
STRUCTURE: The March launch of the NHS 111 service for the North West has been beset by “a range of serious problems”, according to Jerry Hawker chief officer of NHS Eastern Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group.
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Internal review to be carried out of Basildon cardiothoracic centre
STRUCTURE: An internal review is to be carried out into the cardiothoracic centre at Basildon Hospital, looking at whether it has achieved its original aims and how it might develop in the future.
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HSJ LocalClock stopped on FT merger investigation
COMMERCIAL: The first merger between two foundation trusts faces further delays after the Competition Commission “stopped the clock” on its investigation into the deal.
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Regulator should 'make allowances' for aspirant community FTs, says DH review author
Foundation trust regulator Monitor should “make allowances” for aspirant community foundation trusts and consider adjusting its assessment framework accordingly, according to the author of a confidential review the sector’s future commissioned by the Department of Health.
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NewsGPs express online records concern
Giving patients online access to their health records will lead to doctors having to explain themselves more often, according to a survey by the Medical Protection Society.
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Leeds surgery halt meant 10 children transferred
Ten sick children had to be transferred up to 120 miles from a Leeds paediatric heart unit while surgery was suspended, it has emerged.
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Exclusive: NHS England could 'ratchet up' financial pressure on private mental health providers, analysts warn
Private mental health providers could see pressure on their profit margins “ratcheted up” by the centralisation of secure and specialised mental healthcare commissioning in the hands of NHS England, according to a new report by market analysts Laing and Buisson.
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Norfolk Community Trust reports 25 serious incidents in February
PERFORMANCE: 21 out of 25 serious incidents reported to Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust in February were grade three pressure ulcers, the March board meeting heard.
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NewsRoyal College voices concerns over UK paediatric services
Hospital care for sick children at weekends and in evenings needs to be better organised to ensure senior staff are available when needed, according to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.