All HSJ Local articles – Page 330
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IT deal to create 'UK's first healthcare cloud'
An NHS mental health provider has signed up to what it says is the “UK’s first healthcare cloud” deal, aiming to save 15 per cent on its IT spending.
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Lewisham Hospital better than average on coding
FINANCE: A report to the south east London primary care trust cluster said: “Lewisham Healthcare Trust with a clinical coding Healthcare Resource Grouping error rate of 7.2 per cent, was better than the national average.”
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Taunton MRSA free for more than 18 months
PERFORMANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust has gone more than 555 days without a case of MRSA.
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Yeovil passes CQC inspection
PERFORMANCE: Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust was meeting all inspected standards when the Care Quality Commission visited in September.
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Guy's and St Thomas' 'significantly worse' than national average for coding errors
FINANCE: An Audit Commission report has declared Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust “significantly worse” than the national average for mistakes in the clinical coding of work which it charges commissioners at tariff rates for.
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Rotherham Hospital plans to cut 20pc of workforce over three years
WORKFORCE: Rotherham Foundation Trust has announced plans to cut 750 jobs - about 20 per cent of its workforce - over three years.
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North of England provider development lead joins Trust Development Authority
WORKFORCE: Nicky O’Connor, programme director in the North of England SHA Cluster provider development team, has been appointed to the role of portfolio director in the NHS Trust Development Authority.
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Payment code error rate 15 per cent at King's College Hospital
FINANCE: A report to the South East London cluster said: “King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust’s average episode healthcare resource group error rate was 15 per cent and therefore worse than the national average.”
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2gether ahead on surplus
FINANCE: 2gether Foundation Trust had a surplus of £1.9m at the end of September, around £800,000 ahead of plan.
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Emergency admissions on the rise at Torbay Hospital
PERFORMANCE: Emergency admissions to South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust increased by 5.6 per cent between April and August 2012 compared to the same period the previous year.
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Bristol reconsiders mental health tendering plans
COMMERCIAL: NHS Bristol may not put all secondary mental health services in Bristol out to tender following concerns from the public and NHS South of England.
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Moorfields in discussion with Bedford Hospital on satellite site
COMMERCIAL: Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust have had a discussion with Bedford Hospital Trust on a satellite site at the Bedfordshire trust.
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Chief executive steps down at north-west trust
WORKFORCE: Stockport Foundation Trust’s chief executive Chris Burke has announced his retirement, after 12 years in post.
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Mid Essex CCG calls for resident feedback
Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group has set up a meeting with residents to discuss what its priorities should be when it takes over from the primary care trust in April.
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'Agreed resignations' to cost Birmingham and Black Country clusters £11m
WORKFORCE: The Black Country and Birmingham and Solihull primary care trust clusters have announced they will spend £11m on voluntary redundancies.
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Mid Staffs recruits extra nurses
WORKFORCE: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has issued an appeal for registered nurses to join its staff.
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Black midwives disproportionately disciplined claims Royal College
WORKFORCE: Black midwives make up a disproportionate number of those facing disciplinary proceedings in London, according to the Royal College of Midwives.
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Anti-bug device hope for hospitals
A bug-busting “black box” is being developed that can rapidly identify the source of hospital infections and help staff to stop them spreading.
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Heatherwood and Wexham park FT risks £600,000 contingency gap
FINANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust risks a £600,000 gap between the size of its contingency fund and all possible cost pressures.
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Royal Leamington Spa Rehabilitation Hospital to be renamed
STRUCTURE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust is asking staff and its local communities to think of an “innovative” new name for its Royal Leamington Spa Rehabilitation Hospital.