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First patients attend new Medway neuroscience unit
STRUCTURE: A new neuroscience unit has opened at Medway Maritime Hospital.
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Medway goes public with possible Dartford merger
STRUCTURE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust and Medway NHS Foundation Trust have announced they are exploring the possibility of coming together to form one organisation.
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No judicial review request over Maidstone reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: Councillors have opted not to request a judicial review against the trust over its plans to reconfigure services for women and children, according to board papers.
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Kent trust failed to reach information governance minimum
PERFORMANCE: An internal control report from Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells said the trust had failed last year to reach the minimum requirement for information governance set out in the NHS operating framework.
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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells needs ‘radical solutions’ to maintain viability
FINANCE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust faces significant financial challenges over the next three years, which require “radical solutions”, according to a statement on internal control from chief executive Glenn Douglas.
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Sussex Partnership meeting all ‘priority indicators’
PERFORANCE: Sussex Partnership is meeting all its priority service indicators, its board of directors were told this month.
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Shift in maternity demand at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells
STRUCTURE: There has been a big rise in the predicted number of births for July at the new Tunbridge Wells Hospital and a corresponding fall at Maidstone Hospital.
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New Kent hospital on schedule for autumn opening
STRUCURE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust says it is making good progress towards fully opening its new Pembury Hospital in September.
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Darent Valley failing to meet CQC essential standards
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was not meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells invests £2m in bus service
FINANCE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is planning investment of over £2m in bus services over the next five years to enhance public transport to its new hospital in Pembury after it fully opens in September.
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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells not compliant with mixed sex rules
PERFORMANCE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells has issued a statement admitting that it is not yet fully compliant with the Department of Health’s latest rules on phasing out mixed sex accommodation.
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Royal Surrey meets standards for dignity and nutrition
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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QEQM passes dignity and nutrition checks
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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PCT considers future shape of Whitstable community services
STRUCTURE: Early stage discussions are underway to consider how to improve health and social care services in the Whitstable area, according to NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent.
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Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals welcomes education adviser
WORKFORCE: A new advisory board chair for the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Deanery has been appointed, the trust has announced.
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Sussex Partnership faced with fallout from closure of private unit
STRUCTURE: The foundation trust is relocating patients from a local independent hospital which is set to close in September.
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East Kent Hospitals University signs Mencap charter
PERFORMANCE: The trust has signed up to Mencap’s ‘getting it right’ charter, which sets out how hospital staff should ensure that patients with a learning disability experience a high standard of care that meets their needs.
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Refurbished cancer screening facilities open in Surrey
STRUCTURE: A new and improved breast screening service for women in Surrey and North East Hampshire has been officially opened.
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Seventeen South East Coast provider contracts signed off late
COMMERCIAL: A total of 17 providers in the South East Coast strategic health authority area did not have their 2011-12 provider/commissioner contracts signed off at the beginning of the year.
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Western Sussex Hospitals loses FT development director
WORKFORCE: The trust’s corporate and foundation trust development director has left to take up an advisory post at a legal firm.