News – Page 999
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Gateshead FT sells carbon trading credits
COMMERCIAL: Gateshead Health Foundation Trust has become one of the first UK trusts to sell its carbon trading credits after it reduced energy usage.
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Gateshead hospital to close while emergency care centre built
STRUCTURE: The main entrance at the Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital in Gateshead is to close for two years, while the hospital’s new £32m emergency care centre is constructed.
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Durham and Darlington FT seeks to improve employee health
WORKFORCE: County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust is working with local companies to improve employee health.
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Newcastle Hospitals records £19m surplus
FINANCE: Newcastle Hospitals Foundation Trust had a £19.4m surplus at the end of month eight - £9.6m ahead of plan and resulting in an overall risk rating of four.
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Newcastle Hospitals records disappointing rise in falls
PERFORMANCE: A ‘disappointing’ rise in the number of falls compared with last year has led to Newcastle Hospitals Foundation Trust introducing a monthly audit of at risk patients.
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Newcastle Hospitals save £74,000 on waste
FINANCE: Staff in eight wards and departments at Newcastle Hospitals Foundation Trust have saved more than £74,000 by segregating waste – and the approach could save £360,000 if it was adopted across the trust.
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Trust sets up private patient unit
STRUCTURE: Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust has started a project to establish an on-site private patient unit.
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Leeds children’s heart surgery challenge to be heard next week
STRUCTURE: A challenge to the commissioning decision which would see the Leeds children’s heart surgery unit closed is due to be heard in the High Court next week.
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Frimley Park in talks to take over Heatherwood and Wexham Park
STRUCTURE: Frimley Park Hospital Foundation Trust is considering taking over Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals Foundation Trust, it was announced today.
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Union claims it has been derecognised for expressing concern
WORKFORCE: The union Unite has claimed that is has been derecognised by Yorkshire Ambulance Service Trust in an attempt to “silence” its concerns over changes being made by the trust.
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'Independent branding' planned for Evelina Children's Hospital
STRUCTURE: The Evelina Children’s Hospital is considering an “independent brand”, separate from the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust.
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Maternity improvements at Western Sussex
STRUCTURE: A new birthing pool will be one of the main improvements being made to the Worthing Hospital Delivery Suite.
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Monitor compliance chief moves to Guy's and St Thomas'
WORKFORCE: Monitor’s former head of compliance has taken up a post at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust running their integrated care programme.
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Basildon faces fresh probe
PERFORMANCE Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust is one of five trusts which will be investigated because of its high death rate, the NHS Commissioning Board has confirmed.
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Airedale hospital contract overspending by £2.3m
FINANCE: Bradford and Airedale Teaching PCT’s contract with Airedale Foundation Trust is £2.3m overspent, board papers say.
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Lewisham Healthcare Trust on course to miss Q4 A&E wait target
PERFORMANCE: Lewisham Healthcare Trust is on course to miss the A&E four-hour wait target of 95 per cent for quarter four, a report reveals.
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Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven CCG authorised with one condition
STRUCTURE: Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven CCG has been authorised with only one condition in the NHS Commissioning Board’s second wave of CCG authorisations.
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King's College Hospital Foundation Trust on course to miss Q4 A&E wait target
PERFORMANCE: King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust is on course to miss the A&E four-hour wait target of 95 per cent for quarter four, a report reveals.
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Guy's and St Thomas' predicting deficit for 2012-13
FINANCE: Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust is predicting a year-end loss of £7.7m on income and expenditure, a finance report said.
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Liverpool care pathway take-up plummets at Hampshire Hospitals FT
PERFORMANCE: The percentage of patients who were on the Liverpool Care Pathway at their time of death has fallen sharply at Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust.