All HSJ Local articles – Page 352
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HSJ LocalVascular controversy spreads to Lancashire
Discontent over the Cheshire and Merseyside vascular reconfiguration has spread across the North West
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: North West’s vascular controversy spreads to Lancashire and Cumbria
Discontent over the Cheshire and Merseyside vascular reconfiguration has spread across the North West
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Cornish staff 'unconvinced' by strategic partnership plans
WORKFORCE: Staff representatives at Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust are “unconvinced” by plans to work with other public sector organisations in the county to deliver back of house services.
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Royal Cornwall A&E performance back on track
PERFORMANCE: Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust achieved the four-hour accident and emergency target for the first time in 2012-13 during July.
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Gloucestershire patients rate telehealth
PERFORMANCE: Almost 90 per cent of patients receiving telehealth services in Gloucestershire would recommend the service to their friends and family, an anonymous survey by NHS Gloucestershire has found.
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East Kent pilots improved training for trainee docs
WORKFORCE: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is one of 16 trusts that have received investment in pilot schemes to improve doctor training.
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New nursing director confirmed at East Sussex Healthcare
WORKFORCE: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has appointed Alice Webster as its new director of nursing after a stint as interim.
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Pioneering gastro unit opens at Brighton and Sussex
STRUCTURE: A pioneering investigation unit that will enhance gastro-intestinal services for children has been officially opened at the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital.
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Dementia strategy author joins Sussex Partnership
WORKFORCE: A well-respected psychiatrist involved in improving the care of people with dementia is to take up a senior research post in Sussex.
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AQP contract offered for Sussex hearing services
COMMERCIAL: Commissioners in Sussex have issued a tender for the provision of adult hearing services, under the any qualified provider policy.
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Minister wades in against East Sussex reconfig plans
STRUCTURE: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has attracted opposition from a transport minister to its plans to restructure some services between its two main hospitals.
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Southampton trust pioneers new cerebral palsy rehab treatment
RESEARCH: A new rehabilitation programme pioneered in Southampton can halve the recovery time for children with cerebral palsy who have undergone hip surgery.
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Southern Health takeover of Ridgeway Partnership approved
STRUCTURE: The Cooperation and Competition Panel has approved the merger of Southern Health Foundation Trust and Oxfordshire Learning Disabilities Trust.
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Gloucestershire hospitals behind plan on deficit
FINANCE: Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust had a deficit of £0.9m at the end of July, £0.6m worse than planned at this point in the year.
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Barnet and Chase Farm sees improvement in Did Not Attend rates
PERFORMANCE: Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust has seen a 0.7 per cent improvement in its Did Not Attend ratios, ranking it above the national and London averages.
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Lewisham Healthcare 'asked to make significant alterations' to financial plan
FINANCE: NHS London asked Lewisham Healthcare Trust to make “significant alterations” to its long-term financial modelling in July, board papers reveal.
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Help cards handed out to new F1 doctors
WORKFORCE: Reference cards are being given to junior doctors at United Lincolnshire Hospitals to help ease their transition from medical students to doctors.
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Lewisham Healthcare ups loan application to £12m
FINANCE: Lewisham Healthcare Trust has increased the amount of working capital loan it is seeking from the Department of Health from £5m to £12m, board papers reveal.
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Claims against Lewisham Healthcare double
PERFORMANCE: The number of legal claims made against Lewisham Healthcare Trust in the last quarter was nearly double the average over previous years, a report reveals.
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Increase in patient falls mars Portsmouth clean sheet
PERFORMANCE: Portsmouth Hospitals Trust met all its operating framework, Monitor, CQUIN and internal quality targets in July 2012, with two exceptions: falls and patient moves.