University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust – Page 13
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Comment
Eliminating poor productivity is key to NHS improvement
Significant variations remain in the service
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HSJ Knowledge
'Healthy hospitals' initiative is bearing fruit
Promote healthy behaviour among staff and patients
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HSJ Local
Delays in over performance payments pose 'significant risk' to trust
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust is reporting a “significant risk” to its short term cash flow, partly due to delays in over performance payments.
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HSJ Local
Trio of trusts in discussions over new cancer facilities
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust is in discussions with neighbouring trusts and NHS England to increase the level of cancer facilities in east and west Sussex.
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News
Struggle to fill senior trust posts 'getting greater'
High turnover and difficulty filling vacancies is not confined to managerial executive posts, according to NHS Trust Development Authority chief executive David Flory.
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HSJ Local
New rapid access medical unit reduces A&E admissions
Princess Royal Hospital has launched a rapid access medical unit in an attempt to reduce accident and emergency admissions and long stays.
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HSJ Local
Western Sussex hospital buildings to be sold off
Hospital buildings owned by Western Sussex Hospitals Foundation Trust will now be sold on the open market after failing to attract buyers with a health and social care remit.
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HSJ Local
Western Sussex pegged back by PLACE score for appearance
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals Foundation Trust scored well above average for three of the four new standards in the new patient-led ward inspection regime, but fell short on appearance and maintenance.
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HSJ Local
Brighton records below average score for estates appearance
PERFORMANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust scored below average for the standard on the condition of its buildings in the new patient-led ward inspection regime.
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HSJ Local
Brighton reports improved efficiency from touch screens
PERFORMANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has seen improved efficiencies and staff morale following the installation of an electronic bed management system at its two sites.
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HSJ Local
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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HSJ Local
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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HSJ Local
Brighton and Sussex below average in first FFT scores
PERFORMANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust scored an average of 29 for accident and emergency and 64 for inpatients in the “friends and family” test over the first quarter of 2013-14.
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HSJ Local
South East Coast Ambulance tests brain-cooling tech
RESEARCH: South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust is evaluating a system that directly cools cardiac arrest patients’ brains prior to their arrival at hospital.
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HSJ Local
Staff sickness at Brighton and Sussex third worst for SE acutes
WORKFORCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust had one of the worst average sickness absence rates among acutes in the South East Coast region for the first three months of 2013.
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HSJ Local
Western Sussex Hospitals above average for staff sickness
WORKFORCE: Western Sussex Hospitals Trust had an above average sickness absence rate for the first three months of 2013 among acutes in the South East Coast region.
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HSJ Local
New focus on 'doing things well' consistently at Brighton
PERFORMANCE: The chief executive of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has signalled to the organisation’s staff that they need to improve their standards consistently.
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HSJ Local
Western Sussex rolls out antibiotic prescribing app
PERFORMANCE: Pharmacy staff at Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have helped develop an app for prescribing antibiotics.
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HSJ Local
Brighton and Sussex loses finance director
WORKFORCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust finance director Chris Adcock is to leave in August.
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HSJ Local
New service encourages more homebirths in Sussex
STRUCTURE: A new 24-hour community midwives service dedicated to home births has been introduced by Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust.