All Health Service Journal articles in 17 March 2011 – Page 4
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NewsBMA votes against rejecting entire Health Bill
The British Medical Association has voted not to reject the entire health bill in a secret ballot.
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NewsHinchingbrooke failing to protect patients, says CQC
Hinchingbrooke Healthcare Trust is failing to protect patients from “unsafe or inappropriate care, treatment and support”, the Care Quality Commission has ruled
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Doncaster plans extension of new bariatric service
STRUCTURE: Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust is planning to extend its bariatric surgery service which opened last year.
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Eight SUI investigations exceed time limit at Cumbria Partnership
PERFORMANCE: Eight serious untoward incident investigations (SUIs) at the foundation exceeded their 45 day time limit in 2010, a summary account of its latest board meeting shows.
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Newcastle hospitals firm speeds cancer screening
COMMERCIAL: A firm part-owned by Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust says it is offering faster turnaround breast cancer screening after developing new gene testing methods.
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Workforce vacancy increase at Hinchingbrooke
WORKFORCE: Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust has seen overall increases in staff vacancy rates and, in particular, a significant increase in the rate of vacancies for registered nurses.
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NewsBlood service privatisation criticised in Commons
Privatising parts of the National Blood Service could put people off donating as they would see companies profiting from their generosity, an MP said today.
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NewsDoctors give verdict on health reform
Doctors have made clear the opposition to the Health Bill within the profession, but stopped short of opposing the bill in its entirety.
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NewsNHS staff feel excluded amid growing job security fears
The majority of NHS staff feel senior managers exclude them in decision making, according to the 2010 NHS staff survey.
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Monitor holds up Dorset community services transfer
STRUCTURE: The transfer of community heathcare services to Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust is likely to be delayed beyond the Department of Health’s April 1 deadline due to a lack of capacity at the foundation trust regulator Monitor.
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Dorset Healthcare meets all FT compliance targets
PERFORMANCE: Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust has reported that it did not breach any of its terms of authorisation in January 2011.
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Over activity at Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust
PERFORMANCE: Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust has reported over activity for elective care, including outpatient procedures 120 per cent above plan.
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Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals wins deanery bid
STRUCTURE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has been selected as the host organisation for the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Deanery.
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Rotherham chief exec to lead five PCTs cluster
STRUCTURE: Rotherham PCT chief executive Andy Buck will lead a five PCT cluster with Doncaster, Bassetlaw, Sheffield and Barnsley PCTs.
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NHS Medway on course to meet TCS deadline
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust is on course to fully divest its provider arm by the transforming community services deadline of April 2011, its strategic health authority has said.
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NHS East Sussex due to split from provider by April deadline
NHS East Sussex is on course to fully divest its provider arm by the transforming community services deadline of April 2011, its strategic health authority has said.
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Calderdale PCT joins cluster and chief exec departs
STRUCTURE: Calderdale PCT has clustered with Kirklees and Wakefield District PCTs, and chief executive Rob Webster is leaving to run a new community provider trust.
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NHS West Kent on course to hit deadline for divesting community service
STRUCTURE: NHS West Kent is on course to fully divest its provider arm by the transforming community services deadline of April 2011, its strategic health authority has said.
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NHS Surrey will not fully divest its community services by April
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust will have made “substantial progress” towards divesting its provider arm by the transforming community services deadline of April 2011, its strategic health authority has said.
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More compliments than complaints at Surrey and Borders Partnership FT
PERFORMANCE: The number of official “compliments” from patients and carers out-number complaints by nearly four to one, the trust has claimed.