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South Warwickshire extends visitor restrictions due to norovirus

2012-10-24T17:31:00Z

PERFORMANCE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust has extended visitor restrictions due to an ongoing norovirus outbreak.

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Trust probes finance ‘concern’

2012-10-24T13:37:00Z

FINANCE East and North Hertfordshire Trust has launched a probe after its September income was “significantly down” on forecast, a report by discussed by its board said.  

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Foundation will be test site for redesign of unplanned care

2012-10-24T12:20:00Z

Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust has been chosen as a test site for a six-month project aiming to deliver significant improvements in emergency and urgent care.

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Central Southern CSU set to appoint MD

2012-10-24T10:35:00Z

WORKFORCE: John Wilderspin is set to be appointed as managing director of the Central Southern commissioning support unit.

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No disciplinary action over HEFT never event

2012-10-23T18:07:00Z

PERFORMANCE: An incident of drugs being given inappropriately to a patient led to no disciplinary action or referrals to relevant professional bodies, despite being listed as a “never event”.

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Wye Valley issues norovirus warning

2012-10-23T18:03:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Wye Valley Trust has issued a warning to visitors to stay at home if they have symptoms of norovirus after a number of outbreaks in the West Midlands and early cases in the Herefordshire community.

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NW London Hospitals Trust relying on SHA to repay DH loan

2012-10-23T18:02:00Z

FINANCE: North West London Hospitals Trust has said it cannot repay a Department of Health working capital loan of £14.3m without support from NHS London’s challenged trust board.

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Voluntary redundancy costs Birmingham, Solihull and Black Country clusters £11m

2012-10-23T18:00:00Z

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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Hertfordshire appoints new board members

2012-10-23T17:59:00Z

WORKFORCE: Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust has appointed two new non-executive directors and 10 new governors.

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Social enterprise fund for community wellbeing

2012-10-23T17:58:00Z

FINANCE: Social enterprise Central Surrey Health has set up a charitable fund to support community health and wellbeing projects.

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New air ambulance site in Surrey

2012-10-23T17:58:00Z

STRUCTURE: The Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance has relocated one of its helicopters to Redhill in Surrey.

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Patients left until the 'last five minutes' of four-hour target

2012-10-23T16:59:00Z

PERFORMANCE: A detailed report on Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust’s A&E performance said: “Even during occasions of bed availability, we are still leaving patients till the last five minutes of the four hours [target wait], leaving little contingency for unexpected events.”

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FT chief appointed to Youth Justice Board

2012-10-23T16:58:00Z

WORKFORCE: The chief executive of Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust has been appointed as a non-executive director of the national Youth Justice Board.

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Readmissions up at Hillingdon Hospitals

2012-10-23T16:56:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust has seen readmissions up 8.4 per cent on the same period in 2011-12.

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Provider giving NHS Bury daily updates on C difficile

2012-10-23T16:55:00Z

PERFORMANCE: NHS Bury is now receiving daily notifications about incidences of Clostridium difficile from Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust, in a drive to tackle rates of infection in the area, clinical commissioners report.

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Cumbria and North East LAT hires nurse and medical director

2012-10-23T16:53:00Z

WORKFORCE: The NHS Commissioning Board local area team for Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear has appointed a nursing and medical director.

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Large commissioning board LAT gets interim director

2012-10-23T16:52:00Z

STRUCTURE: An interim director has been appointed to the Cumbria, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear local area team, pending a permanent appointment.

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Avon and Wiltshire appoints new chief executive

2012-10-23T16:49:00Z

WORKFORCE: Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust has appointed current Devon Partnership Trust boss Iain Tulley as its new chief executive.

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Ruling in PCT's favour in Dorset AQP row

2012-10-23T16:43:00Z

COMMERCIAL: The Independent Reconfiguration Panel has dismissed a complaint about NHS Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset’s handling of the any qualified provider process. However, providers remain concerned about the pricing of dermatology services.

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Chair of £19m deficit PCT lashes out over its budget 'mismatch'

2012-10-23T14:04:00Z

FINANCE: The chair of financially troubled NHS North Yorkshire and York has publicly lashed out over what he sees as its unfairly low funding.