East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust – Page 10
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NewsTrust spot purchasing beds after ending deal with 'inadequate' home
An NHS trust has been forced to spot purchase beds after it pulled out of a contract with a care home ahead of criticism from the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsChildren's services rated 'inadequate' after staff raise concerns
Children’s and young people’s services at a major acute trust have been rated “inadequate” after concerns from staff prompted the Care Quality Commission to carry out an unannounced inspection.
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NewsRegional stroke plans given the green light
Controversial plans to create three hyperacute stroke units in Kent and Medway have been approved, but could still face a judicial review.
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NewsFormer union boss made interim hospital chair
A former union boss has been appointed interim chair of a London district general hospital.
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NewsHealth staff could be asked to sleep at work after Brexit
NHS staff in the south east of England could be asked to sleep at their workplace if travel is disrupted because of Brexit, under plans being drawn up by one trust.
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NewsPilot surgery service to close treatment gap
East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust could become one of the first hospitals to offer thrombectomies for stroke patients outside a neuroscience centre as part of a six-month pilot.
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NewsTrust seeks £34m in emergency capital
A trust is seeking £34m in emergency capital funding to help tackle its ailing infrastructure.
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NewsInfection measures reviewed after baby’s death
A trust has reviewed infection prevention and control measures after a premature baby was infected with pseudomonas in a neonatal intensive care unit.
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HSJ LocalSTP could miss planned deficit by more than £35m
The Kent and Medway health economy is likely to end the year with a net deficit of at least £113m, nearly £36m worse than previously forecast.
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NewsRegional pathology services shake-up revealed
Pathology services in Kent and Medway could be delivered with a private sector partner or outsourced under options being considered by the area’s four acute trusts.
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NewsPlans to relocate stroke services could face judicial review
Controversial plans to halve the number of hospitals admitting stroke patients in Kent and Medway could face judicial review after mounting concerns from councillors about the proposals.
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NewsHancock: ‘we need to fire fewer chief executives’
Health secretary Matt Hancock has said the NHS must stop responding to perceived service or project failures by firing NHS trust chief executives.
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NewsExclusive: The highest paid interim managers
An investigation has revealed some of the highest interim manager payments by NHS trusts, including a chief operating officer who cost his trust the equivalent of £700,000 per year.
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NewsNHSI to require business cases for subsidiary companies
NHS providers must submit a business case to show setting up a wholly owned subsidiary company yields value beyond VAT savings, under new proposals from NHS Improvement.
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NewsOutpatients and day surgery could move out of city
Day surgery and outpatient clinics could largely move out of Canterbury if a proposal to site an emergency and specialist hospital in the city go ahead.
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Revealed: The slowest invoice payers in the NHS
A third of acute trusts routinely break the law by paying their suppliers late, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTrusts push ahead with staff transfers despite 'pause' on subsidiaries
Two NHS trusts are planning to continue with developments of their subsidiary companies – saying a national “pause” does not apply to them.
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CommentWhy the tide needs to turn on Carillion-style NHS wholly own subsidiaries
Colenzo Jarrett-Thorpe outlines how NHS trusts use wholly owned subsidiaries to gain tax exemptions at the cost of employees who are left in the lurch
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NewsSubsidiary company plans spark union anger
NHS trusts looking to create wholly owned subsidiary companies to secure VAT savings risk facing action by union members with strike action already planned at one trust.
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NewsStaff to strike over transfer to subsidiary company
Key estates staff at an acute trust are to strike over plans to transfer their jobs into a subsidiary company.