All Health Service Journal articles in 18 October 2012
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Hillingdon Hospitals readmission rate up on last year
PERFORMANCE: Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust’s readmissions rate is 7.9 per cent for the year-to-date, up on 7.5 per cent in the same period last year.
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South Warwickshire extends visitor restrictions due to norovirus
PERFORMANCE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust has extended visitor restrictions due to an ongoing norovirus outbreak.
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Patients left until the 'last five minutes' of four-hour target
PERFORMANCE: A detailed report on Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust’s A&E performance said: “Even during occasions of bed availability, we are still leaving patients till the last five minutes of the four hours [target wait], leaving little contingency for unexpected events.”
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FT chief appointed to Youth Justice Board
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust has been appointed as a non-executive director of the national Youth Justice Board.
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Readmissions up at Hillingdon Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust has seen readmissions up 8.4 per cent on the same period in 2011-12.
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Provider giving NHS Bury daily updates on C difficile
PERFORMANCE: NHS Bury is now receiving daily notifications about incidences of Clostridium difficile from Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust, in a drive to tackle rates of infection in the area, clinical commissioners report.
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Cumbria and North East LAT hires nurse and medical director
WORKFORCE: The NHS Commissioning Board local area team for Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear has appointed a nursing and medical director.
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Large commissioning board LAT gets interim director
STRUCTURE: An interim director has been appointed to the Cumbria, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear local area team, pending a permanent appointment.
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Complaints soar at James Paget
James Paget University Hospitals Foundation Trust has reported a 30 per cent increase in complaints year on year.
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Barking, Havering and Redbridge sees year-on-year increase in DTOCs
PERFORMANCE: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust has seen a year-on-year increase in delayed transfers of care, new figures reveal.
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Ealing and NW London Hospitals merger proposed for next April
STRUCTURE: Ealing Hospital Trust and North West London Hospitals Trust are now due to merge in April 2013.
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Staffordshire hospitals face 'extreme pressure'
PERFORMANCE: Hospitals in Staffordshire are under “extreme pressure” after a sudden surge in accident and emergency demand, according to the county’s PCT Cluster.
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Capacity problems hit Hampshire Hospitals diagnostics performance
PERFORMANCE: Capacity problems caused Hampshire Hospitals to miss its diagnostics waiting list target in June.
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Hampshire Hospitals activity levels exceed plan
PERFORMANCE: Activity levels at Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust are higher than last year, despite commissioners’ intentions to cut admissions.
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Hampshire Hospitals beats surplus target amid rising demand
FINANCE: Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust is beating its surplus plan due to higher than expected clinical income.
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South Warwickshire FT shuts wards due to norovirus
PERFORMANCE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust has banned visits to four wards due to a suspected norovirus outbreak.
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Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals predict £46m deficit
FINANCE: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust is projecting a £46m deficit this financial year.
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Central Middlesex Hospital's A&E overnight closure extended for another year
STRUCTURE: North West London Hospitals Trust’s board has approved the closure of Central Middlesex Hospital’s A&E closure for another year.
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Four directors appointed for Merseyside LAT
WORKFORCE: The NHS Commissioning Board has appointed four directors for its Merseyside Local Area Team.
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Two directors appointed to West Yorkshire LAT
WORKFORCE: Two directors have been appointed to the NHS Commissioning Board’s West Yorkshire Local Area Team, which is still without an overall LAT director.