All HSJ Local articles – Page 392
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Concern over A&E demand in Portsmouth and Southampton
PERFORMANCE: Emergency department waiting times have been identified as a “key performance concern” by the Southampton, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Portsmouth primary care trust cluster.
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Case note review of over 200 deaths in hospital
PERFORMANCE: A case note review of more than 200 patient deaths at Northampton General Hospital has identified 16 patients who could have survived if care had been better.
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Durham and Darlington FT invests £800k for ward leadership
WORKFORCE: County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is investing £800,000 to enable ward sisters and community nurse team leaders to spend more time managing, leading and supervising staff and patient care, it has announced.
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West Mercia PCTs meet cash targets
FINANCE: The four PCTs making up the West Mercia Cluster are on track to deliver against their financial targets to break even and hit the control total surplus agreed with NHS Midlands and the East strategic health authority cluster.
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NW ambulance service blames 'protracted' contract negotiations for performance dip
PERFORMANCE: Protracted negotiations with commissioners were the overriding cause of the North West Ambulance Service’s failure to hit its key response times target for the initial months of 2011-12, its draft annual report states.
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Cash problems scupper Wye Valley FT bid
FINANCE: Wye Valley Trust has paused its application for foundation trust status amid growing financial problems it has emerged.
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St George's appoints new clinical director
WORKFORCE: The south London acute trust has appointed Heather Jarman to the role of clinical director for major trauma.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: dealing with the legacy of Mid Staffs
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of key issues facing some of the major NHS health economies. This week we examine the problems facing Staffordshire as it deals with the legacy of Mid Staffs, reconfiguration and financial drought.
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HSJ LocalMid Staffs could merge with neighbour
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust could merge with University Hospital of North Staffordshire Trust, HSJ understands.
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Worthing Hospital hit by flooding
PERFORMANCE: Work is continuing to clear basement areas of Worthing Hospital affected by flooding during heavy rain on Sunday 10 June, Western Sussex Hospitals Trust said in a statement.
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PCT cluster joins lung cancer campaign
PERFORMANCE: NHS Surrey is pushing a national campaign highlighting that a persistent cough can be a symptom of lung cancer.
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Sussex FT joins programme to improve services for gay patients
PERFORMANCE: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has joined Stonewall’s “Health Champions” programme.
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Sussex Partnership signs new catering deal
COMMERCIAL: Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust has announced the winning tender for a café at one of its main sites in Brighton.
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Kent and Medway to take part in forensic research project
RESEARCH: Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust is to partner with Canterbury Christchurch University on a pilot study into forensic mental health care provision.
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Rabies apology from Dartford and Gravesham
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust apologised at the end of last month after turning away a patient who died from rabies.
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West Middlesex launches inpatient experience improvement scheme after poor results
PERFORMANCE: West Middlesex University Hospital is looking at how it can improve inpatient experience after receiving its results from the Picker Institute.
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Work starts on new Worthing breast unit
STRUCTURE: Building work has begun on Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust’s new breast unit.
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A&E performance improves at Glos Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Performance against the four hour accident and emergency standard has improved “significantly” at Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust following an intervention by Monitor.
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Gloucestershire considers unlicenced use of Avastin
FINANCE: The Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group has agreed to support Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust decision to allow clinicans to prescribe an unlicensed medicine.
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Swindon vaccine success
PERFORMANCE: NHS Swindon had the third highest uptake of the human papilloma virus vaccine among year 8 pupils in the whole country during 2010-11.