All Health Service Journal articles in 29 November 2012 – Page 3
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Coventry and Warwickshire 'consistently' underachieves on delayed transfers
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire has “consistently underachieved” on delayed transfers since October 2011, primary care trust cluster board papers show.
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NHS Westminster tops national league for breastfeeding
PERFORMANCE: NHS Westminster has topped the national league for partially or totally breastfed babies in England.
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NHS Harrow success on smoking quitters and breast-feeding
PERFORMANCE: NHS Harrow has seen increased rates of those quitting smoking and new mothers starting breast-feeding, minutes reveal.
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Cluster confirms inner north west London PCTs bail out outer north-west London
FINANCE: In minutes released at the last board meeting finance director NHS North West Lonoon David Slegg said the PCTs that ended 2011-12 in surplus had bailed out those that would have turned a deficit.
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Mid Yorks gears up for service change consultation in March
STRUCTURE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is preparing reconfiguration proposals and plans to consult from March next year.
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Mid Yorks admin staff hold three day strike
WORKFORCE: Administration and clerical staff at Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust have held a three day strike in protest over redundancies.
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Barnsley announces linked health and social care record
COMMERCIAL: Barnsley Council has used systems provided by Liquidlogic, part of McKesson, to link social care records in real time to NHS records.
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East Kent relocation of adult wards
STRUCTURE: Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust has moved a number of adult mental health wards to Canterbury, as part of plans to centralise these services there.
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Cancer patients to be transferred from Imperial to the Royal Marsden
PERFORMANCE: Minutes released with the latest set of NHS North West London board papers advise clinical commissioning groups to write to their cancer patients and tell them they will be referred to the Royal Marsden instead of Imperial College Healthcare Trust.
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Former CNO becomes Salisbury non exec
WORKFORCE: Former chief nursing officer for England Dame Sarah Mullally has been appointed as a non-executive director of Salisbury Foundation Trust.
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Chelsea and Westminster non-elective activity '13 per cent above plan'
PERFORMANCE: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust’s non-elective activity is 13 per cent above plan, a report to NHS North West London’s board said.
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Integration plans for Kent community services
STRUCTURE: Kent Community Health Trust and Kent County Council have unveiled proposals to integrate health and social care services.
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Activity puts pressure on BANES and Wiltshire QIPP plans
FINANCE: The Bath and North East Somerset and Wiltshire primary care trust cluster QIPP plan has been rated amber by NHS South of England, despite good progress against milestones set out as part of QIPP initiatives.
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Pilgrim Hospital's A&E in £100k revamp
United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust is to spend £100,000 on improvements to its A&E department at Pilgrim Hospital.
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Staffordshire surgery mistake is 'never event'
A surgeon began operating on the wrong part of a patient’s back during surgery at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire, it has emerged.
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Recruitment drive for health visitors
Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust has launched a recruitment drive for health visitors.
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Somerset QIPP plans get green light
FINANCE: Somerset Primary Care Trust’s QIPP plans have been rated green by NHS South of England.
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Kent and Medway Partnership brings in new non execs
WORKFORCE: Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust has appointed new non-executive directors.
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Emergency activity puts Gloucestershire QIPP plans at risk
FINANCE: Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust’s QIPP plans have been rated amber by NHS South of England at the end of the second quarter of 2012.