All East of England articles – Page 102

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SHA highlights 'never events' at West Herts Hospitals

2011-10-04T18:12:00Z

PERFORMANCE: West Hertfordshire Hospitals has admitted it has had seven “never events” since October 2010, after concerns were raised by its strategic health authority.

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Legionella 'issues' at Basildon and Thurrock

2011-10-03T15:30:00Z

PERFORMANCE: There are “ongoing issues” with legionella at Basildon and Thurrock UHFT, according to a document from the local strategic health authority.

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SHA slams Peterborough PCT over 'inaccurate' TCS assurance

2011-10-03T15:27:00Z

STRUCTURE: NHS Peterborough have been criticised for providing “consistently inaccurate assurance” to the strategic health authority during the process to divest its community services.

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Exclusive: cluster-sized commissioning group being considered

2011-10-03T12:10:00Z

STRUCTURE: GPs in Cambridgeshire could form a single clinical commissioning group for the entire county, covering two primary care trust areas.

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Social enterprise takes over community services in Great Yarmouth

2011-09-30T18:24:00Z

STRUCTURE: Great Yarmouth and Waveney primary care trust is to hand over the provision of community services in the area to a newly formed social enterprise.

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Senior appointments made at England's biggest SHA cluster

2011-09-29T17:30:00Z

WORKFORCE: Five more directors have been appointed to the board of the largest strategic health authority cluster in England.

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'Deficient' practice slipped 'beneath the managerial radar'

2011-09-28T18:15:00Z

PERFORMANCE: A Norfolk nurse-led health centre where there was a “serious deficiency” in safe care suffered a “complete breakdown” in monitoring and accountability arrangements, an independent review has found.

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Deteriorating A&E waits at Peterborough and Stamford FT

2011-09-27T18:39:00Z

PERFORMANCE: “Staffing issues” and “capacity constraints” are responsible for Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals FT failing against the national A&E waiting time target, according to a report from its strategic health authority.

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Financial concerns 'escalated' at Ipswich Hospital

2011-09-26T18:02:00Z

FINANCE: NHS East of England has “escalated” financial concerns with the Ipswich Hospital as the trust is reporting that it is £3.8m behind on financial plans.

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Norfolk community trust requests FT timeline extension

2011-09-26T17:10:00Z

STRUCTURE: Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust has requested a nine month extension to its deadline for achieving foundation trust status amid governance, quality and finance concerns, according to SHA board papers.

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CQC tells James Paget to 'urgently' improve nutrition

2011-09-26T13:39:00Z

PERFORMANCE: James Paget University Hospitals Foundation Trust must make “urgent improvements” to how it meets the nutritional needs of older patients after failing to demonstrate improvements, the Care Quality Commission has demanded.

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NHS Midlands and East cluster names senior executive directors

2011-09-23T16:20:00Z

WORKFORCE: The senior executive team has been appointed for the NHS Midlands and the East cluster, made up of NHS East of England, West Midlands and East Midlands.

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NHS North East Essex invites bids for charity grants

2011-09-13T19:10:00Z

FINANCE: The primary care trust is inviting voluntary organisations to bid for grants.

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NHS Norfolk set to launch tender for OOH service

2011-09-13T17:49:00Z

COMMERCIAL: NHS Norfolk has announced it will put its out of hours GP service out to tender later this year.

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Clinic leads to hike in natural births at Norfolk FT

2011-09-13T13:26:00Z

PERFORMANCE: A specialist clinic at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital has led to a big increase in the number of women choosing natural childbirth having previously had a caesarean section.

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QEH issues apology to patient moved nine times

2011-09-13T12:10:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Managers at Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn FT have apologised to a patient who was moved between nine different wards while being treated for a heart attack.

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NNUH calls on public to help protect future of local liver surgery

2011-09-12T19:26:00Z

STRUCTURE:  The public have been invited to attend a talk about the future of liver surgery at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital on 14 September.

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Four in five satisfied with IAPT at Suffolk Mental Health Partnership

2011-09-12T19:14:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Four in every five Suffolk users of psychological therapy provided by Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) were satisfied or very satisfied with their therapist, a survey has found.

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South Essex Partnership completes takeover of Beds community services

2011-09-06T18:20:00Z

STRUCTURE: Staff and services at Bedfordshire Community Health Services transferred formally to South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust on 1 September.

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Shortlist announced for Suffolk community services tender

2011-09-06T17:54:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Nine organisations have been shortlisted for the £43m contract to run Suffolk’s community services, it has been announced.