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Sussex-based accountants target GPs
COMMERCIAL: Sussex-based chartered accountants and tax advisers, Carpenter Box LLP, has launched a new team specialising in the healthcare sector.
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HSJ LocalCouncil moves to block mental health reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: Plans to remove all acute inpatient mental health beds from Medway Maritime Hospital have been referred to the health secretary by local councillors.
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Surrey Downs ditches EDICS contract
COMMERCIAL: Surrey Downs Clinical Commissioning Group has opted not to renew a contract with an organisation providing specialist referral advice and treatment at consultant-led community clinics.
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Surrey and Sussex CCGs choose new CSU providers
STRUCTURE: New arrangements for providing commissioning support services are being put in place across Surrey and Sussex, NHS England has announced.
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Frimley under pressure from NHS 111 teething problems
PERFORMANCE: Frimley Park Hospital Foundation Trust has experienced an increase in admissions, which may be the result of the high profile problems setting up the non-emergency 111 phoneline.
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Frimley Park faces ‘challenging’ C difficile target
PERFORMANCE: Frimley Park Hospital Foundation Trust had already got through a quarter of the Clostridium difficile cases it is allowed for the 2013-14 year, board papers reveal.
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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare car park charge to rise
FINANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is to increase its patient and visitor car parking charges by 20p for some periods from next month.
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Stroke services in East Sussex centralised
STRUCTURE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust has confirmed the implementation of the first phase of a new stroke service in East Sussex, which will see it confined to one acute site rather than two.
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East Sussex children’s iPad project awarded lottery boost
FINANCE: A project working with children with emotional and behavioural issues has been awarded over £8,000 from the Big Lottery Fund, East Sussex Healthcare Trust has announced.
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Dartford staff lack confidence in Medway merger
STRUCTURE: Staff at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust lack confidence that the proposed merger with Medway Foundation Trust is the “right thing”, according to board papers.
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New focus on staff engagement at Brighton and Sussex
PERFORMANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust chief executive Matthew Kershaw has launched a staff engagement programme setting out four key areas.
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Go-ahead for Kent acute mental health reconfig
STRUCTURE: Proposals to increase the number of acute beds and develop three centres of excellence in Dartford, Canterbury and Maidstone have been agreed.
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Kent and Medway appoints first peer support worker
WORKFORCE: A former Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust patient who recovered from post-traumatic stress disorder is now helping other service users.
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Dartford board members receive staffing plea from frontline
WORKFORCE: Board members at Dartford and Gravesham Trust have been told by frontline nursing staff and patients that they need more staff, board papers reveal.
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Dartford and Gravesham beating its own surplus plans
FINANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust was almost £100,000 ahead of its planned surplus at the end of May, according to board papers.
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Below average FFT score for Surrey and Sussex Healthcare
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust scored an average of 54 for accident and emergence and 52 for inpatients in the “friends and family” test over the first quarter of 2013-14.
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Western Sussex Hospitals beats FFT average score in first quarter
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals Trust scored an average of 53 for accident and emergence and 80 for inpatients in the “friends and family” test over the first quarter of 2013-14.
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Royal Surrey County scores below average in FFT first round
PERFORMANCE: Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust scored an average of 54 for accident and emergence and 56 for inpatients in the “friends and family” test over the first quarter of 2013-14.
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Queen Victoria Hospital scores well in FFT first quarter
PERFORMANCE: Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust scored an average of 88 for inpatients in the “friends and family” test over the first quarter of 2013-14.