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Kent and Medway consults public on community engagement plan
STRUCTURE: Kent and Medway has begun a consultation on draft plans for a community engagement strategy.
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Queen Victoria Hospital FT buys data protection system
COMMERCIAL: The foundation trust has purchased a data protection system from technology company Mastek.
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Fire risk found at Surrey and Borders Partnership FT
PERFORMANCE: The mental health foundation trust has identified a risk from use of cigarette lighters and matches in its wards, board papers suggest.
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Surrey and Borders Partnership FT finished last year with small deficit
FINANCE: The mental health foundation trust reported a year-end deficit of £313,000 for 2010-11, according to board papers.
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Surrey and Borders struggling to improve serious incident reporting
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust has ongoing difficulties with the reporting of serious incidents, according to board papers.
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Queen Victoria Hospital passes CQC dignity inspection
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission said the foundation trust passed both of the standards relating to dignity and nutrition it inspected during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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Acute trust announces its potential merger partners
STRUCTURE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospital Trust on the Surrey/London border has announced Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals Foundation Trust and the Royal Surrey County Hospital FT are interested in merging with Epsom Hospital, with St George’s Healthcare Trust interested in St Helier Hospital.
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NHS Surrey provider arm seeks to boost bank workforce
WORKFORCE: Surrey Community Health is holding a series of special open days this month to recruit healthcare staff “on the spot”.
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Chair appointed for Sussex PCT cluster
WORKFORCE: Denise Harker has been appointed as the chair of the NHS Sussex board.
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Consortium lead elected for Brighton and Hove
WORKFORCE: A local GP has been elected to lead Brighton and Hove Transitional Consortium.
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Chair appointed for Kent and Medway cluster
STRUCTURE: Colin Tomson has been appointed chair of the new NHS Kent and Medway cluster board.
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NHS Hastings and Rother achieves £4.6m surplus
FINANCE: The primary care trust has reported a surplus of £4.6m in 2010-11.
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Sussex Partnership launches perinatal mental health service
STRUCTURE: The mental health FT is to launch a new service designed to help women in East and West Sussex who have mental illnesses during pregnancy and in the first year of their baby’s life.
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NHS East Sussex Downs and Weald achieved £2.6m surplus
FINANCE: The primary care trust said it recorded a surplus of £2.6m for the 12 months ending 31 March 2011.
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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare eyed for potential takeover
FINANCE: Expectation is growing that Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust may be one of the next acute trusts put up for takeover.
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FT to survey staff on plans to trade restricted terms for job cuts
WORKFORCE: A Surrey foundation trust is to poll its staff on whether they would accept watering down their nationally agreed terms and conditions in exchange for fewer job cuts.
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Health and safety reporting still issue at Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital FT
WORKFORCE: NHS staff survey results identified a continuing issue regarding health and safety reporting at Ashford and St Peter’s, according to board papers.
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Ashford and St Peter’s meets and beats infection control targets
PERFORMANCE: Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust met its target for MRSA cases in 2010-11 and undercut its target for Clostridium difficile cases.
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Ashford and St Peter's Hospital FT seeks £2.1m surplus
FINANCE: Ashford and St Peter’s has set itself a target of ending 2011-12 with a surplus of a £2.1m.
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Ashford and St Peter's Hospital misses staff appraisal target
WORKFORCE: The foundation trust has performed well on workforce indicators, but narrowly missed its yearly target for staff appraisals.