All North East articles – Page 44
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PCTs begin 'formal performance managment' of Sunderland FT
FINANCE: Commissioners have “instigated a formal performance management process” because of City Hospitals Sunderland Foundation Trust’s elective and emergency overperformance.
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Durham & Darlington FT launches community palliative care
STRUCTURE: County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust is supporting a community palliative care response team with St Teresa’s Hospice and Marie Curie Cancer Care.
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Assura Medical staff told to give chlamydia tests to family and friends
A private company which has taken over NHS sexual health services in Teeside instructed staff to hand out chlamydia tests to family and friends in a bid to hit screening targets, a leaked memo has revealed.
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North East Ambulance Service becomes FT
STRUCTURE: The north east has become the first region in England where all of the NHS organisations are foundation trusts, after North East Ambulance Service was authorised by Monitor.
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South Tees Hospitals win patient safety award
PERFORMANCE: South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has received national recognition from the Department of Health for the work it has done to improve patient safety.
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CommentNorth East PCTs mull region-wide commissioning support
Primary care trusts in the NHS Tees cluster are planning to form a commissioning support organisation with others in the North East, which could extend across the whole of the region and even move into Yorkshire.
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South Tees Hospitals considers centralising specialist orthodontics
STRUCTURE: South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is considering centralising its specialist orthodontic services.
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Nurses raise concerns about commissioners' private company links
COMMERCIAL: Nurses have raised concerns about a second group of GP commissioners in the north of England with links to a private company seeking to provide NHS services.
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South Tees Hospitals slips on two A&E indicators
PERFORMANCE: South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is generally performing well against new A&E clinical quality indicators, but slipped up on two of them in August.
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City Hospitals Sunderland CIP concern
FINANCE: City Hospitals Sunderland Foundation Trust is spending more than planned this year - but also seeing greater than expected income.
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Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
PERFORMANCE: Work is beginning on a new hospital in Sunderland.
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NHS North of England appoints non-executive directors
WORKFORCE: The newly formed cluster of strategic health authorities has announced the non-executive directors appointed to its board.
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Specialist spinal unit opens in South Tees
STRUCTURE: Children and young people with spinal conditions now have access to a specialist team at the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough.
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University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay withdraws bid to take over neighbouring trust
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust has pulled out of the competition to take over a neighbouring trust, after Monitor declared it in “significant breach” of its authorisation.
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Council's public meeting opposes Hartlepool A&E plans
STRUCTURE: A public vote at a Hartlepool Council-organised meeting expressed “no confidence” in the board of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust.
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Tees mulls acute paediatric centre reduction
STRUCTURE: Maintaining the current model of paediatric services on Teeside may not be a “sustainable” or “safe” option in future, according to board papers.
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Tees PCTs eye regional commissioning support collaboration
STRUCTURE: Primary care trusts in the NHS Tees cluster are expecting to create commissioning support organisations with others in the North East, or in North Yorkshire.
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Council set to approve Northumbria hospital plans
STRUCTURE: Northumberland County Council is due to approve planning permission for a new emergency care hospital, proposed by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, according to a report.
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South Tyne abortion clinic closing temporarily
STRUCTURE: An abortion clinic at South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust is set to close, it has been reported.
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DH assurance casts doubt on size and shape of two North East hopeful CCGs
STRUCTURE: A Department of Health led review has cast doubt on the shape and size of two emerging clinical commissioning groups in the North East, it has emerged.