All DARTFORD AND GRAVESHAM NHS TRUST articles – Page 6
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Mixed results from first PLACE scores for Dartford and Gravesham
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust scored average for two of the four standards in the new patient-led ward inspection regime – for cleanliness, and food and hydration.
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CQC to visit Dartford before Christmas
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust will be inspected and receive a performance rating under the Care Quality Commission’s new acute hospital inspection programme in December.
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Dartford staff lack confidence in Medway merger
STRUCTURE: Staff at Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust lack confidence that the proposed merger with Medway Foundation Trust is the “right thing”, according to board papers.
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Dartford board members receive staffing plea from frontline
WORKFORCE: Board members at Dartford and Gravesham Trust have been told by frontline nursing staff and patients that they need more staff, board papers reveal.
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Dartford and Gravesham beating its own surplus plans
FINANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust was almost £100,000 ahead of its planned surplus at the end of May, according to board papers.
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Dartford and Gravesham scores above average in FFT
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust scored an average of 71 for accident and emergency and 70 for inpatients in the “friends and family” test over the first quarter of 2013-14.
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Staff sickness at Dartford and Gravesham fifth worst for SE acutes
WORKFORCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust had the fifth worst average sickness absence rate for the first three months of 2013 among acutes across the South East Coast region.
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Dartford in first wave of new CQC inspections
PERFORMANCE: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is among the first 18 hospital trusts to be test the Care Quality Commission’s new inspection regime.
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Darent Valley introduces ‘virtual operator’
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust introduced voice recognition technology on 3 June.
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Darent Valley welcomes last tranche of Portuguese nurses
WORKFORCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust this month welcomed the final batch of nurses from a group of 50 recently recruited from Portugal.
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OBE for Dartford chair
WORKFORCE: The chair of Dartford and Gravesham Trust, Sarah Dunnett, was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list 2013 for services to the NHS.
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Dartford and Gravesham addressing 18 week backlog
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust is tackling a backlog of patients who have been waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment.
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Dartford close to breakeven
FINANCE: Dartford and Gravesham trust made a loss of nearly £900,000 last year – despite receiving additional help with its PFI costs.
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Patients lack help eating at Dartford and Gravesham
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing below average for the help provided by staff at meal times in the inpatient survey.
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Patients lack meal choice at Dartford and Gravesham
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing below average for choice of hospital food in the inpatient survey.
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Patients unhappy with bathing arrangements at Dartford
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing below average for mixed sex bathroom facilities in the inpatient survey.
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Dartford and Gravesham marked down for mixed sex wards
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing below average for mixed sex accommodation in the inpatient survey.
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Kent acute trusts overpaid staff by £3m
FINANCE: Nurses and doctors at all four trusts in Kent have been overpaid by almost £3m since 2007, an investigation has revealed.
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Rise in mixed sex breaches at Dartford and Gravesham
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust breached the Department of Health’s regulations for mixed sex accommodation in January.
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Medway delays merger plan following mortality probe
STRUCTURE: Medway Foundation Trust has asked Monitor to put on hold its consideration of a proposed merger after its high mortality rate was highlighted.