All EASTERN AND COASTAL KENT PCT articles – Page 2

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Nursing agency seeks recruits in south coast area

2012-06-06T16:01:00Z

WORKFORCE: The British Nursing Association has launched a major recruitment drive for nurses and healthcare assistants to fill temporary positions in Kent, Sussex and Surrey.
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East Kent maternity shake-up goes ahead

2012-04-30T18:17:00Z

STUCTURE: Maternity services in east Kent are to be reconfigured, with two units to close to births, it has been announced.
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GE Capital to finance equipment at new Kent hospital

2012-04-19T18:45:00Z

COMMERCIAL: GE Capital will provide a £11.5m leasing facility to the Kent Institute of Medicine & Surgery.
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Private hospital will offer ‘the only’ tertiary care beds in Kent

2012-04-11T13:13:00Z

A private hospital in Kent will claim to offer NHS and private patients “the only” cardiothoracic and neurosurgery tertiary care beds in the county, helping to reduce referrals to London trusts.
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New private hospital construction to get underway

2012-04-02T15:30:00Z

STRUCTURE: A new private tertiary care hospital that will be part owned by doctors is to be built in Kent, it has been announced.
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Unexpected benefit from summary care record in Kent

2012-03-12T19:02:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The NHS Kent and Medway cluster has found summary care records are proving to be a “real benefit” to Gurkha families needing hospital care, some of whom spoke little English.
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Maternity consultation nears end in east Kent

2012-01-04T19:33:00Z

STRUCTURE: A “last call” for the public to have their say on the future of maternity services has been issued by the NHS Kent and Medway PCT cluster.
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Concern over HPV vaccine uptake in Eastern and Coastal Kent

2011-11-22T19:02:00Z

PERFORMANCE: NHS Kent and Medway immunisation teams raised concerns in October about the numbers of parents that had failed to return consent forms for their daughters to have the HPV vaccine.
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Maternity reconfiguration consultation under way in East Kent

2011-10-19T18:09:00Z

STRUCTURE: The future of maternity services in east Kent is to be decided by a three month public consultation, which is likely to see two birthing centres closed.
Comment
Three South East coast trusts singled out for security slip ups

2011-10-13T00:00:00Z

The government may be promising an NHS information “revolution” but events suggest Kent and Surrey is not quite ready to storm the Bastille.
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Kent launches new mental health website

2011-10-10T19:10:00Z

PERFORMANCE: A new website has been launched to support Kent’s five-year strategy for mental health and wellbeing.
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Kent PCT sends patient data CD to the tip

2011-09-19T00:00:00Z

PERFORMANCE: NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent accidentally sent a CD containing the personal details of 1.6 million patients to a landfill site in March.
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East Kent maternity consultation to begin next month

2011-09-14T18:41:00Z

STRUCTURE: A three month public consultation on the future of maternity services in east Kent is expected to begin in October.
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New ‘flagship’ care home to open in Sittingbourne

2011-09-12T19:53:00Z

STRUCTURE: Nellsar Homes has constructed a “state-of-the-art” care home in Sittingbourne, which will be its flagship, and is looking to employ around 100 local people.
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'Fake nurse' arrested in Kent

2011-09-06T17:27:00Z

WORKFORCE: Kent police have arrested a woman suspected of treating hundreds of patients by posing as a registered nurse without being properly qualified.
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Kent cluster still lacking director of finance

2011-08-15T18:38:00Z

STRUCTURE: The primary care trust cluster has reported “good progress” in appointing directors but still has a gap in finance.
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East and Coastal Kent records year to date surplus

2011-08-15T18:23:00Z

FINANCE: The primary care trust has reported a surplus for the first two months of the financial year but would have been in deficit without the use of contingency funds.
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PCT considers future shape of Whitstable community services

2011-07-05T20:20:00Z

STRUCTURE: Early stage discussions are underway to consider how to improve health and social care services in the Whitstable area, according to NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent.
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Chair appointed for Kent and Medway cluster

2011-06-13T14:32:00Z

STRUCTURE: Colin Tomson has been appointed chair of the new NHS Kent and Medway cluster board.
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East Kent PCT commissions practice to run nurse walk-in service

2011-03-29T18:01:00Z

STRUCTURE: The running of a nurse-led walk-in service will transfer from the local out of hours provider to a GP practice next month, the primary care trust has announced.