All Performance articles – Page 135
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HSJ Local
On-call doctor investigated after Calderstones patient suffers Christmas day cardiac arrest
PERFORMANCE: The mental health foundation trust has launched an investigation into the actions of an on-call doctor after a patient in its Maplewood facility suffered cardiac arrest on Christmas day.
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HSJ Local
The Royal Marsden Foundation Trust strengthens joint working with local acute trust
PERFORMANCE: The specialist cancer hospital has seen the need for ambulance transfers between St George’s Hospital in Tooting and its site in Sutton reduced after the creation of a new consultant post strengthened joint working.
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HSJ Local
Three serious untoward incidents at UH South Manchester in November
PERFORMANCE: Three serious untoward incidents were declared at the foundation trust in November, newly published board papers show.
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Liverpool Heart and Chest behind on PPCI target
PERFORMANCE: Liverpool Heart and Chest Foundation Trust failed its “call to balloon” target for primary percutaneous coronary interventions (PPCI) in the first six months of 2010-11, local primary care trust NHS Liverpool reported in January.
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HSJ Local
Breast cancer referral times flagged as red risk by NHS Wolverhampton City
PERFORMANCE: NHS Wolverhampton City has highlighted breast cancer referral times as a red risk in its performance report.
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HSJ Local
Liverpool Women's FT fails to meet maternity access target
PERFORMANCE: Liverpool Women’s Foundation Trust is failing to meet the agreed standard for accessing maternity pathways, its local primary care trust, NHS Liverpool, says.
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HSJ Local
Barnsley Hospital FT driving acute overspend for PCT
FINANCE: Barnsley PCT has reported that an overspend on acute contracts is driven by over-performance at Barnsley Hospital FT.
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HSJ Local
Plymouth Hospitals Trust reports health infection rates
PERFORMANCE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust has reported low rates of healthcare associated infections against its accepted quota.
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HSJ Local
NHS West Sussex required to act on safeguarding
PERFORMANCE: A review has concluded safeguarding services in West Sussex are inadequate.
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HSJ Local
SHA seeks assurances from West Hertfordshire Hospitals over quality concerns
PERFORMANCE: East of England SHA’s provider development board is seeking assurance from West Hertfordshire Hospitals over serious incidents, never events and rising mortality rates.
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HSJ Local
East Sussex Hospitals has no ‘further flexibility’ on MRSA
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex has matched its annual limit for MRSA cases, with three months of the financial year still left to get through.
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HSJ Local
NHS Cornwall meets standards for young people friendly services
PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust said 25 of its services have now met the highest standards of care for young people, as judged by the patients themselves.
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HSJ Local
Dramatic rise in detentions at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough FT
PERFORMANCE: The number of people detained under the Mental Health Act by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health FT rose by 270 per cent in 2009-10, according to figures released in January.
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HSJ Local
CQC requests hygiene review at Nuffield Orthopeadic Centre
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission requested a formal review of Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre’s compliance with hygiene standards.
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HSJ Local
Somerset Partnership FT seeks to address high level of ligature incidents
PERFORMANCE: Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust’s key commissioner NHS Somerset reported to its December board that the mental health provider experienced a significant surge in deliberate patient self harm using ligatures between the first and second quarters of 2010-11.
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HSJ Local
Royal Berkshire FT to pay nearly £8m in compensation
FINANCE: The Royal Berkshire FT will pay nearly £8m in compensation to a ten-year-old with cerebral palsy after mistakes during his birth.
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HSJ Local
Derby Hospitals failing stroke target
PERFORMANCE: Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust is consistently failing to meet the target for stroke patients spending 90 per cent of their time on a dedicated stroke ward.
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HSJ Local
St Helens and Knowsley unveils new skin cancer treatment
PERFORMANCE: The Trust is the first in the North West to provide patients with a ground-breaking new treatment for skin cancer.
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HSJ Local
NHS Rotherham has only hit its TIA referral rates for two months so far this year
PERFORMANCE: The primary care trust has a tough target to meet for making sure high risk Transient Ischaemic Attack patients are seen within 24 hours of first contact.
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HSJ Local
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health FT behind on PCT target
PERFORMANCE: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health FT is missing a key PCT target by more than 20 per cent.