All Health Service Journal articles in 19 April 2012 – Page 4
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NewsRoyal Brompton loses reconfiguration case at the High Court
A foundation trust has lost a High Court case it brought against a consultation on the national configuration of paediatric heart surgery services.
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HSJ Local
Northumbria Healthcare appoints new lead chaplain
WORKFORCE: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has appointed a new lead chaplain.
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HSJ LocalBlocking dialysis contract could risk EU law challenge, trust warns DH
COMMERCIAL: The Department of Health has been warned that forcing Nottingham University Hospitals Trust to reconsider its recent award of a dialysis contract could place the government “in conflict” with international competition law.
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NewsMid Staffs report not expected until October
The Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry report will not be published until October, it has been announced.
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HSJ Local
CQC gives warning to independent treatment centre firm
PERFORMANCE: The owners of an independent treatment centre have been given a formal warning by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ Local
GE Capital to finance equipment at new Kent hospital
COMMERCIAL: GE Capital will provide a £11.5m leasing facility to the Kent Institute of Medicine & Surgery.
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HSJ Local
Sussex partnership launches ‘unique self-help resource’
PERFORMANCE: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has launched an online directory to help support mental health patients.
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HSJ Local
Heatherwood trust and PCT cluster agree extra cash for 2012-13
FINANCE: NHS Berkshire and Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals Foundation Trust signed their 2012-13 local acute services contract just three days into the financial year after a thaw in relations.
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HSJ Local
Portsmouth CCG appoints GP to lead role
Portsmouth clinical commissioning group has announced Dr Jim Hogan as its clinical leader and accountable officer.
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HSJ Local
Sheffield Children's FT nurse made national RCN lead
WORKFORCE: A Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust nurse has been appointed as a national lead for the Royal College of Nursing.
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HSJ Local
NHS Bristol awards £1.9m contract
COMMERCIAL: Catering and support services provider Medirest has been awarded a three year contract to provide catering and support services at South Bristol Community Hospital.
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HSJ Local
Mid Essex acute heading for year end deficit
FINANCE: Mid Essex Hospital Services Trust is heading for a deficit at year end after struggling to meet its cost improvement plans.
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HSJ Local
Taunton and Somerset reports low death rates
PERFORMANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust has a significantly better than average hospital standardised mortality ratio, and no difference between HSMRs for patients admitted on weekdays or at the weekend, according to latest figures from Dr Foster Intelligence.
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HSJ Local
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly appoints new medical director
WORKFORCE: Shelagh McCormick has been appointed medical director at NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly.
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HSJ Local
Cornwall and IOS target GP performance to release savings
FINANCE: NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly is predicting a project working with GP practices with high levels of non-elective admissions will release £3m of savings in 2012-13.
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HSJ Local
Peninsula Community Health exceeds C diff limit
PERFORMANCE: Peninsula Community Health has has twice as many cases of Clostridium difficile as its agreed limit during 2011-12.
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HSJ Local
Chair of troubled mental health trust resigns
WORKFORCE: The chair of a troubled mental health trust has resigned and its chief executive has gone on leave ahead of the publication of a report into the organisation’s governance.
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HSJ Local
Plymouth Hospitals Trust struggles with 18 week backlog
PERFORMANCE: Almost 1,000 patients at Plymouth Hospitals Trust had been waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment at the end of March.
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HSJ Local
Royal Cornwall patients request alternative provider
PERFORMANCE: In 2011-12 41 patients at the Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust invoked their rights under the NHS Consititution to request treatment at an alternative provider.
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HSJ Local
Locum costs and bed pressures key risk to Weston budget
FINANCE: Expenditure on locum staffing is one of the key risks to the delivery of Weston Area Health Trust’s 2012-13 budget, papers presented to April’s board reveal.