South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 1971
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Ashford and St Peter’s runs into volunteer trouble over catering contract
COMMERCIAL: The Surrey FT has announced that it wants to put out a tender for its entire catering facilities, which means a volunteer service will no longer be required.
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Hampshire PCT signs off Oak Park clinic plan
PERFORMANCE: NHS Hampshire has signed contracts to begin developing its planned Oak Park Community Clinic.
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Moorfields plans efficiency savings of £3m for each of the next two financial years
FINANCE: The specialist eye hospital is planning on making the savings after making £1.5m in efficiencies in 2011/12.
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CQC slams United Lincolshire over use of sedatives
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has expressed “major concerns” over the management of medication at the Pilgrim Hospital in Boston, Lincolnshire.
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New special care unit for St Peter’s Hospital
STRUCTURE: A new nine bed special care unit for mothers and their babies has opened at St Peter’s Hospital.
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Leeds Teaching Hospitals misses 62 day cancer wait target
PERFORMANCE: Leeds Teaching Hospitals trust has failed to meet its cancer waiting times target which should see at least 85 per cent of patients who are urgently referred by their GP receive their first definitive treatment within 62 days of referral.
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Harrogate foundation trust predicts deficit
FINANCE: Harrogate and District FT is predicting an overspend of £1.5m by the end of the year, according to a recent finance board report.
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Doncaster FT appoints a new chief executive
WORKFORCE: Ron Calvert has been appointed chief executive of Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and will take up the appointment on 1 September.
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Calderdale FT appoints new chair
WORKFORCE: A new chair has been appointed by the Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.
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Free Wi-Fi for Bradford Teaching Hospitals patients
PERFORMANCE:A new Wi-Fi network service for patients and visitors has recently been launched at Bradford Teaching Hospitals.
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Barnsley Hospital FT loses its IT system
PERFORMANCE: July board papers reveal the trust suffered a “complete shut down” of its IT system and hospital switchboard for over six hours on 20 July.
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Sheffield challenges Leeds’ claim to be first breastfeeding friendly city
PERFORMANCE: NHS and local authority chiefs in Sheffield are challenging Leeds’ bid to become the first breastfeeding friendly city in the UK, claiming that Sheffield was there first.
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Doncaster and Bassetlaw FT set to miss new A&E and readmission targets
PERFORMANCE: The four hour national A&E targets have this year been extended to include the whole time a patient now spends in A&E.
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First dental practice to start up in Doncaster for a decade
STRUCTURE: The first new dental practice to start up in the Doncaster area in more than 10 years has earned the seal of approval of the country’s top dentist.
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Social enterprise denies Twitter claims it is closing down
A social enterprise came under cyber attack this week in an apparent ruse designed to suggest the organisation was closing down.
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Calderdale PCT tenders for a new diabetes screening service
COMMERCIAL: Calderdale PCT is inviting companies to bid to provide a diabetic retinopathy screening programme across the region.
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A new name for Leeds Partnerships NHS FT
STRUCTURE: The trust is consulting on renaming itself, following its recent expansion.
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PCTs told to provide accounts for cash transferred to councils
Primary care trusts have been told to report how funding transferred to councils for integrated health and social care activities is being spent.
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New chair for Yorkshire NHS cluster
WORKFORCE: NHS Airedale, Bradford and Leeds PCT cluster has appointed Linda Pollard as its new chair.
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Health and social care chiefs sign up to ‘get it right’ for learning disability
PERFORMANCE: NHS Barnsley has committed to Mencap’s “Getting it right” charter to show their commitment to ensuring that people with a learning disability get the healthcare they have a right to.