All North East articles – Page 43
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Newcastle in surplus
FINANCE: At the end of November, Newcastle Hospitals was £0.5m in surplus after a planned deficit of £9m.
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Newcastle records three post-48 hours MRSA cases
PERFORMANCE: Three post-48 hours MRSA cases were reported at Newcastle Hospitals in the third quarter of the year.
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Gateshead recalls 1,700 for syphilis test
SERVICES: Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust is recalling around 1,700 people who were tested for syphilis at any of the sexual health clinics in Gateshead, between April 2010 and June 2011, for repeat tests.
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Medical simulation training facility opens in Gateshead
SERVICE: TV chef and hairy biker Simon King opened a new medical simulation training facility in Gateshead.
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Tees trust sees performance improve
PERFORMANCE: Performance has been improving in the parts of North Yorkshire where the Tees, Esk and Wear Valley Foundation Trust has taken on.
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Tees, Esk and Wear Valley reports surplus
FINANCE: Tees, Esk and Wear Valley Foundation Trust had a surplus of £4m at the end of December.
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Older people's inpatient unit to close
SERVICES: Tees, Esk and Wear Valley Foundation Trust is proposing to make the temporary closure of an inpatient unit for older people permanent.
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Three north Tees emerging CCGs merge into one
STRUCTURE: The two emerging clinical commissioning groups in Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees PCTs have merged into one.
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Two south Tees emerging CCGs merge into one
STRUCTURE: The three emerging clinical commissioning groups within Redcar and Cleveland and Middlesbrough PCTs have merged into one.
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NewsHealthcare trust hopes to nationalise second-ever PFI hospital
The foundation trust poised to take over one of England’s first ever private finance initiative hospitals hopes to renationalise it, HSJ has learned.
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Stockton-On-Tees health centre moving
STRUCTURE: A primary care health centre in Stockton-On-Tees is to move.
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HSJ LocalTees chief nurse gains academic role
WORKFORCE: A senior nurse from the north east has been made a visiting professor at the University of Teesside.
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North Tyneside GP practice hails flu vaccine uptake
PERFORMANCE: North Tyneside PCT has highlighted the success of a GP practice which has increased uptake of the seasonal flu vaccine among the eligible population by around 20 percentage points, to achieve the highest figure in the region.
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North Cumbria selects preferred takeover bid
STRUCTURE: North Cumbria University Hospitals has named Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust as its preferred bidder to take over the trust.
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Hague wants 'exhaustive discussion' on Yorkshire reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: Reconfiguration plans for Friarage Hospital, North Yorkshire, should be subject to “exhaustive discussion and examination”, foreign secretary William Hague has said.
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Union attacks Northumbria FT for mileage rate cut
WORKFORCE: The union Unite has said Northumbria Foundation Trust “could face a legal challenge” after nearly halving the mileage paid to some of its staff.
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Fourteen CCGs in North of England have structure problem
STRUCTURE: NHS North of England has highlighted problems with the structure of 14 prospective clinical commissioning groups in the patch, including one in Wirral of which prominent GP commissioner James Kingsland is a member.
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Northumbria Healthcare FT buys PAS
COMMERCIAL: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a seven-year contract to Stalis Ltd to supply a new patient administration system.
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Plans put forward for Middlesbrough neuro centre
STRUCTURE: Middlesbrough Council is considering proposals for a new neurological support and rehabilitation centre in the city.
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CommentSigns of change emerging in the North East
Commissioners and future commissioners in the North East, like everywhere else, have much to do in the next 16 months, but there are signs of change.