All Health Service Journal articles in 22 November 2012 – Page 3
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HSJ Local
Oxford trust hits overall waiting time standard
PERFORMANCE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust hit its trust-wide referral to treatment standard, although neurosurgery, ear nose and throat and general surgery under-performed.
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HSJ Local
Crucial FT meeting for Surrey and Sussex delayed
STRUCTURE: A key meeting regarding the future of Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust’s bid for foundation trust status has been postponed.
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HSJ Local
Rising bed occupancy causes £2.3m savings risk at Oxford trust
WORKFORCE: Staff costs due to a “high levels of bed occupancy” at Oxford University Hospitals Trust could lead to a £2.3m shortfall in the organisation’s savings target.
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HSJ Local
Sussex town gets “dementia friendly” grant
FINANCE: Crawley is set to become a “dementia friendly town” after securing national funding of £125,000.
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HSJ Local
New cardiology service first in Kent
STRUCTURE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust launched an EPS (electrophysiological studies and ablation) service this month.
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HSJ Local
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare designated as trauma unit
STRUCTURE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust has been officially designated as a regional trauma unit following an assessment on 16 November.
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HSJ Local
Midlands and East raises 'concerns' with 14 trusts
NHS Midlands and East’s provider development committee has raised “principle concerns” with 14 trusts.
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HSJ Local
East Sussex board backs reconfiguration plans
STRUCTURE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust’s board has agreed recommendations that will see three key service areas reconfigured between its two main hospital sites.
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HSJ Local
Medway GP charged with sexual assault
WORKFORCE: A GP has appeared at Maidstone Crown Court after being charged with sexually assaulting two women at St Mary’s Medical Centre in Strood.
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HSJ Local
Pseudomonas outbreak at Queen Victoria Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The Queen Victoria Hospital Foundation Trust experienced a healthcare-associated infection outbreak involving multi-resistant pseudomonas earlier this year.
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HSJ Local
Ambulance FT plans third 'Make Ready Centre'
STRUCTURE: South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust has submitted a planning application to create a third purpose built Make Ready Centre.
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HSJ Local
CCG launches hard-hitting A&E campaign
A hard-hitting campaign has been launched across Nottingham to warn people of the consequences of turning up at Queen’s Medical Centre’s emergency department for non-emergency ailments.
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Comment
How treatment centres have driven competition
An Institute for Fiscal Studies report makes interesting reading
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HSJ Local
Surgery equipment accolade for Mid Staffs
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been awarded a gold standard by the Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons in its second National Audit of Theatre Equipment.
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News
Lamb plans to support new wave of integrated care 'experiments'
Ministers are planning to support a series of large-scale, locally led “experiments” in integrated care that could enable commissioners to move away from the payment by results tariff system.
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News
Commissioning board struggles to improve diversity
The NHS Commissioning Board has been told to consider diversity as important as experience when determining who gets management jobs. This comes amid new evidence of its failure to recruit staff from diverse backgrounds.
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News
CCGs told to set aside more than £2bn of budgets
Clinical commissioning groups are being told to set aside more than £2bn of their budgets in their first year of operation.
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News
Liver disease on the rise in England
The number of people suffering from liver disease is on the increase in England while other European countries it is decreasing, health experts said.
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News
Emergency cancer care 'fragmented'
Hospitals must improve the emergency care offered to cancer patients, according to a new report.
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HSJ Local
Leicester employs more midwives
WORKFORCE: University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has appointed 16 qualified midwives following a recruitment drive.