All Health Service Journal articles in 3 May 2013
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East Kent steps down from major incident status
PERFORMANCE: An unexpected and unexplained peak in inpatient demand is starting to ease at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust.
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Building starts on new learning disability facility
STRUCTURE: Building work has begun on a new state of the art learning disability service in Caterham.
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Former PCT chair joins Frimley Park board
WORKFORCE: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has welcomed two new non-executive directors to its board.
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Kent and Medway embarks on estate modernisation plan
STRUCTURE: There are facilities at Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust that even its chief executive would not want herself or her family to use, she has admitted.
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Kent provider launches nurse recruitment drive
WORKFORCE: Kent Community Health NHS Trust is seeking to recruit “innovative” nurses to join its district and community nursing teams.
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Basildon and Thurrock set to appoint in temporary “director of emergency care’
WORKFORCE Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust is set to appoint a temporary ‘director of emergency care’ in a bid to resolve concerns surroundings it’s A&E department and acute medical unit.
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Cambridge must update Monitor on A&E performance
PERFORMANCE Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has been ordered to give regular updates on its accident and emergency performance to Monitor, according to a board paper discussed this month.
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Keogh team to visit Basildon next month
PERFORMANCE Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust will be visited by Sir Bruce Keogh’s mortality rates review team on 7 May, the trust has announced.
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NewsCaldicott report highlights 'anxiety' and disagreement over record sharing
The cultural and practical challenges faced by the NHS in sharing patient records between health and social care agencies are outlined in a major review published today.
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CCG with £17m 'deficit legacy' says allocation could be wrong
FINANCE: One of England’s largest clinical commissioning groups has indicated it believes its funding allocation may be wrong, and said it has an “underlying deficit legacy issue” of £16.6m.
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NewsHSJ Live 29.04.2013: £1bn NHS spending 'to be transferred to councils'
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News
Protection plan for plastic surgery
Plastic surgeons are to introduce a financial protection scheme for their patients, it has been announced.
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NewsOne in 10 NHS England posts unfilled as system went live
One in 10 posts at NHS England was unfilled as the organisation took its full powers, despite an “intensive recruitment programme”, board papers show.
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Oxfordshire CCG faces £8.8m 'underlying deficit'
FINANCE: Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group ended 2012-13 overspending on both acute and non acute services, and forecasted an underlying deficit of £8.8m for 2013-14.
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Scarborough and Ryedale CCG overturns PCT decision on MIU weekend closure
SERVICES: A CCG has taken the decision to reopen a minor injury unit at the weekend – but wants more information before it decides how it is to be run.
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Cambridge University Hospitals forecasts £24.2m savings in 2012-13
FINANCE Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust is forecasting it will deliver £24.2m of its targeted £25m savings outlined in its cost improvement programme, according to a finance report published this month.
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Many trusts weak on medical leadership, research finds
There is a six fold variation in the amount of time medical directors spend on their board duties, new research into leadership has found.
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Cambridge Hospitals reveals partners for £120m private hospital and hotel complex
COMMERCE One of England’s largest hospital trusts is to team up with an infrastructure investor and a private health provider to develop a £120m private hospital and hotel complex, it has announced.