All South Central articles – Page 39
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Prostate treatment pioneered at Southampton
Doctors at University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust are the first in the UK to use a pioneering non-surgical procedure to treat men suffering an enlarged prostate.
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Portsmouth CCG appoints GP to lead role
Portsmouth clinical commissioning group has announced Dr Jim Hogan as its clinical leader and accountable officer.
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Heatherwood trust and PCT cluster agree extra cash for 2012-13
FINANCE: NHS Berkshire and Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals Foundation Trust signed their 2012-13 local acute services contract just three days into the financial year after a thaw in relations.
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Bucks Healthcare behind on surplus target
FINANCE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust reported a year to date surplus of £1.3m in February, more than £1m behind target.
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'All staff' in Berkshire cluster to transfer to new bodies
WORKFORCE: All primary care trust staff not moving to the NHS Commissioning Board, clinical commissioning groups or local government will go to the commissioning support service, one group of PCT clusters has said.
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New director of public health appointed for the south
WORKFORCE: Yvonne Doyle has been appointed as director of public health for the NHS South of England strategic health authority cluster, with immediate effect.
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Vomiting bug blamed as Royal Berkshire misses stroke target
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust has blamed a downturn in stroke performance this year on an outbreak of norovirus.
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Buckinghamshire trust FT bid delayed six months
STRUCTURE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust has put back its application for foundation status by six months.
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Southampton doctor makes blood pressure breakthrough
RESEARCH: University of Southampton researchers are reporting they have discovered a new process that controls the ability of arteries to regulate blood pressure.
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Buckinghamshire Trust misses C diff target throughout 2011-12
PERFORMANCE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust missed its target for C difficile infections in each month of 2011-12 to February.
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Oxford professor wins international prize
CLINICAL RESEARCH: Professor Fiona Powrie, of the University of Oxford and Oxford University Hospitals Trust, has been given an international prize for clinical research.
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Wiltshire cluster services to merge with Berkshire/Gloucestershire CSS
STRUCTURE: Talks are already under way to further expand the NHS commissioning support service already stretching from Berkshire to Gloucestershire.
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Oxfordshire NHS and academic bodies form partnership
STRUCTURE: NHS and academic bodies have agreed to establish an “Oxford Academic Health Partnership”.
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Isle of Wight prepares to split commissioner and provider functions
STRUCTURE: The purchaser-provider split is set to be implemented on the Isle of Wight after the secretary of state approved plans to break up the existing primary care trust.
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Oxford and Southampton named as trauma centres
STRUCTURE: John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford and Southampton General have been named as the South Central region’s two major trauma centres.
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Trust's bid to run disability services 200 miles away damaged risk rating
An NHS learning disability trust’s unsuccessful bid to take over the running of a similar service nearly 200 miles away led to its financial risk rating with Monitor deteriorating.
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Philippa Slinger confirmed as Heatherwood and Wexham Park CEO
WORKFORCE: Philippa Slinger has been appointed as permanent chief executive of Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust.
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Cerner implementation causes data problems at Oxford trust
PERFORMANCE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust is reporting problems with data quality following the installation of the Cerner Millennium patient record system.
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Oxford trust struggles with delayed transfers of care
PERFORMANCE: Delayed transfers of care are proving hard to reduce at University Hospitals of Oxford Trust, and are “crowding out” other elective activity.
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More than 100 new staff hired at Heatherwood FT
WORKFORCE: The total number of staff employed at Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust is going up, despite the turnover rate for the organisation’s administrative and clerical workforce topping 33 per cent in January.