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HSJ LocalExclusive: Trust will need ‘mutual aid’ in no-deal Brexit scenario
South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has warned it will need “mutual aid” from other NHS providers and is highly likely to move to the highest emergency response category, REAP level 4, if there is a no-deal Brexit in October, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Kent and Medway reports QIPP slip
FINANCE: Only 55 per cent of planned QIPP savings of £57m were delivered in Kent and Medway to the end of January.
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HSJ Local
Long waits for CAMH in Kent and Medway
PERFORMANCE: Young people with mental health problems in Kent are having to wait more than six months for a specialist assessment.
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HSJ Local
Kent and Medway A&E performance dips below target
PERFORMANCE: The four hour A&E standard across Kent and Medway has fallen below 95 per cent. A report to the last meeting of the Kent and Medway PCT cluster board says it dipped below 95 per cent for year to date in mid January and was at 94.8 per cent ...
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HSJ Local
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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HSJ Local
Kent and Medway patients seek 'better access' on mental health
STRUCTURE: The Centre for Nursing and Healthcare Research has carried out an independent analysis of public response to the Kent and Medway Acute Mental Health Services review.
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HSJ Local
Dartford Gravesham and Swanley CCG authorised with 22 conditions
STRUCTURE: NHS Dartford Gravesham and Swanley Clinical Commissioning Group has been authorised by the NHS Commissioning Board – but with 22 conditions.
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HSJ Local
Kent and Medway pens patient transport contract
COMMERCIAL: NHS Kent and Medway has chosen NSL Care to operate its non-emergency patient transport service.
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HSJ Local
Mental health reconfiguration consultation nears end
STRUCTURE: A consultation on the reconfiguration of mental health services across Kent is due to end on 26 October.
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HSJ Local
'Care village' planned for Maidstone area
STRUCTURE: A new private sector care facility has been planned for an area in West Kent.
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HSJ Local
West Kent improves on mixed sex target
PERFORMANCE: NHS West Kent recorded four breaches of the Department of Health’s rules on mixed sex accommodation during August, according to latest data.
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HSJ Local
No mixed sex breaches for Kent Community Health
PERFORMANCE: Kent Community Health NHS Trust recorded no breaches of the Department of Health’s rules on mixed sex accommodation during August, according to latest data.
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HSJ Local
Current West Kent overspend is ‘not sustainable’
FINANCE: Commissioners in West Kent have already been forced to dip into contingency reserves due to excess activity by their acute providers, board papers reveal.
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HSJ Local
Kent commissioners use £10m reserves to maintain surplus
FINANCE: The primary care trust cluster and clinical commissioning groups in Kent and Medway are turning to contingencies to maintain a surplus.
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HSJ Local
Mental health shake-up mooted for Kent
STRUCTURE: Commissioners in Kent have set out plans to reconfigure services for mental health patients experiencing a “crisis”, after a review identified weaknesses with the current layout.
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HSJ Local
'Significant' financial pressures for Kent and Medway PCTs
FINANCE: The Kent and Medway PCT cluster reported a £6.8m surplus at the end of June but highlighted “significant pressures” on finance.
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HSJ Local
Nursing agency seeks recruits in south coast area
WORKFORCE: The British Nursing Association has launched a major recruitment drive for nurses and healthcare assistants to fill temporary positions in Kent, Sussex and Surrey.
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HSJ Local
GE Capital to finance equipment at new Kent hospital
COMMERCIAL: GE Capital will provide a £11.5m leasing facility to the Kent Institute of Medicine & Surgery.
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NewsPrivate hospital will offer ‘the only’ tertiary care beds in Kent
A private hospital in Kent will claim to offer NHS and private patients “the only” cardiothoracic and neurosurgery tertiary care beds in the county, helping to reduce referrals to London trusts.
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HSJ Local
New private hospital construction to get underway
STRUCTURE: A new private tertiary care hospital that will be part owned by doctors is to be built in Kent, it has been announced.