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A&E performance problem in Sussex
PERFORMANCE: A&E performance across Sussex was below the 95 per cent target for treating patients within four hours in January.
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Mixed sex accommodation breach peak in Kent and Medway
PERFORMANCE: Kent and Medway had 35 breaches of the mixed sex accommodation rules in January – with 20 of these at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust.
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Surrey to break even but delay pain
FINANCE: NHS Surrey is forecasting a breakeven position at the end of the month – but only by handing a £33.6m headache to clinical commissioning groups.
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More than 200 SUIs outstanding in Surrey
PERFORMANCE: More than 200 serious incidents were still under investigation in Surrey in early March – as NHS Surrey prepared to hand over to CCGs. They range from pressure ulcers to suicides and unexpected deaths.
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South East Coast uses own care staff to reduce handover delays
PERFORMANCE: South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has started using its own staff to look after cohorts of suitable patients at hospitals to free ambulance crews to respond to other calls – rather than taking patients to other, less busy, hospitals.
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South-west Kent mental health service move
STRUCTURE: Kent and Medway Partnership NHS and Social Care Foundation Trust has stopped using the St John’s building in Sevenoaks to provide mental health services from.
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Kent and Medway helps launch new dementia website
PERFORMANCE: Kent and Medway Partnership NHS and Social Care Foundation Trust is helping roll out a national initiative to improve public information on dementia.
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Community mental health move in Kent
STRUCTURE: Kent and Medway Partnership NHS and Social Care Foundation Trust has relocated a raft of community services in Dartford.
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Kent and Medway closes Trinity Road facility
STRUCTURE: Kent and Medway Partnership NHS and Social Care Foundation Trust has vacated one of its properties because it has judged it is not fit for purpose.
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New managing director sought by Sussex Partnership
WORKFORCE: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking applicants for a new post of managing director of adult mental health services.
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No criminal offences following Kent neuro investigation
PERFORMANCE: Kent police say no criminal offences took place at a hospital unit at the centre of an investigation into patient care.
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BSUH upgrading radiotherapy machines
STRUCTURE: The NHS in Sussex is improving its radiotherapy provision with the replacement and upgrading of four current linac machines at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton by the end of 2014.
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Sussex Partnership in tie up with Care UK
COMMERCIAL: A mental health trust has entered into a groundbreaking joint venture with a private company to deliver services to the NHS.
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East Sussex centralises maternity and children's services after 'calamity' warning
A hospital trust is to centralise its consultant-led maternity and paediatric inpatient services onto one site without consulting the public, after an expert team warned of “the potential for calamity”.
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Trust faces £1.5m fine for small C Difficile breach
PERFORMANCE: A trust which has had just one case of clostridium difficile cross infection this year faces a penalty of at least £1.5m for exceeding its target number of cases by three.
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Trauma stretching A&E at Brighton and Sussex
PERFORMANCE: A significant increase in trauma cases is stretching A&E services at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust and affecting its performance against the four hour target.
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Brighton and Sussex has lost 492 bed days to norovirus
PERFORMANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has seen 493 bed days lost to norovirus so far this financial year with 225 patients and 55 staff members affected.
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Medway FT missed four hour target
PERFORMANCE: Medway Foundation Trust missed the four hour A&E target in January. But while nearly 93.5 per cent of people were treated, admitted or discharged within four hours one patient had to wait 19 hours and 36 minutes before being admitted.
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Queen Victoria told to improve record keeping
PERFORMANCE: The Queen Victoria Hospital Foundation Trust has been told to improve its record keeping by the Care Quality Commission.
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Royal Surrey records surplus
FINANCE: The Royal Surrey County Hospital Foundation Trust was £400,000 in surplus at the end of December – but made a loss of £200,000 in the month itself, reflecting a small number of working days and patients choosing not to have major surgery around Christmas. It has a revised planned ...