All HSJ Local articles – Page 336

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South Bristol minor injuries unit fails to attract A&E patients

2012-10-29T17:08:00Z

FINANCE: Attendances at the new South Bristol Community Hospital minor injuries unit are below planned levels, creating a risk of an overspend for commisisoners.

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C difficile rate above plan for NHS Bolton

2012-10-29T17:07:00Z

PERFORMANCE: NHS Bolton had 34 cases of C difficile infection in the first four months of 2012-13, against a year-to-date plan of no more than 13, NHS Greater Manchester has reported.

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Patient records system could save £100m

2012-10-29T17:06:00Z

COMMERCIAL: An acute trust has become the first NHS organisation to launch a new health records management system, which providers estimate could save up to £100m if introduced nationwide.

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South Manchester CCG expects to miss QIPP target

2012-10-29T17:05:00Z

FINANCE: The South Manchester Clinical Commissioning Group is expecting to miss its quality, innovation, productivity and prevention (QIPP) savings target by £300,000, its latest finance report states.

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Somerset Partnership community budget overspends

2012-10-29T17:04:00Z

FINANCE: The community health directorate of Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust is overspent on district nursing by £137,000 and by £72,000 on enteral feeds, and is experiencing pressure on inpatient wards and minor injury units.

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North Somerset failing incomplete pathways target

2012-10-29T16:48:00Z

PERFORMANCE: NHS North Somerset is failing the target for 92 per cent of patients to have been treated within 18 weeks.

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Bristol children's services contract set to be extended

2012-10-29T16:40:00Z

COMMERCIAL: NHS Bristol and NHS South Gloucestershire have agreed to ask North Bristol Trust to extend their contract for provding children’s services fro two years.

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Chair of rejected aspirant foundation trust resigns

2012-10-29T16:18:00Z

WORKFORCE: The chair of the Royal Wolverhampton Trust has stepped down after the trust’s foundation trust bid was rejected by Monitor.

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Bolton Foundation Trust chief to step down

2012-10-26T18:14:00Z

WORKFORCE: Lesley Doherty, chief executive of troubled Bolton Foundation Trust, has announced that she will take early retirement.

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'RATing' improves Hillingdon Hospitals' A&E performance

2012-10-25T20:04:00Z

PERFORMANCE: A report to the board of Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust said the introduction of the “RATing (rapid assessment and treatment)” had helped its A&E performance.

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Bristol DVT contract extended

2012-10-25T20:02:00Z

COMMERCIAL: The Bristol Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS Bristol have agreed a 12 month extension to a contract for a community deep vein thrombosis service in the northern areas of the city.

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Birmingham cluster overperforms on UHB contract

2012-10-25T20:00:00Z

FINANCE: The Birmingham and Solihull primary care trust cluster is overspending by £2.6m on its contract with University Hospitals Birmingham.

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Mental health trust joins with university to launch masters

2012-10-25T19:57:00Z

Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership Trust has joined with the University of Wolverhampton to launch a masters degree in primary mental health care.

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‘Micro management’ deployed to tackle Stockport’s A&E performance

2012-10-25T19:56:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Stockport Foundation Trust has missed the national four-hour waiting target for accident and emergency services for the first two quarters of 2012-13, NHS Greater Manchester’s latest board papers state.

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SHA halts hospital takeover

2012-10-25T16:25:00Z

NHS London has halted the takeover of a district general hospital by a foundation trust in a neighbouring strategic health authority.

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North Cumbria launches recruitment drive after agency costs spike

2012-10-25T12:30:00Z

WORKFORCE: North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust has launched a recruitment drive after seeing its bill for agency staff go up by 57 per cent in the first half of 2012-13 compared with the same period last year.

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NW London bed numbers set to fall

2012-10-25T10:29:00Z

The number of hospital beds available for patients in north-west London could be reduced by a quarter under plans to reconfigure services in the capital.

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Robot used in heart surgery first at Wolverhampton

2012-10-24T17:35:00Z

CLINICAL RESEARCH: Surgeons at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton have successfully carried out the UK’s first robotically-assisted open heart surgery.

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Worcestershire review decision pushed into New Year

2012-10-24T17:34:00Z

STRUCTURE: A shortlist of options to reconfigure acute services in Worcestershire could be unveiled by the New Year after being delayed for the second time.

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Southampton trust pioneers 'bedside clinics' for diabetes inpatients

2012-10-24T17:33:00Z

RESEARCH: Clinicians in Southampton are piloting a new way of treating diabetes patients during hospital stays.