All East Midlands articles – Page 62
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Formal grievance lodged over outsourcing plans
WORKFORCE: Unison has lodged a formal grievance against University Hospitals of Leicestershire Trust following its decision to outsource transcriptions to India and downband medical secretaries.
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Sherwood FT two years without MRSA
PERFORMANCE: Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust has now gone two years without a case of MRSA making it one of the best performing hospitals in the NHS.
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Nottingham draws up death advice for children
PERFORMANCE: Parents are being given help and advice on how to talk to their children about death and serious illness by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Nottingham trust achieves lowest ever C difficile rate
PERFORMANCE: Nottingham University Hospitals Trust recorded its lowest ever number of C difficile cases in 2011/12.
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Derbyshire IAPT services on move
STRUCTURE: Derbyshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is moving psychological therapies as part of a plan to improve service delivery.
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Patients to tell Chesterfield how to improve
PERFORMANCE: A total of 850 former A&E patients at Chesterfield Royal Hospital are to be asked their views on how the foundation trust can improve its services.
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Leicester transcription service goes to India
WORKFORCE: Medical transcription services at University Hospitals of Leicester Trust are to be outsourced to India with the initial loss of 12 posts, it has been revealed.
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Wasted medicines costing Leicestershire £5.6m
Unused and wasted medicines are costing the NHS in Leicestershire £5.6m a year, it has been revealed.
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Final days of survey on Leicestershire community services
The East Leicestershire and Rutland Clinical Commissioning Group is asking for views on elective care services such as out-patient appointments, minor injury units and minor surgery.
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Chesterfield Royal units get upgrade
STRUCTURE: Work is due to begin next month on a major upgrade to the Women’s Health Unit and a maternity ward at the Chesterfield Royal Hospital.
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Ombudsman criticises care at Sherwood Forest Trust
PERFORMANCE: A patient’s life might have been saved if care at the Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust had not been so poor, according to the Parliamentary Health Service Ombudsman.
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£300m contract out for Midlands pathology services
STRUCTURE: Community pathology services across the Midlands could undergo a major reorganisation, the publication of a £300m tender document has revealed.
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TIA clinic leads the way for Nottingham
STRUCTURE: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has become one the first hospitals in the country to set up a dedicated nurse-led clinic to care for patients who have had a minor stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA).
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Trio of CCGs could be among first to gain authorisation
STRUCTURE: Three clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in Leicestershire and Rutland will be among the first to go through authorisation.
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Trust finalises quality strategy
PERFORMANCE: Leicestershire Partnership Trust has finalised a strategy setting out how it intends to measure and improve the quality of its services over the next three years.
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Mental health trust wins substance misuse contracts
COMMERCIAL: Derbyshire Healthcare FT has embarked on a new three-year contract to provide substance misuse services to people in the city of Derby and wider county.
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Quarter of Lincoln patients breach A&E target
PERFORMANCE: More than 1,400 patients had to wait longer than four hours in A&E at the United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust in March.
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Special clinic to give cancer results gains national recognition
PERFORMANCE: A special “results clinic” at Kettering General Hospital has been hailed as example of national good practice in how to look after people when they first learn they have cancer.
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Mental health unit commended for design
STRUCTURE: Lincolnshire Partnership FT’s new mental health rehabilitation centre has been “highly commended” in regional awards for design.
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Improved complaints response at Northampton General
PERFORMANCE: Northampton General Hospital Trust has improved its response to complaints from patients, according to a new report.