All HSJ Local articles – Page 282
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GP receptionist abused access to love rival records
PERFORMANCE: A former GP receptionist has been fined by the Information Commissioner’s Office for obtaining medical information on her ex-husband’s new wife.
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Fall in longer waits for Norfolk orthopaedic service
PERFORMANCE: Thirty five patients had to wait longer than two weeks for Norfolk’s orthopaedic clinical assessment and treat service in February – compared with 229 in January.
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Birmingham Women's relies on non-recurrent 'efficiencies'
FINANCE: Birmingham Women’s Hospital Foundation Trust has made a third of its efficiency schemes non-recurrently so far this year.
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Lancashire Teaching Hospitals FT elects new governors
WORKFORCE: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has elected four new governors Alan Morrow ,David Williams, June McGuire, and Maureen Bamber.
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Basildon and Thurrock makes progress in fight against legionella
PERFORMANCE: Basildon and Thurrock Univeristy Hospitals Foundation Trust is making progress on its long running battle to ensure its patients are not at risk of contracting legionella, board papers show.
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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals to miss A&E target for 2012-13
PERFORMANCE: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust will miss the four hour accident and emergency target for 2012-13 after performance in January was only just above 90 per cent, board papers state.
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New chief operating officer for West Suffolk FT
WORKFORCE: A former naval officer has been made the chief operating officer for West Suffolk Foundation Trust.
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West Herts trust reports £500,000 deficit
FINANCE: West Hertfordshire Hospitals had a deficit of £0.5m at the end of February – but was hoping to breakeven at the end of the year.
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Trauma and orthopaedics drive Ipswich waiting list failure
PERFORMANCE: Ipswich Hospital failed the 18 week referral to treatment target for elective in patients in February with performance at 88.3 per cent overall, largely due to trauma and orthopaedics only delivering at 75.9 per cent.
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Ipswich trust forecasts breakeven
FINANCE: Ipswich Hospital is predicting a breakeven position for 2012-13 after making a surplus of £1.4m in February.
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Colchester complains about delay in receiving mortality review information
PERFORMANCE: One of the 14 trusts being investigated because of concern triggered by mortality indicators has complained about the delay in it receiving formal information about the investigation process.
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Ipswich trust enters partnership to cut carbon
COMMERCIAL Ipswich Hospital has become the first hospital in the UK to enter into a partnership to install a biofuel electricity generator.
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East and North Herts gets new linear accelerators
COMMERCIAL: Two of the linear accelerators at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre are being replaced by state of the art machines at a cost of £3.7m. The new equipment is able to deliver intensity modulated radiation therapy which can provide more accurate treatment and reducing side-effects.
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East Kent hospitals declares 'major incident' due to high activity
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust has been forced to declare an internal major incident due to high emergency demand.
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Five 52-week waiters for Sheffield Children's
PERFORMANCE: Five patients have been waiting more than a year for treatment at Sheffield Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust.
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HSJ LocalHSE launches criminal probe into Mid Staffs patient death
A criminal investigation has been launched by the Health and Safety Executive into the death of a woman at Stafford Hospital in 2007.
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Heatherwood and Wexham Park appoints new NEDs
WORKFORCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals Foundation Trust appointed two new non-executive directors at the beginning of March.
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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals recruits new clincial research director
CLINICAL RESEARCH: Dr Peter Sneddon is to become the director of clinical research at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust and the University of Sheffield next month.
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New high observation bay for Scarborough Hospital
STRUCTURE: Patients at Scarborough Hospital are to benefit from a high observation bay designed for patients who need closer monitoring after surgery or who are ‘stepping down’ from more intensive care, the trust has reported.
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West Suffolk recruits plastic surgeons
WORKFORCE: West Suffolk Foundation Trust has employed its own plastic surgeons due to increasing demand.