PERFORMANCE: Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust had seven Clostridum difficile cases in April - above its threshold of four for the month.
The trust has investigated the cases but has found no obvious connections or themes between the cases.
New screening guidelines are being introduced.
May 2012
The Care Quality Commission has raised “serious concerns” about children’s services at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust, branding them “completely unacceptable”.
Pension problems and staff shortages have caused cancer waits to surge at a West Midlands trust.
Two members of the board overseeing the merger of three are stepping down from their leadership positions.
The planned merger of three Essex hospital trusts has been pushed back a year, board papers published this month have revealed.
Mid and South Essex STP chair hails major DTOC improvement Co-location of NHS and council teams a major driver in upturn says chair Staff education about decline of long stay patients also big help, say managers Mid and South Essex sustainability and transformation partnership, a success regime
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