PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust had 18 serious incidents reported in April – including five which had “death/serious sequalae”.
Some of these 18 units may be downgraded following investigation but the trust also had 62 incidents it is considering as near misses.
May 2013
An “integrated care provider” of a range of services including core general practice is due to be established in a major new housing development.
Patients have claimed they have been left hanging on the telephone for hours after a dermatology service was transferred to a new provider.
A private hospital group has been fined £300,000 after a 14-year-old NHS-funded patient died in its care.
A trust has reviewed infection prevention and control measures after a premature baby was infected with pseudomonas in a neonatal intensive care unit.
East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust is considering centralising its elective orthopaedic services to help it better cope with next winter.
Two acute trusts are trying to develop a shared on-call rota for vascular surgery after a long awaited reconfiguration was delayed again.
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