South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1146
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Trust appoints new chief nurse
WORKFORCE: A nurse whose specialisms include safer staffing has been appointed chief nurse at Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust.
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Richmond GPs form federation
WORKFORCE: A group of 29 GP practices has formed a registered company for the purpose of supporting each other, pooling resources and helping to improve patient access to GP services.
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Acute trust wins contract to provide out of hours help for stroke patients
COMMERCIAL: East Lancashire Hospitals Trust has been awarded a two-year contract to provide telestroke services in Cumbria and Lancashire.
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Children’s hospital plans large scale revamp
STRUCTURE: Great Ormond Street Hospital is planning major works at its central London site as part of a “masterplan” to redesign buildings and improve services.
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Lincolnshire mental health trust appoints operations director
WORKFORCE: Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust has appointed Ian Jerams as its director of operations.
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Barnsley FT no longer in breach of licence for A&E
PERFORMANCE: Barnsley Hospital Foundation Trust is no longer in breach of its licence to provide accident and emergency services, Monitor has announced.
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CCGs probe North West ambulance target breaches
PERFORMANCE: A ‘task and finish’ group has been set up to look in greater detail at North West Ambulance Service breaches of the eight minute response target for Category A calls, St Helens Clinical Commissioning Group has reported.
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Professor Laura Serrant joins HSJ leadership inquiry panel
Laura Serrant has joined the panel of HSJ’s Future of NHS Leadership inquiry.
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Lancashire North to train all staff for new major incident plan
WORKFORCE: Lancashire North Clinical Commissioning Group is developing new major incident and emergency plans that will require all staff to receive induction training.
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Fifty-seven Filipino nurses to join Kingston Hospital
WORKFORCE: Kingston Hospital has recruited 57 nurses from the Philippines during the last two months to work in emergency care, theatres and intensive care.
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North East London FT to go smoke free this year
STRUCTURE: North East London Foundation Trust plans to ban smoking in all parts of its premises in October.
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Imperial puts FT bid on hold following ‘requires improvement’ CQC rating
PERFORMANCE: Imperial Healthcare has set back its plans to become a foundation trust for at least a year after the Care Quality Commission rated it as ‘requires improvement’ during a December inspection.
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Number of NHS nursing staff hits record levels
The numbers of qualified nursing staff recruited by the NHS in England has reached record levels, with numbers increasing by more than 3,000 in a single month.
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Hinchingbrooke £7.2m in the red
Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust posted a £7.2m deficit for the first eight months of the 2014-15 financial year, according to figures published last week which give the fullest indication to date of the hospital’s financial problems.
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Merseyside contract for patient transport services up for grabs
COMMERCIAL: South Sefton CCG will shortly re-tender its patient transport services because its current contract with North West Ambulance Service is coming to an end. The contract was awarded as a three-year deal but this is being re-tendered this year for a new service, to begin on 1 April next ...
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Sharp rise in C difficile cases at North Middlesex
PERFORMANCE: North Middlesex University Hospital has reported that unexpectedly high numbers of C Difficile cases at the trust are linked to increased admission numbers and a higher proportion of older patients.
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Southport and Ormskirk to commission ‘sustainability’ review
PERFORMANCE: Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust is planning an external review of options for the ‘sustainability of the trust’, with forecasts showing deficits for both 2014-15 and 2015-16.
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Norfolk and Norwich medical director steps down
WORKFORCE: Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust’s medical director is to step down from his role, the trust has confirmed to HSJ.
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Yorkshire FT agrees legally binding undertakings over deteriorating finances
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust