All HSJ Local articles – Page 161
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HSJ Local£3.6m set aside for new ambulance base in Stoke
FINANCE: West Midlands Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has allocated £3.6m over two years to build a new ambulance base in Stoke-on-Trent.
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HSJ LocalCCG drops opposition to mental health trust’s FT application
STRUCTURE: Sutton Clinical Commissioning Group has given its support to South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust’s drive for foundation status. It initially opposed the bid on the grounds that the trust’s financial planning was unsound.
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HSJ LocalGPs given incentives to make electronic referrals
FINANCES: North Hampshire Clinical Commissioning Group has finalised an incentive scheme to encourage GPs to adopt the electronic Choose and Book system for patient referrals rather than using paper.
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HSJ LocalHigh staff sickness rates may be due on low vaccine uptake
WORKFORCE: Sussex Community Trust may have missed its targets for staff sickness absence because not enough staff had the flu vaccine or the vaccine itself was not effective.
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HSJ LocalLupus unit retains centre of excellence status
PERFORMANCE: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust’s unit treating patients with lupus has retained its national ‘centre of excellence’ status following an analysis of its working practices.
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HSJ LocalNurse pleads guilty to sexually assaulting unconscious patients
A nurse has been convicted of a series of rape and sex offences while working in the accident and emergency department at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
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HSJ LocalNorth east London faces £950m deficit challenge
FINANCE: Commissioners in north east London have calculated that the financial challenge the area faces comes to almost £950m over five years.
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HSJ LocalCircle gives share options to hospital charity in Hinchingbrooke swan song
COMMERCIAL: Circle has given share options to Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust’s charitable fund on the eve of its departure from the hospital.
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HSJ LocalCroydon chief: New surgical assessment unit will shorten waits
STRUCTURE: Croydon Health Services Trust has opened a unit which will shorten the time some patients wait for surgery, waits in A&E and reduce patient stays, its chief executive has said.
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HSJ LocalAcute trust takes control of community stroke ward
STRUCTURE: West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust has taken over a stroke ward and a ward for patients awaiting placement in a nursing home after Hertfordshire Community Trust said it could not guarantee safe provision of services.
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HSJ LocalSmall hospitals must ask 'searching questions' on future, says DGH chief
STRUCTURE: Smaller hospitals must ask ‘searching questions’ about the services they can realistically provide in order to guarantee their sustainability, a district general hospital chief executive has said.
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HSJ LocalTrust gives smart phones to staff to access records
WORKFORCE: Central London Community Healthcare Trust has issued 181 smart phones to staff in areas such as physiotherapy, speech and language and occupational therapy after a trial showed multiple benefits.
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HSJ LocalTrust starts second push to tackle non-attendance
PERFORMANCE: Almost one in four South Essex Partnership University Foundation Trust patients failed to attend a first appointment with a consultant in January.
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HSJ LocalTrust monitors mental health unit following suicides
PERFORMANCE: Clinical governance experts are examining whether an action plan is being followed at a mental health unit where six inpatients took their own lives while on leave between April and December 2013.
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HSJ LocalCCG to review trust’s district nurse contract
COMMERCIAL: District nurses from Oxford Health Foundation Trust are likely to work 11,000 shifts above their contracted activity level this year because of huge patient demand.
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HSJ LocalNew finance director for Imperial
WORKFORCE: Imperial College Healthcare Trust has appointed a new finance director.
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HSJ LocalSalford Royal made second 'outstanding' trust
PERFORMANCE: Salford Royal Foundation Trust has been rated ‘outstanding’ following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalEast Sussex rated 'inadequate' by CQC
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust has been rated as ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalSouth West trust launches overseas recruitment drive
WORKFORCE: Weston Area Health Trust has hired six nurses from Spain following an overseas recruitment campaign this month, bringing the numbers of overseas nurses working at the acute provider to 28 this year.
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HSJ LocalUnited Lincolnshire out of special measures
PERFORMANCE: United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust has been taken out of special measures.