All HSJ Local articles – Page 310

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Social enterprise renews community service deal

2013-02-07T09:38:00Z

COMMERCIAL: A new contract has begun for Central Surrey Health to continue delivering community services for the 290,000 people living in the central Surrey region.

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Lister Surgicentre still a ‘concern’ despite probe verdict

2013-02-05T15:06:00Z

Three patients who died after routine surgery at a privately-run treatment centre in Hertfordshire were given satisfactory care, an independent probe has concluded.

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Ipswich Hospital recruit new non executive director

2013-02-04T16:16:00Z

WORKFORCE Laurence Collins has been appointed a non-executive director of Ipswich Hospital Trust.

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Lewisham consultants ask Keogh for evidence over 'lives saved' claim

2013-02-04T15:10:00Z

STRUCTURE: Senior clinicians from Lewisham Hospital have written to NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh to ask him to explain a statistic which Jeremy Hunt attributed to him about mortality at A&E departments.

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SHIP cluster to save £10m through medicines management

2013-02-04T13:55:00Z

FINANCE: The Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth primary care trust cluster expects to save £10.2m through medicines management this year.

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£425m Royal Liverpool hospital PFI decision ‘weeks away’

2013-02-04T13:54:00Z

COMMERCIAL: The Department of Health is “weeks away” from a long-awaited announcement on the £425 million Royal Liverpool Hospital project, it has told HSJ’s sister title Construction News.

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Bradford and Airedale overspending on acute by £4.3m

2013-02-04T13:53:00Z

FINANCE: Bradford and Airedale PCT’s two main provider contracts are overtrading by a total of £4.3m, but it is on track to meet its financial plan.

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Mid Staffs worker suspended over photos

2013-02-04T11:20:00Z

A worker at Stafford Hospital has been suspended after taking photographs of patients in breach of staff guidelines.

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Full authorisation for Bradford Districts CCG

2013-02-04T10:00:00Z

STRUCTURE: Bradford Districts CCG has been authorised with no conditions in the second wave of CCG authorisation decisions by the NHS Commissioning Board.

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Avon cancer network winding up

2013-02-04T09:59:00Z

STRUCTURE: The Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire Cancer Service Network has stopped providing monthly performance reports to primary care trusts but is unable to release funding back to the PCT to carry on the work.

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High sickness rates at North Somerset Community Partnership

2013-02-04T09:59:00Z

WORKFORCE: High sickness levels at North Somerset Community Partnership are causing concern for commissioners who fear it could be due to understaffing.

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Northumbria nurse given Queen's award

2013-02-04T09:58:00Z

WORKFORCE: A community nurse in Northumberland and North Tyneside has been given the Queen’s Nurse title after being nominated by a patient.

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North East GPs 'prescribe paracetamol at more than twice expected rate'

2013-02-04T09:57:00Z

FINANCE: GPs in seven North East primary care trusts are prescribing paracetamol at twice the expected rate and could save the NHS an estimated £2.5m a year by their bringing reducing to the national average, the healthcare analysis firm CHKS has said.

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Colin Renwick named GP chair of Airedale, Wharfedale & Craven CCG

2013-02-01T17:32:00Z

STRUCTURE: Dr Colin Renwick has been named GP chair of Airedale, Wharfedale & Craven CCG.

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Airedale struggling with four hour waiting target

2013-02-01T17:32:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Airedale Foundation Trust failed the four hour waiting target for Quarter 3, commissioner papers say.

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Guys & St Thomas' missing A&E target for Q4

2013-02-01T17:30:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Guys & St Thomas’ Foundation Trust is narrowly missing the A&E four-hour wait target of 95 per cent for quarter four, a report reveals.

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Bristol CCGs plan new urology service

2013-02-01T17:29:00Z

COMMERCIAL: The contract for community urology services in Bristol is to be extended on a three month rolling basis while commissioniners finalise plans for a cluster wide service.

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London Ambulance Service Trust performance buckles in December

2013-02-01T17:28:00Z

PERFORMANCE: London Ambulance Service Trust missed response and handover time targets in December, board papers reveal.

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Five per cent rise in healthcare assistants in London hospitals

2013-02-01T17:27:00Z

WORKFORCE: Londoon’s acute trusts saw a 5.7 per cent rise in the number of healthcare assistants they employed from 2010-11 to 2011-12.

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Epsom and St Helier Hospitals on course to meet A&E target

2013-02-01T16:13:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust is at 97.2 per cent on the four-hour A&E target, on-track to meet national targets.