PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust has reached the maximum number of C difficile cases allowed for the current financial year with a full quarter left to run.
Board papers for December stated: “The trust had now had 20 cases of Clostridium difficile, which was the maximum allowed for the 2011-12 year.”
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust board papers (attached)
20 December 2011
A national investigation into how well NHS staff recognise seriously ill and deteriorating infants has been launched, following the death of a three-month-old baby who had been sent home from hospital.
NHS trusts are not expecting disruption to services caused by EU staff leaving because of Brexit, according to analysis by HSJ .
An inadequate-rated clinical commissioning group, which was heavily criticised in a review of its governance, leadership and operations, is now making “good progress” on addressing its problems, a follow-up report has said.
System crash meant patients had to attend clinics without their imaging report Board papers said the trust had “plans to give notice” on the contract Trust says patient care was “not compromised” by the system failure A trust has said it has no plans to pull out of its contract for a troubled
PATIENT SAFETY: An NHS trust has been criticised for its slow response after 14 patients contracted MRSA in 11 months after it dropped routine screening.
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust plans to bring in low rise beds and visual aids for older people to prevent people sustaining injuries through falls.
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