All Health Service Journal articles in 4 October 2012 – Page 5
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Staff face parking ticket hike at Ipswich
WORKFORCE: Staff will have to pay more to park at Ipswich Hospital while visitors will be allowed to park for up to 30 minutes free of change and pay less for longer stays.
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Stevenage ISTC wins information security recognition
PERFORMANCE: An independent treatment centre at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage has had its high standards of information security recognised.
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Radiotherapy capacity at Norfolk and Norwich to rise by third
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust
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Cambridge introduces tagging for hospital equipment
FINANCE: A new electronic ‘tagging’ system for hospital equipment is helping a trust keep tabs on where medical devices are.
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ROH overspends on agency staff amid vacancies and high sickness rate
WORKFORCE: The Royal Orthopaedic Trust’s spend on agency staffing for month three was over plan on agency staffing and medical locums.
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Bolton FT could face £4.5m fine for Clostridium difficile infections
FINANCE: Bolton Foundation Trust could face a £4.5m fine for failing to contain its rate of Clostridium Difficile infections to within planned levels, commissioner board papers state.
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Nottingham publishes annual report
PERFORMANCE: Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has published its annual report and accounts for2011/12.
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ROH spinal income falls 22 per cent short in quarter one
FINANCE: The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust has seen a 22 per cent shortfall in spinal activity in the first quarter of 2012-13.
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Work begins for Leicester urgent care centre
Work begins at the Loughborough Hospital next month ahead of a new urgent care centre due to open on the site in April 2013.
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Pennine Acute hit waiting times targets for July, figures suggest
PERFORMANCE: “Unvalidated figures” show that Pennine Acute achieved all national standards for referral-to-treatment waiting times in July, commissioner board papers state.
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Wye Valley reduces minor injuries units opening hours
PERFORMANCE: Wye Valley Trust is to reduce the hours of its two minor injuries units from 24 to nine hours a day to protect the safety of patients and staff working alone.
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Orthopaedic FT hits Monitor performance targets
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust hit all Monitor’s compliance targets in quarter one of 2012-13.
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Commissioners apply 'contract levers' over WWL diagnostic waits
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners are applying “contract levers” to the trust for failing to meet the target of having no more than one per cent of diagnostics patients waiting for more than six weeks.
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Trust applies for £21m government loan
FINANCE: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust has applied to the Department of Health for a £21m loan to shore up its finances, HSJ can reveal.
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Stockport A&E performance 'volatile and fragile'
PERFORMANCE: The trust’s performance against the national target of 95 per cent of accident and emergency patients seen within four hours remains “volatile and fragile”, commissioners have reported.
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Drop in patients waiting more than a year for Central Manchester FT treatment
PERFORMANCE: The number of patients who had been waiting more than a year for treatment at Central Manchester fell again in July, but remained the highest of any Greater Manchester provider, commissioner board papers show.
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Kensington and Chelsea has highest number of GP outlier practices
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has a higher proportion of GP practices “under review” than any other in London.
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Good Hope Hospital launches home recovery service
STRUCTURE: Good Hope Hospital, part of Heart of England Foundation Trust, has launched a “recovery at home” service this week.
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Weight loss support to new mothers in Peterborough
SERVICES: Women in Peterborough are being offered the chance to avoid excessive weight gain during pregnancy and to lose weight after giving birth.
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Queen Elizabeth behind on surplus plan
FINANCE: The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn, Foundation Trust is behind plan on its surplus, with just £282,000 to the end of August against a plan of £557,000.