All Health Service Journal articles in 1 March 2012 – Page 5
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HSJ Local
Staffing shortage being tackled in Leicestershire
WORKFORCE: Leicestershire Partnership Trust is tackling staffing issues highlighted in a critical coroner’s report into the suicide of a patient who absconded.
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HSJ Local
18 week issues at Lincs partnership
PERFORMANCE: Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust is only seeing 27.1 per cent of psychology patients within 18 weeks against a target of 95 per cent.
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HSJ Local
Lincs partnership predicts strong finish to financial year
FINANCE: Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust is predicting it will be £4.2m ahead of plan by the end of the financial year, based on performance at the end of month 10.
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HSJ Local
Northants FT ahead on budget plan
FINANCE: Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust looks set to end the year well ahead of its surplus target.
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HSJ Local
Nottinghamshire Healthcare ups surplus forecast
FINANCE: Nottinghamshire Healthcare has revised its year-end surplus upwards to £6.3m from £4.0m after the first 10 months returned a surplus of £5.3m against a planned £3.6m.
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HSJ Local
Anti-bullying helpline introduced for staff at Northants FT
WORKFORCE: Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust has set up a pilot confidential support line for staff.
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HSJ Local
Pressure ulcers hike at Notts Healthcare
PERFORMANCE: The community services division of Nottingham Healthcare saw a sharp rise in the number of grade three or four pressure ulcers in January - up from three in December to 11.
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HSJ Local
Rise in patient stays at Leicestershire partnership
PERFORMANCE: Average length of stay for mental health patients treated by Leicestershire Partnership Trust have crept up to 63.6 days against a target of 53.9 days, the board was told.
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HSJ Local
HV shortage leads to 'red' risk rating for Derbyshire FT
PERFORMANCE: Shortages of key staff constitute a “red-rated” operational risk, the board of Derbyshire Healthcare Foundation Trust has heard.
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HSJ Local
CQC finds moderate concerns Notts mental health trust
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found areas of moderate concern during unannounced visits to Nottinghamshire Healthcare premises.
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News
Restraint urged after BMA decides to ballot for industrial action
NHS Employers has called for employees to be in full possession of the facts on pension reforms before deciding to take industrial action.
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News
CQC board faces further shake-up
The Care Quality Commission board faces a shake-up following the resignation of its chief executive and the publication of a Department of Health review.
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HSJ Knowledge
How to get better value for money from psychiatric care units
High cost, low volume and long admissions: Julian Walker and colleagues explore the challenge of evaluating treatment costs for patients in medium secure psychiatric units.
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HSJ Local
Improved loss forecast at women's hospital
FINANCE: Birmingham Women’s Foundation Trust is expecting to make a £200,000 loss this year - but this is an improvement on its original forecast.
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HSJ Local
Two serious incident reports at Robert Hunt and Agnes Jones
PERFORMANCE: The Robert Hunt and Agnes Jones Orthopaedic and District Hospital Foundation Trust reported two serious incidents in December - one involved a fracture when a patient fell and the second a case of physical and verbally abusive behaviour.
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HSJ Local
Surplus at risk in Dudley and Walsall
FINANCE: Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership Trust is very slightly behind plan as it aims to make a £850,000 surplus for the financial year.
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HSJ Local
Royal Wolverhampton set for dramatic C difficile target miss
PERFORMANCE: Royal Wolverhampton HospitalsTrust is expecting to have 146 cases of C difficile this financial year - more than double its target of 65.
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HSJ Local
Orthopaedics trust agrees end of year position
FINANCE: The Robert Hunt and Agnes Jones Orthopaedic and District Hospital Foundation Trust has reached agreement with its three main commissioners on the end of year position, which will require it to do additional work over the next few months.
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HSJ Local
'Pressures' regularly shut Birmingham maternity unit
PERFORMANCE: The maternity unit at Birmingham Women’s Foundation Trust had to close five times at night in two months because of pressure, the trust board was told.
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HSJ Local
Mobile device mooted by Dudley and Walsall
PERFORMANCE: Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership Trust is going to review five different types of mobile device, together with NHS Dudley IT, to support a move towards mobile working.