All HSJ Local articles – Page 400
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Frimley Park FT meets infection control targets
PERFORMANCE: Frimley Park NHS Foundation Trust met its targets for MRSA and C. difficile last year but admits this year will be “challenging”.
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CQC finds minor concern at Littlebrook Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has warned Kent and Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust that it has found cause for minor concern at one of its sites.
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Mixed sex breaches stable at Brighton and Sussex
PERFORMANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has recorded the same number of breaches of the Department of Health’s rules on mixed sex accommodation for two consecutive months.
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Physio phone triage rolled out in Surrey
STRUCTURE: Physiotherapy patients in mid Surrey are now benefiting from telephone triage within 48 hours of GP referral, according to the county’s main community social enterprise.
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Sherwood FT two years without MRSA
PERFORMANCE: Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust has now gone two years without a case of MRSA making it one of the best performing hospitals in the NHS.
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HSJ LocalMid Staffs managers offer healthcare to Ghana
WORKFORCE: Two managers from the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust are to fly out to Ghana to offer healthcare to communities there.
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Patient discharged with cannula
PERFORMANCE: Burton Hospitals Foundation Trust has reported a never event incident to its board involving a patient who was discharged with a cannula still in place.
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Bid for Birmingham 'medical quarter'
COMMERCIAL: Property developers and a leading healthcare technology firm have joined forced to try and create a ‘medical quarter’ in Birmingham.
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South Devon Healthcare goes almost two years without MRSA
PERFORMANCE: South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust ended almost two years without a case or MRSA when a patient contracted the superbug last month.
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South Devon over achieves surplus
FINANCE: South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust finished 2011-12 with a surplus of around £4.6m, £2.4m ahead of plan.
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New chief executive for South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust
WORKFORCE: South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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South Tees FT chief executive steps down to 'develop next stage of my career'
WORKFORCE: South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust chief executive Simon Pleydell is stepping down after nine years at the trust.
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Cambridgeshire Community Services must triple its membership
STRUCTURE: Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust needs to more than triple its membership in six months if it is to meet its target of 7000 members in October.
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Nottingham draws up death advice for children
PERFORMANCE: Parents are being given help and advice on how to talk to their children about death and serious illness by Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Southampton surgeons pioneer new knee surgery technique
RESEARCH: Surgeons in Southampton have pioneered an operation to repair damaged knees without the need for a total replacement – halving recovery times.
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St George's breast cancer service wins award
PERFORMANCE: The breast cancer service team at the south west London acute won an NHS Improvement award for reducing the amount of time that patients spend in hospital following surgery.
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Governor elections for Mid Staffs
STRUCTURE: Elections will be held to fill six public vacancies on the council of governors at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust and candidates are being urged to come forward to represent their areas.
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Northumbria Healthcare named top hospital trust
PERFORMANCE: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has won an award for top hospital trusts.
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Oxford trust plans to move cancer services to new centre
STRUCTURE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust is planning to move its head and neck cancer services from John Radcliffe Hospital to nearby Churchill Hospital as part of plans to develop a major cancer centre on the site.
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Birmingham trust introduces new skin cancer drug
Two patients at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham were among the first in the country to start receiving a new anti-cancer drug within days of it being granted a licence.