All ACUTE LIST articles – Page 22
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HSJ Local
South Warwickshire FT shifts intravenous therapy into the community
STRUCTURE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust has launched a new intravenous therapy service, which will see patients treated in their own homes rather than in hospital.
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Trusts to be rewarded for friends and family test success
For all the talk of easing top-down control of trusts, the mandate mentions some levers that could hit providers.
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NewsPatient, professional and NHS bodies announce joint push on reconfiguration
The NHS Confederation, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and National Voices have announced a joint project to produce practical advice on how to reconfigure health services.
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HSJ Local
Southampton consultant wins prize for flu vaccine research
RESEARCH: A consultant at Southampton General Hospital has been honoured following the publication of a paper on a universal vaccine for influenza.
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NewsCircle planned cut of 20pc of staff at Hinchingbrooke
Circle’s original business plan for its running of Hinchingbrooke Healthcare Trust outlined a cut in the hospital’s workforce of 20 per cent, a document shared with HSJ reveals.
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NewsNHS London reviews controversial hospital productivity analysis
NHS London is re-examining a controversial analysis which concluded the capital’s hospital sector was “not sustainable in [its] present form”.
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NewsEpsom and St Helier may be next for failure regime after merger talks fail
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust may be the next to enter the failure regime, HSJ has learned.
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Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust seeks £9m bailout
A hospital trust struggling with its finances has lodged an application for a £9m loan from the Department of Health.
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NewsUPDATED: Hunt advised to break up South London Healthcare
The trust special administrator this morning issued his draft report into the first organisation to face the NHS’s failure regime, recommending the trust is broken up.
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HSJ LocalSHA halts hospital takeover
NHS London has halted the takeover of a district general hospital by a foundation trust in a neighbouring strategic health authority.
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Robot used in heart surgery first at Wolverhampton
CLINICAL RESEARCH: Surgeons at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton have successfully carried out the UK’s first robotically-assisted open heart surgery.
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HSJ Local
Southampton trust pioneers 'bedside clinics' for diabetes inpatients
RESEARCH: Clinicians in Southampton are piloting a new way of treating diabetes patients during hospital stays.
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South Warwickshire extends visitor restrictions due to norovirus
PERFORMANCE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust has extended visitor restrictions due to an ongoing norovirus outbreak.
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NewsMajor reconfiguration delayed by neighbouring PCT
Plans for a major reconfiguration of services in London have been halted after a neighbouring primary care trust said it wanted to become more involved in the process.
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NewsHospital activity 'will rise'
Four out of five hospital chief executives believe their trust will do more work this financial year than it did in 2011-12. The finding casts doubt on commissioners’ hopes of controlling demand.
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HSJ LocalGeorge Eliot expected to lose more services
STRUCTURE: Health leaders in Coventry and Warwickshire widely expect services to be removed from George Eliot Hospital Trust regardless of whether or not it enters a into a partnership with an NHS or private organisation it has emerged.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: The sustainability of acute services in Coventry and Warwickshire
The Coventry and Warwickshire health economy is seeking a sustainable future for local trusts and clinical specialties
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Trust 'shocked' at Sir Jimmy Savile allegations
PATIENT SAFETY Buckinghamshire Healthcare, the trust that runs Stoke Mandeville Hospital, has said it is “shocked” over allegations that Sir Jimmy Savile abused children while volunteering there.
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HSJ Local
Buckinghamshire trust puts back FT application date to April
STRUCTURE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust has agreed a revised timetable for submission of its application to become a foundation trust.
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Coventry and Warwickshire fears Monitor pipeline lag
STRUCTURE: Monitor’s foundation trust authorisation pipeline has been highlighted as a “red” risk by University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Trust.