East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust – Page 6
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Major pathology reorganisation to go ahead after OFT all clear
The NHS’s biggest pathology reorganisation will take place in May, after the Office of Fair Trading ruled it would not be investigating the plan further.
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HSJ Local
East and North Hertfordshire reports £262k deficit
FINANCE: East and North Hertfordshire Trust reported a year to date deficit of £262,000 at the end of October, which was £1.4m behind its plan.
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Hospital sector on the way to centralising AAA surgery
England’s hospital sector will have largely completed a reconfiguration of surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysms by April, HSJ analysis shows.
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Comment
Why we should engage young people in the NHS
Working with the local school is having unexpected benefits
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HSJ Local
CQC to ‘suspend Lister Surgicentre licence’, says local MP
Privately-run Lister Surgicentre in Hertfordfordshire is set to have its licence suspended by the Care Quality Commission, according to a local MP.
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HSJ Local
East and North Herts looks to recruit 50 EU nurses
WORKFORCE: Fifty EU nurses could soon be working at East and North Herts Trust which is working with NHS Professionals to recruit them on ‘flexible work contracts.’
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HSJ Local
East and North Herts gets new linear accelerators
COMMERCIAL: Two of the linear accelerators at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre are being replaced by state of the art machines at a cost of £3.7m. The new equipment is able to deliver intensity modulated radiation therapy which can provide more accurate treatment and reducing side-effects.
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HSJ Local
East and North Herts surplus £3.2m behind plan at end of Feb
FINANCE: East and North Herts Trust had a year-to-date surplus at the end of February of just £93,000 – more than £3.2m behind plan, board papers show.
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HSJ Local
Work under way on 62-bed block at Lister Hospital
SERVICES: Work is underway on a new £18.6 million 62-bed ward block at the Lister Hospital, Stevenage.
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HSJ Local
New dialysis centre in Bedford
SERVICES: Kidney patients are to be offered the chance to dialyse closer to home or their workplace when a new centre opens in Bedford.
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HSJ Local
Surplus blow at East and North Herts
FINANCE: East and North Hertfordshire Trust had a year-to-date surplus of just £0.76m at the end of January - £3.60m behind plan.
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HSJ Local
Herts hospitals miss stroke targets
PERFORMANCE: Both West Herts Hospital Trust and East and North Herts Trust failed to meet targets for patients spending time on a stroke ward with performance at 70.8 per cent and 78.9 per cent respectively in month nine against a target of 80 per cent.
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HSJ Local
East and North Herts records £760,000 surplus
FINANCE: East and North Hertfordshire Trust had a year-to-date surplus of just £0.76m at the end of January - £3.60m behind plan.
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HSJ Local
Lister Surgicentre faces CQC 'action'
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has said it will take “action” in relation to privately-run Lister Surgicentre, after it concluded patients’ health and welfare continue to be put at risk by the facility.
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Nine more trusts face Keogh death probe
The scope of the NHS medical director’s review of hospitals with high mortality rates has widened to include another nine trusts, it has been announced.
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Francis response: ‘immediate’ probe ordered into hospitals with high death rates
The NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh is to investigate trusts with high death rates “and check remedial action is being taken”, the prime minister has told Parliament.
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HSJ Local
Lister Surgicentre still a ‘concern’ despite probe verdict
Three patients who died after routine surgery at a privately-run treatment centre in Hertfordshire were given satisfactory care, an independent probe has concluded.
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HSJ Local
Herts trust probes safe guarding
PERFORMANCE: East and North Hertfordshire Trust has joined a number of trusts in reviewing their safeguarding arrangements following the Jimmy Savile scandal.
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HSJ Local
East and North Herts CCG gets green light
STRUCTURE East and North Hertfordshire CCG has been authoritised by the NHS Commissioning Board with three conditions.
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East of England pathology shake-up announced
NHS Midlands and East has announced the successful bidders in a tender for pathology services across the East of England, as part of a long-awaited reconfiguration intended to cut the region’s lab bill by up to £29m.