All DARTFORD AND GRAVESHAM NHS TRUST articles – Page 9
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HSJ Local
High HSMR highlighted by SHA at Dartford and Gravesham
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust is one of three NHS organisations in the south reporting higher than expected death rates.
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News
Revealed: the six trusts that need DH support with their PFI
Six hospital trusts have been identified as needing Department of Health cash support with their private finance initiative payments in order to make foundation trust status, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local
Dartford and Gravesham records 13 mixed sex breaches in October
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham’s performance on mixed sex breaches worsened very slightly last month.
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HSJ Local
Medway FT deficit driven by staff pay costs
FINANCE: Medway Foundation Trust had a deficit of £2.3m at the end of the first six months of the financial year, £651,000 more than it had planned at this stage.
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HSJ Local
Dartford and Gravesham slips on financial position
FINANCE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust had a year to date deficit of £1,395,000 at the end of September, £891,000 worse than planned.
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HSJ Local
Cancer target missed at Dartford and Gravesham
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust has missed the 62 day target for treating cancer patients for the last five months.
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HSJ Local
Complaints up at Dartford and Gravesham
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust had 48 formal complaints in September, up from 20 the month before.
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HSJ Local
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells loses member of finance team
WORKFORCE: Mick Bull, deputy finance director, is being seconded to Dartford and Gravesham Trust for a year as director of finance.
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HSJ Local
Nine mixed sex breaches at Dartford and Gravesham in September
PERFORMANCE: The trust recorded nine breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation last month.
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CommentThree South East coast trusts singled out for security slip ups
The government may be promising an NHS information “revolution” but events suggest Kent and Surrey is not quite ready to storm the Bastille.
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NewsLansley identifies 20 'unsustainable' trusts
The government has identified 20 trusts whose “clinical and financial stability is at risk” because of “cash-flow shortages” and legacy debt.
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HSJ Local
Thousands of records accidentally destroyed by Dartford and Gravesham
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust breached the Data Protection Act by accidentally destroying 10,000 archived records, the Information Commissioner’s Office has said.
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HSJ Local
Medway and Dartford push for merger
STRUCTURE: The boards of Medway Foundation Trust and Dartford and Gravesham Trust have decided to “proceed to the next stage” of planning to merge their organisations.
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HSJ Local
Dartford breaches mixed target
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust this month recorded three breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation, representing a dip in form against the target.
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CommentHandful of trusts let down South East Coast on performance checks
Two sets of national checks and balances have revealed the South East Coast’s A* performers and those that “must try harder” when it comes to issues of patient experience.
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HSJ Local
South Warwickshire FT appoints new finance director
WORKFORCE: Winston Weir has been appointed director of finance at South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Dartford and Gravesham hits zero for mixed sex breaches
PERFORMANCE: The trust this month recorded no breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation, the first time it has done so since the start of monthly recording in April.
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HSJ Local
Medway goes public with possible Dartford merger
STRUCTURE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust and Medway NHS Foundation Trust have announced they are exploring the possibility of coming together to form one organisation.
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HSJ Local
Darent Valley failing to meet CQC essential standards
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was not meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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NewsDH to review FT application process to avoid 'embarrassment'
The Department of Health is overhauling the process for checking whether a trust is ready to apply for foundation status to avoid “embarrassing” the health secretary, HSJ has discovered.