All HSJ Local articles – Page 340

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Two never events at Hampshire Hospitals

2012-10-17T16:16:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust recorded two “never events” in June, including one caused by clinicians getting an x-ray back to front.

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Norovirus outbreak at Mid Staffordshire

2012-10-17T16:15:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has closed one ward and its acute stroke unit to admissions, transfers and discharges to nursing homes after an outbreak of norovirus.

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New AQP providers get go-ahead for CBT in Kent

2012-10-17T16:15:00Z

COMMERCIAL: New organisations have been given the go-ahead to provide talking therapy, including cognitive behavioural therapy, across Kent and Medway.

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New beds for Lincolnshire trauma patients

2012-10-17T16:14:00Z

FINANCE: An East Midlands trust has spent more than £15,000 to purchase 15 new high-tech beds for trauma patients.

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Hillingdon Hospitals earns same revenue year-on-year with '120 fewer staff'

2012-10-17T10:01:00Z

WORKFORCE: A report to the board of Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust said its revenue was £1m ahead of plan in August, with costs £838,000 higher than plan, with £500,000 “directly linked with the higher NHS clinical income achieved”.

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Swale CCG seeks lay members

2012-10-17T09:44:00Z

WORKFORCE: Two independent lay members are being sought to join the governing body of Swale Clinical Commissioning Group.

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Virgin community services begin in Sussex

2012-10-17T09:44:00Z

COMMERCIAL: A new community musculoskeletal service has been launched across Hastings and Rother following a tender exercise won by Virgin Care.

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Gloucestershire community services to stay in the NHS

2012-10-16T16:33:00Z

COMMERCIAL: A primary care trust whose plans to transfer community services to a social enterprise were halted by a legal challenge has decided to keep the services within the NHS.

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Bristol children's heart surgery faces CQC concerns

2012-10-16T12:29:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Children’s heart surgery services at the Bristol Children’s Hospital face likely criticism from the Care Quality Commission following an investigation, HSJ understands.

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Wolverhampton trust faces £6m pay-out

2012-10-16T10:51:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The family of a disabled boy will receive a £6m pay out from the NHS after doctors and midwives at the Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust failed to recognise he was being starved of oxygen during his birth 11 years ago.

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Royal Cornwall to lead pioneering blood study

2012-10-15T08:06:00Z

CLINICAL RESEARCH: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has been awarded a grant to conduct ground-breaking research into reusing blood lost by mothers during birth.

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George Eliot expected to lose more services

2012-10-15T08:00:00Z

STRUCTURE: Health leaders in Coventry and Warwickshire widely expect services to be removed from George Eliot Hospital Trust regardless of whether or not it enters a into a partnership with an NHS or private organisation it has emerged.

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Analysed: The sustainability of acute services in Coventry and Warwickshire

2012-10-15T07:30:00Z

The Coventry and Warwickshire health economy is seeking a sustainable future for local trusts and clinical specialties

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Cumbria Partnership launches research into disorders

2012-10-12T19:11:00Z

Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust is looking for people who have been diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder, schizophrenia or alcoholism to take part in a research project into the genetics behind these disorders.

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New image system to improve East Sussex efficiency

2012-10-12T18:59:00Z

PERFORMANCE:  East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is teaming up with other hospitals across the region to introduce a new high-tech imaging system that will improve efficiency for patients.

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Royal United Hospital Bath behind on QIPP plan

2012-10-12T18:59:00Z

FINANCE: Royal United Hospital Bath has achieved 69 per cent of planned quality, innovation, productivity and prevention savings at the end of August.

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Liverpool Community Health pilots electronic 'secure mailbox'

2012-10-12T18:56:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Liverpool Community Health Trust is piloting a new electronic “secure mailbox” that it believes will speed up the process for screening babies under the Healthy Child Programme by two to five days.

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Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital achieves waiting time targets

2012-10-12T18:56:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust has achieved its 18-week referral to treatment times targets for July and August.

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Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust behind on savings

2012-10-12T18:53:00Z

FINANCE: The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust

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Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital spends £2.5m on 'external clinical support'

2012-10-12T18:50:00Z

FINANCE: The Royal National Orthopeadic Hospital Trust is spending £2.5m on “clinical support services provided by other organisations”.