All HSJ Local articles – Page 296
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Sheffield trust 'proactively managing' staff with high absence
WORKFORCE: Staff with the highest level of sickness absence are being ‘pro-actively’ managed at Sheffield Health and Social Care Foundation Trust – leading to a number of dismissals.
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Yorkshire Ambulance sees 12 per cent demand growth
PERFORMANCE: A 12 per cent increase in demand on the previous month meant Yorkshire Ambulance Service struggled with ‘red’ responses in December.
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Yorkshire lets ten year GP practice contract
FINANCE: A ten-year contract to provide medical services at Thornton and Denholme Medical Practice has been awarded to a group of Shipley-based doctors who are already providing temporary services at the surgery.
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Sheffield Children’s Hospital struggles with diagnostic target
PERFRORMANCE: Sheffield Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust failed to carry out diagnostic tests on 30 patients within six weeks in January – meaning that it did not meet the 99 per cent target.
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Bradford drops health and wellbeing centre plan
STRUCTURE: Plans to develop a health and wellbeing centre in the Keighley area of Bradford have been dropped in favour of concentrating on an integrated care model.
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Sheffield Hospitals face 5pc efficiency next year
FINANCE: Staff at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust will need to plan for five per cent efficiency savings next year, the board heard.
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HSJ LocalCouncil to seek judicial review over Lewisham downgrade
STRUCTURE: Lewisham Council has voted unanimously to seek judicial review of the trust special administration process that saw Lewisham Hospital recommended for downgrade.
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Royal Surrey looks to cut workforce
WORKFORCE: Royal Surrey County Hospital Foundation Trust is seeking to make around 30 staff redundant as part of efforts to reduce its workforce.
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Second trust pulls out of South West pay consortium
WORKFORCE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has become the second organisation to pull out of the South West Pay Consortium.
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Northern Lincolnshire FT instigates external 'sustainability and quality' review
A foundation trust whose high mortality rates are under review has hired consultants to examine “the sustainability and quality” of its clinical services.
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HSJ LocalMonitor advised to downgrade Mid Staffs services
STRUCTURE: A report to Monitor from consultants Ernst and Young has recommended cutting expenditure on Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust by half, as services are moved to other trusts.
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Hike in older patients at Western Sussex Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has “continued to experience particularly high levels of activity in care for older people”, according to board papers.
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Small deficit predicted by Medway FT
FINANCE: Medway Foundation Trust expects to finish the current financial year with a small £1m deficit, according to a board finance report.
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Brighton and Sussex celebrates orthopaedics improvements
PERFORMANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has claimed its trauma and orthopaedics services are going from “strength to strength”.
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Brighton and Sussex on course for small surplus
FINANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust predicted in February that it would end the financial year with a surplus.
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Sussex health visitor receives QNI grant for local project
FINANCE: A health visitor from Lewes has been awarded a £5,000 grant by the Queen’s Nursing Institute to improve access to healthcare for the Gypsy and Traveller community locally.
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East Sussex wards closed by norovirus
STRUCTURE: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has several wards closed due to norovirus.
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Medway FT accepts health and safety fine
FINANCE: Medway Foundation Trust accepted a fine for beaching health and safety laws, according to board papers presented in January.
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East Kent Hospitals FT notes improvement in food
PERFORMANCE: Improvements in food at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust have resulted from a new ward oven system.
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Surrey and Borders expands community eating disorder team
WORKFORCE: Three new nurses are to join Surrey and Borders Partnership Foundation Trust’s eating disorder services this month as part of efforts to keep younger patients out of hospital and in the “family environment”.