All Health Service Journal articles in 27 September 2012
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NewsNHS North West faces fresh probe over Morecambe Bay scandal
PERFORMANCE: NHS North West is facing formal investigation over allegations that it failed to respond adequately to a series of infant and maternal deaths at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust, HSJ understands.
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HSJ LocalSerco admits staff falsified records
COMMERCIAL: A private sector provider has admitted that staff working on its GP out-of-hours service in Cornwall altered performance data.
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NewsNHS Commissioning Board admits recruitment diversity problem
The NHS Commissioning Board has admitted problems recruiting a diverse workforce, and said it will try to ensure the trend stops.
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HSJ Local
Troubled Barnsley CCG set to get delegated powers
STRUCTURE: The emerging single clinical commissioning group in Barnsley - which is significantly behind development in most of the country - looks set to be handed delegated budgets and responsibility.
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HSJ Local
CQC orders Mid Yorks to stop using day unit for longer stays
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has imposed an urgent legal restriction on the registration of Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, preventing it from using its Pinderfields Hospital day surgical unit for patient staying longer than 23 hours.
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HSJ Local
Ambulance service revises controversial savings plan
FINANCE: Controversial planned cost-saving changes to ambulance services in the East of England are being revised after an unexpected rise in demand.
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HSJ Local
Portsmouth system plans integrated provider
STRUCTURE: NHS leaders in Portsmouth have agreed in principle to set up an integrated care organisation to provide services for frail elderly patients across primary, community and acute care.
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HSJ Local
Joint MD appointed to Cheshire and Merseyside CSUs
WORKFORCE: Tim Andrews has been announced as managing director of the Merseyside Commissioning Support Unit.
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HSJ Local
Leicester Trust to spend £2m to fill staff shortages
WORKFORCE: The University Hospitals of Leicester Trust is to spend approximately £2m recruiting extra nursing staff after a review identified a shortage across the trust.
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NewsCQC's 'hands are tied' on enforcement action
The Care Quality Commission’s board has complained it has a lack of effective powers to force providers to address poor care.
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NewsSecond Nicholson challenge required says top Lib Dem
Former health minister Paul Burstow has called for a “Nicholson challenge two” review of future NHS and social care spending.
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HSJ Local
Yeovil aims to discharge patients in time for lunch
PERFORMANCE: Staff at Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust have been working on a project which aims to get patients home for lunch.
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NewsNHS Confederation warning over social care funding
NHS leaders have warned the government not to saddle the health service with the costs of a long-term funding gap of £2 billion a year for social care.
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NewsChild epilepsy care variations revealed
There are serious geographical variations in care for children who suffer from epilepsy, leading doctors have warned.
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HSJ Local
Antibiotic 'boosts spread of MRSA'
A common antibiotic is helping a deadly superbug spread through hospitals, according to research.
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HSJ PartnersPathology service delivers efficiency and quality
Roche’s managed pathology service answers to the challenges faced by clinical teams
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HSJ Local
All staff offered redundancy by Kent trust
WORKFORCE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust has taken the drastic step of offering all its staff voluntary redundancy as it attempts to save £15m to £20m.
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HSJ Local
Dudley CCG hires accountable officer and chief finance officer
STRUCTURE: Dudley CCG has appointed an accountable officer and chief financial officer.
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HSJ Local
Salisbury FT struggling to avoid redundancies
WORKFORCE: Low staff turnover at Salisbury Foundation Trust is making it difficult for the trust to meet its workforce reduction targets.