News – Page 978
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Small surplus prediction from Basildon
FINANCE: Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust Is expecting to end the year with a small surplus of around £200,000.
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Inappropriate admissions issue for Colchester
PERFORMANCE: One of the trusts at the centre of a mortality investigation has said that it needs to work to reduce inappropriate admissions, especially for patients who are terminally ill.
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Colchester busts C diff limit
PERFORMANCE: Colchester University Hospital Foundation Trust has exceeded its maximum number of C difficile cases for the year and will be red rated by Monitor.
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Review reports on Basildon children's surgery
STRUCTURE: The question of whether children’s surgical services at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust should continue in their present form has been raised by an external review.
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Capacity severely affecting elective work at Basildon
PERFORMANCE: Capacity problems have left an Essex foundation trust unable to carry out most elective work for over two months – with only cancer, day case and urgent work being done.
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NewsNHS national communications director resigns
Colin Douglas, director of NHS communications for the Department of Health, has resigned, HSJ has learned.
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Kent and Medway patients seek 'better access' on mental health
STRUCTURE: The Centre for Nursing and Healthcare Research has carried out an independent analysis of public response to the Kent and Medway Acute Mental Health Services review.
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East Cheshire, South Manchester and Stockport are collaborative working
STRUCTURE: East Cheshire NHS Trust has formed a working partnership with University Hospitals of South Manchester and Stockport NHS Foundation Trust to establish a collaborative framework ‘ensuring clinical and financial sustainability’ across the three organisations.
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Hillingdon Hospital claims safety data error
PERFORMANCE: The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust says there was an error in its patient safety data.
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East Riding completes maternity survey
STRUCTURE: East Riding of Yorkshire CCG has published the results of its consultation on the reconfiguration of maternity services across the patch which showed that 92 per cent of respondents agreed with the vision ‘to provide choice and certainty in respect of choice of place of birth and the delivery ...
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NewsCommissioning board and Monitor: competition 'not about ideology'
Healthcare sector regulator Monitor and the NHS Commissioning Board this week issued a joint statement of intent on how competition would work in the reformed health service, amid continuing political controversy about the government’s NHS competition regulations.
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NewsExclusive: Weakest CSUs given three months to improve
Struggling commissioning support units are to be given just three months to improve their business practices or face intervention by the NHS Commissioning Board, HSJ has been told.
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Devon QIPP interventions fail to stem secondary care activity
FINANCE: Delivery of quality, innovation, prevention and productivity savings is on track across the Devon cluster, despite planned interventions not having the anticipated impact on secondary care activity.
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NEW Devon authorised without conditions
STRUCTURE: North, East and West Devon Clinical Commissioning Group has been authorised without any conditions.
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Wiltshire CCG authorised
STRUCTURE: Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group has been authorised with two conditions.
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Hampshire bodies collaborate on integrated care schemes
STRUCTURE: NHS bodies in Hampshire are working with the county council on integrated care projects, including a national pilot for the year of care tariff.
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Southern Health's governance rating improves after lapse
PERFORMANCE: Southern Health Foundation Trust has had its governance risk rating restored to amber-green, following a temporary breach of its own governance rules last year.
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NewsExclusive: Nicholson forced to correct evidence to MPs over Gary Walker
Sir David Nicholson has been forced to write to MPs to correct comments he gave in relation to sacked hospital chief executive during evidence to the Commons public accounts committee, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsGary Walker says he was threatened and removed from job
Former hospital chief executive Gary Walker has told MPs he was threatened and removed from his job in a row with then health authority boss Dame Barbara Hakin.
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NewsExclusive: Gary Walker did tell Nicholson he was a whistleblower
Former United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust chief executive Gary Walker did seek to be treated as a whistleblower when he approached Sir David Nicholson with patient safety concerns, a document seen by HSJ reveals.