News – Page 987
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Surrey and Borders expands community eating disorder team
WORKFORCE: Three new nurses are to join Surrey and Borders Partnership Foundation Trust’s eating disorder services this month as part of efforts to keep younger patients out of hospital and in the “family environment”.
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East Kent Hospitals FT notes improvement in food
PERFORMANCE: Improvements in food at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust have resulted from a new ward oven system.
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A&E refurb complete at East Kent Hospitals FT
STRUCTURE: The refurbishment of the emergency separtment at Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital was completed on 25 January.
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Review of A&E complaints at Western Sussex
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has begun a review of why its accident and emergency department has more complaints than other parts of the organisation.
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Western Sussex Hospitals continues down FT pipeline
STRUCTURE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has been supplying Monitor with further information regarding its attempts to become a foundation trust.
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Refurbishments to take place at Western Sussex
STRUCTURE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust is to carry out “significant refurbishments” to its maxillofacial unit and fracture clinic.
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NewsEx-health secretaries say Sir David should stay
Four former health secretaries have said Sir David Nicholson should not lose his job as NHS chief executive in the wake of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust and other alleged care and management failings.
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Plymouth Community Healthcare passes CQC inspection
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has found Plymouth Community Healthcare’s Lee Mill Hospital is meeting quality standards.
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Targets have distracted NHS from care, says commissioning board director
An NHS Commissioning Board director has said the Francis report shows that “political or other objectives” such as targets trumped concerns over failings in NHS care.
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Poole reorganisation to close five beds
STRUCTURE: A reorganisation of beds as a result of changes to patient pathways at Poole Hospital Foundation Trust will result in annual savings of £250,000, trust board papers report.
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Dorset County buys in iPods for patients
PERFORMANCE: Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust has ordered iPods for use by patients undergoing procedures under local anaesthetics.
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CQC find concerns at Dorset County
PERFORMANCE: Care Quality Commission inspectors found Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust was not meeting two essential standards.
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Poole breaches MRSA limit
PERFORMANCE: Poole Hospital Foundation Trust has breached its limit of MRSA cases for the year and is at risk of breaching its Clostridium difficile limit.
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Dorset County to tackle community pressure ulcers
PERFORMANCE: Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust is setting up a team to support community hospitals in managing patients at risk of pressure ulcers.
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Two trusts say private sector franchise an option
STRUCTURE: Two small provider trusts - both of which have aggressively pursued service and organisational integration - have indicated they may form partnerships with the independent sector.
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29 per cent of East Cheshire savings non-recurrent
FINANCE: East Cheshire Trust recorded £5.1m of cost improvement programme savings in the first seven months of the year, against a planned target of £5m.
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Hillingdon would record £21.2m deficit without bailout
FINANCE: Hillingdon Primary Care Trust is anticipating ending 2012-13 with a deficit of £21.2m, before bailout.
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North Cumbria cuts surplus forecast by 80 per cent
FINANCE: The trust has cut its forecast surplus from £1m down to just £200,000 despite receiving more than £20m in “strategic support funding” for the year.
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2gether ahead on surplus
FINANCE: 2gether Foundation Trust is forecasting a year end surplus £600,000 ahead of plan.
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East Kent Hospitals FT ahead of savings target
FINANCE: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust was predicting in January that it would meet its £30m savings target by the end of the current financial year.