All HSJ Local articles – Page 374
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West Suffolk invests in cataract treatment
SERVICES: West Suffolk Hospital has invested £125,000 in new equipment which improve cataract surgery.
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NHS Cambridgeshire warns on QIPP delivery
FINANCE: Failing to deliver on QIPP projects could lead to an overspend of £13m in the acute sector for NHS Cambridgeshire, the cluster board has warned.
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C Difficile problem at Hinchingbrooke
PERFORMANCE: Hinchingbrooke Healthcare Trust had five cases of clostridium difficile in the first three months of this financial year against a full year target of six, the PCT cluster board heard.
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Cambridge Hospitals missing 18 week target
PERFORMANCE: Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust is not meeting the 18 week referral-to-treatment standard and progress on doing so has fallen behind plan, the PCT cluster board heard. The trust is likely to miss agreed recovery targets for some specialities.
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Peterborough and Cambridgeshire PCT cluster gets new chair
WORKFORCE: John Barratt is to take over as chair of the Peterborough and Cambridgeshire PCT cluster after Maureen Donnelly accepted a post as lay chair designate of a CCG.
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C diff outbreak at West Suffolk
PERFORMANCE: Four cases of c difficile infection on a stroke ward in West Suffolk Hospital is being investigated as an outbreak, NHS Suffolk board was told.
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Ipswich's data on 18-weeks target to be faces assessment
PERFORMANCE: An independent assessment of data quality at Ipswich Hospital is to be carried out after concerns were raised about some patients not being recorded as on an 18 week pathway.
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Dorset Healthcare chief exec goes 'back to the floor'
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of Dorset Healthcare Foundation Trust has been going “back to the floor” and shadowing staff on the front line.
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Suffolks fails to hit ambulance targets
PERFORMANCE: Ambulance handover times at hospitals in Suffolk are failing to meet national targets.
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Hunts CCGs block Hinchingbrooke A&E redesign funds
FINANCE: A plan to redesign the ‘front of house’ approach to A&E at Hinchingbrooke Hospital has failed to win support from local GPs.
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Western Sussex Hospitals purchase new infection control technology
COMMERCIAL: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has purchased a pioneering new infection control device, which uses hydrogen peroxide vapour.
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New Cambridgeshire and Peterborough FT chair named
WORKFORCE: A new chair is taking over at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust.
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Suffolk employs £500-a-day consultants for up to five years
WORKFORCE: NHS Suffolk is employing a number of consultants at up to £500 a day who have been working for the organisation up to five years, its board heard.
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Herts trust reviews neonatal never event
PERFORMANCE: A case of MRSA in a neonate has sparked an internal ‘never event’ review at East and North Hertfordshire Trust.
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Cambridgeshire and Luton face health visitor shortfall
WORKFORCE: The total number of health visitors in Cambridgeshire and Luton needs to double by 2015 to meet the government’s pledge to provide 4200 extra health visitors nationally.
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East and North Herts turns to NHS Professionals for temp staff
WORKFORCE: NHS Professionals is expected to take over the provision of temporary staff at East and North Hertfordshire Trust at the end of the month.
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Cambridge University Hospitals fails two key standards
PERFORMANCE: Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust is failing two key standards - the four hour wait in A&E and the 18 week referral-to-treatment standard.
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East and North Herts recording early £1m surplus
FINANCE: East and North Hertfordshire Trust had a surplus of over £1m in May, slightly ahead of target, and a financial risk rating of three which it hopes to maintain for the rest of the financial year.
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Cambridge University Hospitals makes loss
FINANCE: Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust made a loss of £1.8m in the first two months of the financial year.
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HSJ LocalBolton FT facing 'serious challenges' to financial viability - Monitor
FINANCE: Bolton Foundation Trust is facing “serious challenges to its financial viability”, according to the latest board papers of FT regulator Monitor.