All Health Service Journal articles in 26 April 2013 – Page 3
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HSJ PartnersMake everyone part of the solution
All staff in NHS organisations need to feel confident leading change, foundation trust chief executive Jo Cubbon tells Claire Read
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NewsHSJ Live 25.04.2013: Lords vote to defeat competition rules fails
The health secretary’s speech to Age UK on emergency demand, integration and primary care and the rest of today’s news.
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HSJ Local
Portsmouth emergency performance below standard for six months
PERFORMANCE: Performance against the four hour accident and emergency target has been languishing below 90 per cent for two consecutive quarters in Portsmouth.
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Council urges criminal action against former Mid Staffs leadership
Stafford Borough Council has called for criminal action to be considered against the former leadership of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust over an alleged death rates cover-up.
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NewsHunt promises CQC extra funding for new inspection regime
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said the Care Quality Commission will be given additional funding to pay for its new inspection regime.
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HSJ Local
Monitor steps in at Dorset Healthcare
STRUCTURE: Monitor has taken regulatory action at Dorset Healthcare University Foundation Trust over concerns the board was not “performing effectively”.
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Bucks trust told to improve on staffing after CQC visit
PERFORMANCE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust has been warned to improve its staffing levels and training for nurses following an unannounced inspection.
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HSJ Local
Five south west trusts report 12 hour trolley waits
PERFORMANCE: Seven patients admitted as emergencies to North Bristol Trust have waited more than 12 hours since the beginning of the financial year, more than any other trust in the south west.
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Pennine Acute’s in-month HSMR at 106.2 in January
PERFORMANCE: Latest figures from healthcare intelligence firm Dr Foster show that Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust’s hospital standardised mortality ratio rose in January, board papers state.
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HSJ Local
Liverpool Community Health negotiating social care deal
STRUCTURE: Liverpool Community Health Trust is working to develop a “Section 75” agreement for the trust to provide social care services for its local authority, board papers state.
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NewsExclusive: NHS Direct abandons cost cut plans following 111 debacle
NHS Direct has abandoned plans to down-band frontline staff because it needs to retain people to run its NHS 111 service, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Night time service shake-up for Cheltenham Hospital
PERFORMANCE: Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is set to shake up the night time services it provides at Cheltenham General Hospital.
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Royal Cornwall introduced new prescribing and medicines system
STRUCTURE: West Cornwall Hospital in Penzance has introduced a new electronic system for prescribing and recording the administration of inpatients’ medications.
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CommentMonitor needs to be clearer about its regulation style
The regulator faces a challenge following changes in its role
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HSJ KnowledgeNHS must rise to the cultural change challenge
How to turn round negative culture in the service
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HSJ KnowledgeCould a water health check revitalise your finances?
Major savings can be made with improved water efficiency
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NewsHSJ Live 26.04.2013: Hunt and Caldicott on data sharing plans
Jeremy Hunt speaks as Dame Fiona Caldicott’s review of information is published, fallout from Jeremy Hunt’s out of hours comments, NHS Direct reverts on cost cuts, and the rest of today’s news.