All East of England articles – Page 92
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CQC gives warning to independent treatment centre firm
PERFORMANCE: The owners of an independent treatment centre have been given a formal warning by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsSerco wins £120m deal to take over support partnership
One of the biggest shared services organisations in the NHS has effectively been taken over by Serco in a four-year £120m deal.
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Circle scraps Hinchingbrooke's parking fines
FINANCE: The NHS’s first hospital to be run by a private company has revamped its parking charges in an attempt to reduce users’ “anxiety”.
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Staff shortage forces closure of Herts community hospital beds
PERFORMANCE: Inpatient beds at a community hospital in Hertfordshire are to be closed from next week because of staffing problems.
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NHS Diabetes backs Ipswich foot screening test
RESEARCH: A simple screening tool can help nurses reduce the risk of diabetes patients developing hospital-acquired foot lesions and heel ulcers, according to its developers.
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Mental health shake-up in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
STRUCTURE: Mental health services are to undergo a major change in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough including the establishment of a 24/7 advice and referral centre to provide a single point of access.
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Competitive procurement for Peterborough's integrated urgent care service
STRUCTURE: NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough will go out to competitive procurement for an integrated urgent care service in Peterborough under its primary care and urgent care strategy.
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Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG plans to provide commissioning support in-house
STRUCTURE: The proposed shadow Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG is planning to provide most of its support functions in-house - but may purchase some back office functions externally.
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Peterborough forecasts small surplus
FINANCE: NHS Peterborough was £200,000 in surplus at the end of February and was forecasting a £300,000 year end surplus.
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Cambridge and Hinchingbrooke fall below 95pc A&E threshold
PERFORMANCE: Both Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust and Hinchingbrooke Healthcare Trust fell below the 95 per cent standard for four hour waits in A&E in January.
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Norfolk and Norwich fails to hit four-hour standard
PERFORMANCE: The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Trust has failed to meet the four hour standard for A&E for January, February and March so far.
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Norfolk predicts £1m surplus
FINANCE: £20m of delayed investments will enable NHS Norfolk to return a £1m projected surplus this financial year.
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Only one out of six bidders for 111 service met criteria
PERFORMANCE: Only one out of six bidders to provide a 111 call handling service and improved medical out-of-hours services for Norfolk met all the criteria.
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Bedford to continue hosting Milton Keynes Community Health Services
STRUCTURE: Bedford Hospital Trust is continuing to host Milton Keynes Community Health Services while a decision is made on its future.
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Bedford must save nearly £17m
FINANCE: Bedford Hospital Trust will need to make cost reductions totalling £16.9m in 2012-13 just to break even.
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Ann Tate to chair Ipswich
WORKFORCE: Ann Tate has been appointed the new chair at Ipswich Hospital Trust.
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Queen Elizabeth forecasts £1.2m surplus
FINANCE: The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn, Foundation Trust is forecasting a £1.2m surplus at the end of the year, against a £2m planned surplus.
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital gets extra funding to hit A&E target
PERFORMANCE: NHS Norfolk is providing extra funding to help the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn, Foundation Trust meet A&E targets.
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital forecasts red rating over performance
PERFORMANCE: The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn, Foundation Trust is forecasting it will be red-rated on performance by Monitor at the end of this quarter.
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Ex-BT man joins East and North Herts
WORKFORCE: Former BT director Ian Morfett is to become chairman of East and North Hertfordshire Trust in April.