All Health Service Journal articles in 19 April 2012
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NewsKeogh pledges action on overnight discharging
The medical director of the NHS has promised action after it was reported that hundreds of thousands of patients are being sent home from hospital in the middle of the night to relieve pressure on beds.
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Staff shortage forces closure of Herts community hospital beds
PERFORMANCE: Inpatient beds at a community hospital in Hertfordshire are to be closed from next week because of staffing problems.
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NewsAgenda for Change could survive regional pay push
The Department of Health is pushing for the Agenda for Change national pay framework to survive the introduction of regional pay rates in the NHS, it has emerged.
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NewsEx-iSoft chair 'fiddled company accounts'
The chair of an IT company involved in a major NHS project became a multi-millionaire by fiddling accounts to mislead the stock market, a court has heard.
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NewsPay scheme will force leaders to 'justify salaries'
Leaders will have to work harder to “justify their salaries” in the event of a care scandal, under pay plans awaiting final sign-off, HSJ has been told.
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Circle scraps Hinchingbrooke's parking fines
FINANCE: The NHS’s first hospital to be run by a private company has revamped its parking charges in an attempt to reduce users’ “anxiety”.
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NewsNHS redundancies costing tens of millions - Labour
Nearly £170m was spent on NHS redundancy payouts in one year, according to leaked government figures released by the Labour party.
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NewsObesity strategy criticised by royal colleges
Surgeons, psychiatrists, paediatricians and GPs launched a campaign today to battle rising levels of obesity, saying current strategies are not working.
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NewsExclusive: Dame Ruth Carnall to leave NHS
NHS London chief executive Dame Ruth Carnall, one of the service’s most senior and respected leaders, is to leave the NHS next year.
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NewsCCGs will be subject to Agenda for Change
Clinical commissioning groups will be made subject to the Agenda for Change pay agreement to avoid spiralling redundancy costs, it has been confirmed.
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NewsExclusive: OFT to rule on foundation trust merger
The first ever merger between two foundation trusts is to be scrutinised for its impact on competition by the Office of Fair Trading, HSJ has learned.
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IT contract signed by Sussex Partnership
COMMERCIAL: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has signed a contract with 2e2 to provide all its information and communications technology services.
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East Sussex DPH given national role
WORKFORCE: Diana Grice, director of public health for East Sussex, has been appointed vice president of the Association of the Directors of Public Health.
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Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals installs £170k robot pharmacy system
COMMERCIAL: Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has installed a £170,000 robotic drug dispensary system at Castle Hill Hospital, and a second system is due to be installed in the dispensary at Hull Royal Infirmary in July.
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Yorkshire research highlights variations in type 1 diabetes care
RESEARCH: Research undertaken by Leeds Metropolitan University, with several Yorkshire and Humber NHS provider trusts and funded by NHS Diabetes, has highlighted discrepancies between type 1 diabetes services.
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Recruitment drive at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals to address nursing shortages
WORKFORCE: The trust’s unscheduled medical care division has acknowledged it will need to recruit up to eight nurses and healthcare assistants a month to prevent a repeat of the staff shortages it experienced in 2011.
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SASH announces intention to become standalone FT
STRUCTURE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust has agreed a two year plan intended to allow it to become a standalone foundation trust without merging with another organisation.
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Timeline extended for Dartford and Gravesham merger
STRUCTURE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has put back the date it expects to merge with Medway Foundation Trust, but remains confident the link up will go ahead despite increased scrutiny of its proposals by the Cooperation and Competition Panel.
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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells sells old hospital site
COMMERCIAL: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust has sold off its old Kent and Sussex Hospital site to a property developer.
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Chief exec confirms he is leaving in May
WORKFORCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust chief executive Duncan Selbie is to leave the organisation at the end of next month.