News – Page 992
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Conditional authorisation for Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford CCG
STRUCTURE: Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford Clinical Commissioning Group has been authorised but with 13 conditions.
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Rise in mixed sex breaches at Dartford and Gravesham
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust breached the Department of Health’s regulations for mixed sex accommodation in January.
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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells hit by hike in mixed sex breaches
PERFORMANCE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust breached the Department of Health’s regulations for mixed sex accommodation in January.
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Medway FT halves mixed sex breaches
PERFORMANCE: Medway Foundation Trust breached the Department of Health’s regulations for mixed sex accommodation in January.
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Mixed sex breach at Royal Surrey
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Surrey County Hospital Foundation Trust breached the Department of Health’s regulations for mixed sex accommodation in January.
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CQC notes improvements at East Sussex
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust has become fully compliant with care standards set by the Care Quality Commission.
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Judicial review threat recedes from Sussex reconfig plans
STRUCTURE: Plans to reconfigure emergency services in East Sussex are expected to go ahead after the threat of a judicial review was lifted.
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Senior physicians call for 'cultural change' in NHS
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh has said there are problems across the NHS which could cause the care failures at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust to be repeated elsewhere.
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Government highlights new language control for doctors
Foreign doctors who want to work for the NHS in England will have to prove they can speak English well enough to treat patients, the government has said.
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New chief nurse takes up post at Surrey and Sussex
A new chief nurse has started in her post at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust with a pledge to draw up a nursing and midwifery strategy.
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Sherwood Forest tops latest FFT league table
PERFORMANCE Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust has topped the latest Friends and Family Test league table, NHS Midlands and East has announced.
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NewsClinical involvement and collaboration emerge as key challenges for wave-three CCGs
Joint commissioning and involving clinicians are the major challenges for newly-authorised clinical commissioning groups, HSJ research has revealed.
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NewsGovernment tendering rules will lead to big shake-up in services, lawyers warn
Lawyers have warned that new procurement rules due to come into force in April could see significant changes in the provision of NHS services.
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NewsGP survey reiterates concerns about contract
More than a quarter of GPs believe that proposed changes to their contracts will mean they have to restrict access to patients, a poll suggests.
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NewsCircle identifies 'encouraging' NHS franchise opportunities
Circle Health has announced it is “encouraged” by the emergence of franchise-type opportunities to run hospitals and integrated services.
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Trust records five unexpected deaths in three months
PERFORMANCE: South Essex Partnership Foundation Trust has recorded five unexpected deaths and a suspected homicide among patients in a three-month period, HSJ has learned.
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Wilson made permanent chief executive at SASH
WORKFORCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust has appointed its chief executive on a substantive basis after more than two years as an interim.
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NewsCollege of Emergency Medicine raises concern over Lewisham A&E plan
The College of Emergency Medicine has raised concerns over proposals for changes to Lewisham Hospital’s accident and emergency unit, and indicated they do not fit its definition of an emergency department.
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FT governor resigns after raising concerns about blood stain
A governor of North Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Foundation Trust has resigned after raising concerns about a blood stained chair with local media.
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Solihull virtual ward praised as 'exemplar'
STRUCTURE: A “virtual ward” for patients in Solihull has been held up as an “exemplar” in the long term conditions quality, innovation, productivity and prevention workstream.