All WORCESTERSHIRE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST articles – Page 12
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NewsKnighted Nicholson pays tribute to NHS staff
NHS chief executive David Nicholson, cancer tsar Mike Richards and National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence chief executive Andrew Dillon have been given knighthoods in the New Year honours list.
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NewsNHS trusts count cost of free parking
Plans to phase out hospital car parking charges for a significant proportion of patients will cost NHS organisations up to £140m a year.
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NewsKnighthoods for top NHS leaders
NHS chief executive David Nicholson, cancer tsar Mike Richards, and NICE chief executive Andrew Dillon have been given knighthoods in the New Year’s honours list.
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CommunityAcute sarcasm
HSJ reported in late September that Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust’s foundation application was being blocked by health minister Mike O’Brien.
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NewsAnnual health check: impact of targets and FTs seen in acute score slide
The stroke target, winter pressures and the increasing number of foundation trusts are being blamed for the slide in acute trusts’ annual health check performance.
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NewsMinister delays foundation trust application
A hospital trust’s foundation application has been delayed by health minister Mike O’Brien in an unusual intervention in the authorisation process.
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When will the remaining trusts become foundations?
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has given trusts a deadline of December 2010 to submit their applications for foundation trust status.
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SupplementsHealthcare 100: the best places to work revealed
The HSJ and Nursing Times Healthcare 100 has revealed the best overall healthcare employer in the UK to be Kent independent provider Benenden Hospital trust.
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Norovirus outbreaks hit beds and waiting times
A growing number of hospitals were last week facing pressure on waiting time targets as they dealt with norovirus outbreaks.
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HSJ Knowledge
Improving Care with Technology, supported by System C
Winner: West Midlands Ambulance Service trustA technologically impressive system that allows accident and emergency to get up to speed with patients' data as it is captured by the ambulance crew
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Frank or futile? Health gets the blog treatment
Blogging is increasingly offering a colourful commentary of life in the NHS and writers argue decision makers would do well to pay attention. Jo Stephenson asks if managers should be afraid
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Diamond 60 life
I was delighted to see my former boss (and friend) John Yates included in the Diamond Sixty list of the most influential people in the NHS.
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New roles in the health sector
A series of projects under the Skills for Health banner is developing new roles to support the ever-changing health service
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Rising fuel prices push up healthcare overheads
Sharp rises in oil and food prices are hitting the NHS hard, with energy and catering bills for big trusts in the millions and the situation likely to get worse. Alison Moore reports
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PFI debt fears as district general hospitals feel the squeeze
District generals' income is set to take a hit as specialist hospitals and primary care trusts move in on their territory. How will they pay PFI debts of £28.5bn, asks Sally Gainsbury
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Health check: trusts miss hygiene goals
Trusts have failed to hit targets for reducing MRSA and many are not meeting basic standards for hygiene and cleanliness.
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NHS Employers: far fewer job cuts than first claimed
The threat hanging over 20,000 NHS posts has amounted to fewer than 800 redundancies so far, NHS Employers has claimed.
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Bishop condemns chaplain redundancies
The Bishop of Worcester has described as a 'piece of destruction' proposals by Worcestershire Acute Hospitals trust to make six chaplains redundant as part of plans to tackle an underlying £30m deficit.
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Trusts welcome new finance rating
ASSESSMENT Five-part measure will judge trusts on more than whether they break even
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'It would be foolish to ignore them'
STAR RATINGS Healthcare Commission refutes claims that assessments are 'past sell-by date'