All Health Service Journal articles in 21 February 2013 – Page 6
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West Middlesex to announce merger partner on Tuesday
STRUCTURE: West Middlesex University Hospital Trust is due to announce its merger partner on Tuesday.
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Portsmouth trust launches investigation into five hour trolley wait
PERFORMANCE: Portsmouth Hospitals Trust has launched an investigation after a 90-year-old dementia patient was left for nearly five hours on a trolley in a corridor awaiting treatment.
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Dorset County to tackle community pressure ulcers
PERFORMANCE: Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust is setting up a team to support community hospitals in managing patients at risk of pressure ulcers.
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Poole breaches MRSA limit
PERFORMANCE: Poole Hospital Foundation Trust has breached its limit of MRSA cases for the year and is at risk of breaching its Clostridium difficile limit.
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CQC find concerns at Dorset County
PERFORMANCE: Care Quality Commission inspectors found Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust was not meeting two essential standards.
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Poole reorganisation to close five beds
STRUCTURE: A reorganisation of beds as a result of changes to patient pathways at Poole Hospital Foundation Trust will result in annual savings of £250,000, trust board papers report.
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Dorset County buys in iPods for patients
PERFORMANCE: Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust has ordered iPods for use by patients undergoing procedures under local anaesthetics.
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Plymouth Community Healthcare passes CQC inspection
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has found Plymouth Community Healthcare’s Lee Mill Hospital is meeting quality standards.
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Bradford drops health and wellbeing centre plan
STRUCTURE: Plans to develop a health and wellbeing centre in the Keighley area of Bradford have been dropped in favour of concentrating on an integrated care model.
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Yorkshire lets ten year GP practice contract
FINANCE: A ten-year contract to provide medical services at Thornton and Denholme Medical Practice has been awarded to a group of Shipley-based doctors who are already providing temporary services at the surgery.
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Yorkshire Ambulance sees 12 per cent demand growth
PERFORMANCE: A 12 per cent increase in demand on the previous month meant Yorkshire Ambulance Service struggled with ‘red’ responses in December.
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Sheffield trust 'proactively managing' staff with high absence
WORKFORCE: Staff with the highest level of sickness absence are being ‘pro-actively’ managed at Sheffield Health and Social Care Foundation Trust – leading to a number of dismissals.
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Yorkshire ambulance service highlights patients late for travel
PERFORMANCE: Patients who require non-emergency transport to hospital with Yorkshire Ambulance Service often arrive early or late for their appointments.
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New vehicle talks at Yorkshire Ambulance Service
FINANCE: Yorkshire Ambulance Service is considering buying additional non-emergency vehicles as 178 of its current ones are judged to be ‘over age.’
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South West Yorkshire trust opens new ward
STRUCTURE: A new ward has opened as part of a £12m redevelopment of a mental health secure unit in Wakefield. The new 15-bed Johnson ward is part of Newton Lodge, a medium secure unit which serves the wider Yorkshire and Humber area as well as people from the South West ...
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Leeds & York redesign runs into complications
STRUCTURE: A major redesign of services which treats mental health patients in the community rather than admitting them to hospital has run into some problems.
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Deficit expected at Humber FT
FINANCE: Humber Foundation Trust is forecasting a £2.9m deficit this year – in part due to the cost of redundancies which will enable it to deliver cost improvements next year.
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Sheffield trust running pilot on mental health effecs
RESEARCH: A pilot scheme being launched by Sheffield Health & Social Care Trust to help mental sufferers live longer and healthier lives.
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Brentwood and Basildon CCG forecasting a £10.3m deficit
FINANCE: Brentwood and Basildon Clinical Commissioning Group has forecasted a £10.3m budget deficit for this financial year.
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Thurrock CCG forecasting deficit
FINANCE: Thurrock Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has forecast a £2.8m budget deficit for this financial year.