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Social care cuts increasing risk to older people - survey
Older people are being put at risk because of “dangerous” cuts to home-based care which could cost the country billions of pounds, a leading charity has warned.
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HSJ Local
NW ambulance service blames 'protracted' contract negotiations for performance dip
PERFORMANCE: Protracted negotiations with commissioners were the overriding cause of the North West Ambulance Service’s failure to hit its key response times target for the initial months of 2011-12, its draft annual report states.
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HSJ Local
Cash problems scupper Wye Valley FT bid
FINANCE: Wye Valley Trust has paused its application for foundation trust status amid growing financial problems it has emerged.
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HSJ Local
St George's appoints new clinical director
WORKFORCE: The south London acute trust has appointed Heather Jarman to the role of clinical director for major trauma.
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HSJ Local
Analysed: dealing with the legacy of Mid Staffs
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of key issues facing some of the major NHS health economies. This week we examine the problems facing Staffordshire as it deals with the legacy of Mid Staffs, reconfiguration and financial drought.
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HSJ Local
Mid Staffs could merge with neighbour
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust could merge with University Hospital of North Staffordshire Trust, HSJ understands.
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News
Doctors' strike could see thousands of operations cancelled
Contingency plans are being devised for next week’s British Medical Association strike which could see tens of thousands of hospital operations cancelled.
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News
Large rise in shifts filled by agency staff
The use of agency nurses by acute and community service providers has soared by 50 per cent in a year, evidence suggests.
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News
Satisfaction in NHS plummets due to concern over government reforms
Public satisfaction with the NHS saw its largest-ever drop last year as ministers highlighted weaknesses in the service to justify the Health and Social Care Act, and senior clinicians spoke out against the reforms.
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Blogs
Lessons for the care industry from the car industry
The car industry and the health care industry have much in common. Both deal in body parts, and what are surgeons but mechanics, hospitals mere repair shops and people “soft” machines?
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HSJ Local
Worthing Hospital hit by flooding
PERFORMANCE: Work is continuing to clear basement areas of Worthing Hospital affected by flooding during heavy rain on Sunday 10 June, Western Sussex Hospitals Trust said in a statement.
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News
Scotland's Legionnaires' cases increase again
Cases of a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease have risen again, the Scottish government has confirmed.
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News
More blood donations needed ahead of Olympics
A drop in people giving blood over the Jubilee weekend led to national blood stocks falling by 7 per cent, NHS Blood and Transplant has warned.
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HSJ Local
PCT cluster joins lung cancer campaign
PERFORMANCE: NHS Surrey is pushing a national campaign highlighting that a persistent cough can be a symptom of lung cancer.
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HSJ Local
Sussex FT joins programme to improve services for gay patients
PERFORMANCE: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has joined Stonewall’s “Health Champions” programme.
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HSJ Local
Sussex Partnership signs new catering deal
COMMERCIAL: Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust has announced the winning tender for a café at one of its main sites in Brighton.
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HSJ Local
Kent and Medway to take part in forensic research project
RESEARCH: Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust is to partner with Canterbury Christchurch University on a pilot study into forensic mental health care provision.
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HSJ Local
Rabies apology from Dartford and Gravesham
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust apologised at the end of last month after turning away a patient who died from rabies.
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HSJ Local
West Middlesex launches inpatient experience improvement scheme after poor results
PERFORMANCE: West Middlesex University Hospital is looking at how it can improve inpatient experience after receiving its results from the Picker Institute.
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HSJ Local
Work starts on new Worthing breast unit
STRUCTURE: Building work has begun on Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust’s new breast unit.