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Salisbury signs Bloodhound deal

2012-10-01T22:54:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Salisbury Foundation Trust has signed a five year deal with MSoft for the provision of its Bloodhound Fridge Lock Down system.

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Manchester CSU boss appointed

2012-10-01T22:52:00Z

WORKFORCE: Leigh Griffin has been appointed managing director of the Greater Manchester commissioning support unit.

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Capacity ‘crisis’ hits Brighton and Sussex

2012-10-01T22:50:00Z

PERFORMANCE: A state of “business continuity” was declared at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust on 24 September, after it admitted many more patients than were discharged.

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Failure regime trust interests Dartford and Gravesham

2012-10-01T22:49:00Z

STRUCTURE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust is one of 39 organisations that have expressed an interest in taking over part of troubled South London Healthcare Trust.

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Acting chief denies plan to shut A&E

2012-10-01T22:49:00Z

STRUCTURE: The acting chief executive of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has refuted suggested it is considering downgrading accident and emergency services at one of its sites.

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East Sussex Healthcare £2.7m behind plan

2012-10-01T22:49:00Z

FINANCE: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has fallen behind on its financial plan in the middle of the second quarter of 2012-13, due to agency spend and unexpected 18-weeks activity.

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EKH’s hat in the ring for South London Healthcare Trust

2012-10-01T22:48:00Z

STRUCTURE: East Kent Hospitals Foundation Trust is one of 39 organisations that have expressed an interest in taking over part of troubled South London Healthcare Trust.

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'Care village' planned for Maidstone area

2012-10-01T22:48:00Z

STRUCTURE: A new private sector care facility has been planned for an area in West Kent.  

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Overweight patients in Herts referred to slimming groups

2012-10-01T18:48:00Z

SERVICES: Overweight patients who need surgery in parts of Hertfordshire can now be referred to local slimming groups in a bid to kickstart their weight loss.

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Analysed: the future of South London Healthcare Trust

2012-10-01T10:32:00Z

What happens next for South London Healthcare Trust - the first to be placed in the failure regime?

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Staff face parking ticket hike at Ipswich

2012-09-28T18:47:00Z

WORKFORCE: Staff will have to pay more to park at Ipswich Hospital while visitors will be allowed to park for up to 30 minutes free of change and pay less for longer stays.

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Stevenage ISTC wins information security recognition

2012-09-28T18:45:00Z

PERFORMANCE: An independent treatment centre at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage has had its high standards of information security recognised.

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Radiotherapy capacity at Norfolk and Norwich to rise by third

2012-09-28T18:42:00Z

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust

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Cambridge introduces tagging for hospital equipment

2012-09-28T18:39:00Z

FINANCE: A new electronic ‘tagging’ system for hospital equipment is helping a trust keep tabs on where medical devices are.

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Taunton and Somerset staff urge board to abandon pay plans

2012-09-28T18:35:00Z

WORKFORCE: More than 1,600 staff working at Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust have signed a petition calling on the board to pull out of the South West Pay, Terms and Conditions Consortium.

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Respiratory services under review in Dorset

2012-09-28T18:34:00Z

STRUCTURE: The Bournemouth and Poole and Dorset primary care trust cluster is undertaking a review of respiratory services.

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Royal Cornwall above average for coding errors

2012-09-28T18:33:00Z

FINANCE: An Audit Commission review of coding at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust found the trust had slightly below average accuracy.

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Vascular services under review in the peninsula

2012-09-28T18:32:00Z

STRUCTURE: A review of vascular services that could lead to reconfiguration of services in Devon and Cornwall is almost complete.

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Coroner orders Dorset Healthcare to conduct suicide audit

2012-09-28T18:30:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Dorset Healthcare University Foundation Trust has received a coroners Rule 43 letter raising concerns about the death of an individual who had been in contact with mental health services in August 2011.

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ROH overspends on agency staff amid vacancies and high sickness rate

2012-09-28T18:28:00Z

WORKFORCE: The Royal Orthopaedic Trust’s spend on agency staffing for month three was over plan on agency staffing and medical locums.