Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust – Page 10
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CommentMergers making their mark on the South East Coast
Merger is the name of the game in Kent at the moment.
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HSJ Local
Dartford and Gravesham struggling on ‘bare below elbows’ compliance
WORKFORCE: Dartford and Gravesham has said it is still experiencing isolated cases of staff failing to comply with infection control regulations requiring frontline staff to be “bare below the elbows”.
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HSJ Local
Dartford and Gravesham busts MRSA target but remains free of norovirus
PERFORMANCE: The acute trust said it had remained “remarkably” free of norovirus even though it had breached its target for MRSA cases.
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HSJ Local
Kent acute trusts propose merger
STRUCTURE: The boards of Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust and Medway NHS Foundation Trust are “exploring” the option of merging.
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HSJ Local
Dartford acute trust consults on equality plan
WORKFORCE: The trust has launched a consultation on a draft Single Equality Scheme 2011-2014.
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NewsTwo trusts registered with conditions
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust and Milton Keynes Hospital Foundation Trust have been told their registration with the Care Quality Commission is conditional on them improving the safety and quality of their care.
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NewsClinical coding improves but third of trusts still overcharging
Hospital trusts have improved their clinical coding, but a third are still overcharging commissioners by as much as 6 per cent, the latest audit results show.