All South Central articles – Page 19
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NewsAnalysis: Huge disparity in trusts challenging CQC accuracy
There is huge variation in the number of factual accuracy challenges trusts are making to their draft Care Quality Commission inspection reports, HSJ analysis has found.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Winner of ‘blueprint’ locum agency contract named
COMMERCIAL: A service to manage locum recruitment across nine South West hospital trusts will be managed by the Accident and Emergency Agency, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalTrust sees staff turnover rise for the third year in a row
WORKFORCE: Staff turnover at Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust has risen for three years in a row. It stood at 17.1 per cent for January.
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NewsExclusive: DH agreed extra bailouts for trusts where performance was at risk
The Department of Health arranged at least £39m in extra ‘essential’ capital funding for foundation trusts where patient safety or ‘ongoing operations’ were at risk because of maintenance backlogs, HSJ can reveal.
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SupplementsPaperless NHS supplement: Service improvement – bringing patients into focus
Paperless NHS supplement: Service improvement - bringing patients into focus
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HSJ Local
Isle of Wight breaches annual C difficile target
PERFORMANCE: Cases of C Difficle reported across the Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group area reached 24 in November, exceeding an annual target of 20.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: FT to receive £328m as part of takeover of neighbour
The Department of Health has agreed a package of support and capital payments totalling £327.7m with Frimley Park Hospital Foundation Trust as part of its takeover of another trust, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsDrop in elective patients treated reflects A&E demand
There were fewer elective patients treated in January compared to the previous year, according to the latest data from NHS England.
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HSJ LocalSolent to sue Hampshire council over tender award
COMMERCIAL: Solent Trust is set to sue Hampshire County Council after the local authority awarded a £41.3m contract for adult substance misuse services to another provider, HSJ has been told.
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NewsSavile inquiry calls for change in law for screening staff
There is ‘very patchy’ management of volunteer schemes in trusts and the law should be changed so that all staff and volunteers in contact with patients should be given a barring list check, the authors of an investigation into Jimmy Savile’s historic sexual abuse have said.
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SupplementsDelivering value supplement: New ways to manage diabetes care
A shot in the arm for diabetes care management
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HSJ LocalSouthern Health rated ‘requires improvement’
PERFORMANCE: The country’s largest mental health and community services trust has been rated ‘requires improvement’ by the Care Quality Commission.
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CCGs to use primary care powers to develop new care models
The first clinical commissioning groups to be given control of their the primary care budgets have said they will use their new powers to implement the NHS Five Year Forward View’s new models of care and scale up GP services, HSJ has learnt.
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News'Pioneering' cancer care buddying scheme launched
A new scheme has been launched to ‘buddy’ trusts struggling to deliver a good care experience to cancer patients with higher performing trusts.
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HSJ LocalTrust and GPs bid to create primary care joint venture
PRIMARY CARE: A group of Hampshire GPs has teamed up with the country’s largest mental health and community services trust in a bid to create an integrated primary care centre.
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NewsCCGs taking on full primary care co-commissioning powers revealed
NHS England has revealed the 64 clinical commissioning groups that will take full control of their local primary care budgets from April.
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HSJ LocalAcute trusts seek to establish 'blueprint' for regional locum agencies
COMMERCIAL: Nine South West trusts have embarked on an initiative to bring down the cost of hiring locum doctors, which it hopes will be a “blueprint” for the health service across the country.
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News'Hard evidence' special measures worked at Keogh trusts, say researchers
There is ‘hard evidence’ that the special measures regime has reduced death rates at the 11 Keogh trusts and potentially saved hundreds of lives, researchers have claimed.