All THE HILLINGDON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST articles – Page 11
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HSJ Local
North West London Hospitals Trust over performing against maternity contract
PERFORMANCE: The acute trust has seen “a significant over performance against the contracted level of births” a report says.
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HSJ Local
Caesarian rates above target at Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust
PERFORMANCE: The north west London trust recorded a c-section rate of 31.6 per cent for March.
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NewsAmbulance trust announces 890 post cuts
London Ambulance Service Trust has said it expects to cut 890 posts over the next five years to save £53m.
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HSJ Local
Hillingdon Hospitals achieves foundation status
STRUCTURE: The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust has been given foundation status.
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HSJ Local
NHS Hillingdon to miss surplus target
FINANCE: NHS Hillingdon is £4.9m behind its financial plan for 2010-11, reporting a deficit of £1.2m in February.
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HSJ Local
Chelsea and Westminster FT has second best ambulance handover time in London
PERFORMANCE: The central London hospital had an average patient handover time between ambulance and trust of 11.8 minutes at the end of last year.
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HSJ Local
The Hillingdon Hospital's midwifery head raises c-section target concern with SHA
PERFORMANCE: The head of the north west London hospital trust’s midwifery service has approached NHS London to query whether the target for the number of caesarian sections is too low.
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HSJ Local
Hillingdon Hospital Trust was first in London to declare 'Critcon 2' in face of winter pressures
PERFORMANCE: The north west London trust had to declare the standard after deciding the situation met the criteria of “unprecedented pressure on critical care and the trust beginning to require external aid for ITU patients”.
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NewsSingle rooms no better say economists
Giving patients their own hospital room does not improve infection rates or lengths of stay and increases the likelihood of falls, unpublished research for the Department of Health shows.
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NewsBad referrals waste district nurses’ time
Every mismanaged referral to a district nurse wastes five hours of their time, research by the provider arm for three London primary care trusts has found.
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NewsTrust not meeting Royal College of Surgeons' decontamination policy
Hillingdon Hospital Trust, where contaminated surgical instruments were identified last week, is not complying with the Royal College of Surgeons of England policy on decontamination.
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NewsOperations suspended after flesh contamination
Operations at two hospitals have been suspended after surgical kits were found to be contaminated with human flesh.
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NewsRisk linked to surgery volume
Mortality rates can be up to three times higher for a common operations at smaller, low volume acute trusts than at their larger neighbours in the same region, research published by NHS London suggests.
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NewsImperial readies for new foundation trust bid
Imperial College Healthcare Trust is expected to begin the formal process of applying for foundation status in the spring.
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HSJ Knowledge
Continuing care
Helping patients settle happily into the right long-term care setting is a key dimension of health and social care. Getting it wrong means needier patients, angry families, and spiralling costs.