All North East articles – Page 36
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HSJ Local
Increase in safeguarding demand at South Tees
PERFORMANCE: South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust is having to deal with more children under safeguarding procedures – with rates of children with child protection plans in some areas being considerably higher than the national average.
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South Tees expects £1m surplus
FINANCE: A year end surplus of £1m is still expected by South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust – but it is having to use contingency funds to deliver it.
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Newcastle Hospitals issues children's heart surgery statement
STRUCTURE: Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has issued a statement following the successful legal challenge to the national children’s heart surgery reconfiguration proposals.
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Tees MH trust begins £14m redevelopment
SERVICE DESIGN: A £13.8 million scheme to develop Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust’s West Lane Hospital site in Middlebrough has started.
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New medical director appointed at Gateshead FT
WORKFORCE: A specialist in gynaecological cancers has been appointed as the new medical director at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead.
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HSJ Local
South Tees medic given national role
STRUCTURE: A South Tees Acute Hospitals NHS Trust doctor has been named the national clinical director for spinal services.
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Spinal implant first at South Tees
CLINICAL RESEARCH: An anaesthetist and pain specialist at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has carried out the first implant in the UK of a new spinal cord stimulation system that is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compatible.
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HSJ Local
Northumbria Healthcare income boost
FINANCE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has reported a “substantial” over-performance to November 2012 with an extra £5.4m on its NHS North of Tyne contracts, £3.25m of which is within Northumberland care trust.
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HSJ Local
Northumberland ambulance performance problems
PERFORMANCE: The NHS North of Tyne board has been warned over “deteriorations in performance” over recent months in ambulance response times particularly within the Northumberland Care trust area.
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HSJ Local
More staff appraisals at Tees, Esk and Wear FT
WORKFORCE: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Foundation Trust appears to be carrying more appraisals, a board paper suggests.
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HSJ Local
South Tees missed four hour target in December
PERFORMANCE: A combination of pressures meant that the South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust missed the four hour A&E target in December. With only 91.6 per cent of patients discharge or admitted within that time, the trust failed the Monitor target for quarter three and now has an amber-green rating.
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HSJ Local
Higher than expected surplus at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys
FINANCE: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Foundation Trust had an operating surplus of £6.9m at the end of December – slightly ahead of plan, reflecting high patient activity.
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HSJ Local
South Tees struggles to make finance plan
FINANCE: South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust is more than £3m behind plan on its surplus for this financial year – with the figures to the end of December showing the surplus was at £437,000 before impairments. The trust says this would amount to a financial risk rating of three.
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Northumbria Healthcare creates iPhone app for GPs
STRUCTURE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has launched an iPhone app to help North East GPs access real time information about its clinics, consultants and specialist services.
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John Lawlor appointed NHSCB director for Cumbria, Northumberland and Tyne & Wear
STRUCTURE: John Lawlor has been apppointed as the NHS Commissioning Board’s local area team director for Cumbria, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: NHS shake-up hampers oversight of serious incidents
Loss of staff has left primary care trusts struggling to review thousands of serious incidents
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New rail halt at South Tees Hospitals
STRUCTURE: A new rail halt - a small station - could be open early next year to serve the James Cook University Hospital.
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Northumbria appoints GP clinical director
WORKFORCE: A GP clinical director has been appointed at Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust to help create seamless pathways for patients moving between hospital and community healthcare services in North Tyneside.
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North Tees Hospitals enables free TV
COMMERCIAL: An innovative agreement involving a North East trust and a bedside TV company has enabled elderly patients to get access to some TV channels free of charge.
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South Tees chief to lead national complaints handling review
STRUCTURE: South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust chief executive Tricia Hart is leading a national review of complaints handling by hospitals, the prime minister has announced.