All HSJ Local articles – Page 319

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Leicestershire trusts sign £700m shared services deal

2013-01-03T13:08:00Z

Interserve has signed a shared services deal worth up to £700 million with a group of Leicestershire NHS trusts.

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Darlington care provider fined £4,000

2012-12-29T16:07:00Z

PERFORMANCE: St Martin’s Care Ltd has been fined after the Care Quality Commission found concerns at Willow Green Residential Care Home, Darlington, County Durham, had not been addressed.

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Bridgewater sickness absence rate above target

2012-12-26T12:50:00Z

WORKFORCE: The trust reported a rolling average sickness rate of 4.74 per cent of its workforce in October, against a target of 3.78 per cent, its latest performance report shows.

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Portsmouth CCG authorised with one condition

2012-12-25T17:30:00Z

STRUCTURE: Portsmouth clinical commissioning group has had just a single condition placed on its authorisation.

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Oxfordshire CCG authorised with five conditions

2012-12-25T17:04:00Z

STRUCTURE: Oxfordshire clinical commissioning group has been authorised with five conditions.

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Kernow CCG approved in first wave

2012-12-21T17:14:00Z

STRUCTURE: Kernow clinical commissioning group has been authorised with just three conditions in the first wave of CCGs to be approved by the NHS Commissioning Board.

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West Middlesex scores well on Friends and Family

2012-12-21T17:09:00Z

PERFORMANCE: West Middlesex University Hospital Trust has scored well on the initial trial results for the new “Friends and Family” test of patient satisfaction.

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GPs re-elected to Leicester CCG

2012-12-21T17:08:00Z

All GP members on the governing body of Leicester City Clinical Commissioning Group have been re-elected for three years.

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NW Ambulance service hits category A8 target

2012-12-21T17:08:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The ambulance trust hit its target in October for the proportion of “Category A” calls responded to within eight minutes, but missed the target for calls that must be responded to within 19 minutes.

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South Reading CCG authorised with four conditions

2012-12-21T17:04:00Z

STRUCTURE: South Reading clinical commissioning group has been authorised with four conditions.

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Norovirus hits Hull and Cottingham

2012-12-21T17:03:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has issued a norovirus warning.

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Sheffield Hospitals chief leads AHSN steering group

2012-12-21T17:03:00Z

STRUCTURE: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust chief executive Sir Andrew Cash has joined the Yorkshire and Humber Partnership AHSN steering group.

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Gloucestershire Hospitals removed from breach

2012-12-21T11:11:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust has been removed from significant breach by Monitor after more than three years.

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Programme board backs reconfiguration of Trafford General Hospital

2012-12-21T10:59:00Z

STRUCTURE: The board overseeing the planned reconfiguration of health services in Trafford has approved proposals to stop emergency surgery at Trafford General Hospital, and to replace its emergency department with an urgent care centre.

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James Paget removed from significant breach

2012-12-21T10:57:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Foundation trust regulator Monitor today announced that James Paget University Hospitals Foundation trust had been removed from significant breach of its terms of authorisation, having made “substantial improvements to the way it deals with risks to patients”.

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Redundancy threat for 750 staff at Yorkshire trust

2012-12-20T12:17:00Z

Up to 750 jobs could be axed at Rotherham Foundation Trust as it looks to save £50m by 2015.

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Anthrax infected drug user dies in Medway

2012-12-20T10:29:00Z

A drug user has died after being infected with anthrax, public health experts in Kent have said.

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Launch of new children’s mental health service

2012-12-20T10:04:00Z

STRUCTURE:  Organisations from Kent and Medway have attended the official launch of community children and young people’s mental health services provided by Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust.

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Queen Victoria chief executive to leave

2012-12-19T18:29:00Z

WORKFORCE: Adrian Bull, chief executive of Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, has announced he will be leaving the trust in April.

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Brighton and Sussex seeks procurement chief

2012-12-19T18:29:00Z

WORKFORCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust is advertising for a chief procurement officer.