All HSJ Local articles – Page 266
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Keogh mortality rates team publish details after Basildon visit
PERFORMANCE Details of the key areas the Keogh mortality rates review are investigating at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust have been published on the NHS Choices website.
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Bury CCG faces additional £6.4m specialised commissioning loss
FINANCE: NHS Bury CCG is anticipating it will have a further £6.4m taken out of its budget to fund specialised commissioning during 2013-14, board papers state.
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West Herts Hospital Trust chair retires
WORKFORCE: West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust chair Thomas Hanahoe is to retire, the trust has announced.
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South Tyneside CCG paying £7,404 a year for GP prescribing work
FINANCE: A clinical commissioning group is paying the equivalent of more than £600 a day to provide locum cover for GPs released to work for it.
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Hull and East Yorks considers food venture
PERFORMANCE: A trust is examining ways it could mass produce a new range of foods which have won it a national award.
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North East Ambulance reports 300 day handover waits
PERFORMANCE: Ambulances spent nearly 300 days waiting outside hospitals to hand over responsibility for patients in the last quarter of 2012-13, the board of the North East Ambulance Service Foundation Trust heard.
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Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital announces new chair
WORKFORCE: Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital Foundation Trust has appointed a former local newspaper executive as its new chair, it has announced.
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North Staffordshire trust reports surplus after cash injection
FINANCE: University Hospital of North Staffordshire has reported a £0.2m surplus for 2012-13 after receiving a £19m cash injection to cope with extra emergency demand.
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New chief operating officer for Leicester hospitals
WORKFORCE: University Hospitals of Leicester has appointed Richard Mitchell as chief operating officer.
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Exclusive: Two hospitals to close in Fylde shake-up
STRUCTURE: NHS organisations on the Fylde coast have agreed plans for a reorganisation of older people’s rehabilitation services that will involve the closure of two community hospitals.
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James Cook extending holistic therapies
SERVICES: The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough is extending the availability of holistic therapies for cancer patients.
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Northumberland has £17m budget gap
FINANCE: Northumberland CCG has a £17m potential gap between its baseline allocation and recurring expenditure.
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James Paget recruits 40 nurses
WORKFORCE: James Paget University Hospital Foundation Trust has recruited 40 new registered nurses, the trust has announced.
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Cambridge fails to hit A&E target after ‘disappointing’ March
PERFORMANCE Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust failed to hit its four-hour accident and emergency target last year, according to a report discussed at its May board meeting.
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South Tyneside may decommission MIU
SERVICES: South Tyneside CCG is planning to stop commissioning a minor injuries unit at its local trust – because it duplicates what is already available for patients at a walk-in clinic.
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Kent nurses trying to tackle rising tide of school nappy wearers
PERFORMANCE: A pilot project in Dover and Deal is targeting the increasing number of children who are starting school without being toilet trained and still wearing nappies.
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Hounslow CCG breaching teenage conception targets
PERFORMANCE: Figures provided to Hounslog CCG show the number of conceptions in the borough per thousand females aged between 15-17 was above target.
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Wye Valley Trust may change services instead of lose independence
STRUCTURE: Wye Valley Trust is considering whether it could carry out a major service reconfiguration, rather than close as an independent organisation.
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HSJ LocalNorth Staffordshire Trust appoints new chief executive
WORKFORCE: Financially struggling University Hospital of North Staffordshire has appointed Mark Hackett as chief executive.
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New chaplain at County Durham FT
WORKFORCE: The Reverend Kevin Tromans has been appointed as the new lead chaplain at County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust. Rev Tromans has worked in hospitals since 1997 and replaces Rev Brian Selmes, who has retired.