All HSJ Local articles – Page 401
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Imperial appoints new chief operating officer
PERFORMANCE: The central London trust has appointed Steve McManus as chief operating officer, from the equivalent role at University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust.
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Oxford trust plans to invest in neo natal unit
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals Oxford Trust is planning to spend more than £3m extending its intensive care unit for newborn babies, to provide space for an extra 12 cots.
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London mental health clinicians win places on fellowship programme
WORKFORCE: Two staff from South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust have won places on the Clinical Leadership Fellowship Programme run by the NHS National Leadership Academy.
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St George's earmarked as hub for south-west London pathology services
COMMERCIAL: The Tooting-based acute provider is to become the “hub” for pathology services serving the south-west’s GPs and four general hospitals.
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HSJ LocalIntegration pioneer Torbay to merge
STRUCTURE: Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care Trust looks set to abandon its foundation trust ambitions and seek a merger.
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Barnsley Hospital planning annual 'innovation day'
RESEARCH: Barnsley Hospital Foundation Trust is planning to hold an annual “innovation day”.
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Leeds Hospitals, Mid Yorks and York FT 'missing elective wait targets'
PERFORMANCE: NHS North of England has identified performance problems at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust and York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in its May board papers.
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NHS North Yorkshire & York just breaks even for 2011-12
FINANCE: NHS North Yorkshire and York narrowly finished 2011-12 in financial balance, but has been risk-rated red by NHS North of England for the year.
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George Eliot falls short on surplus
FINANCE: George Eliot Trust reported a £35,000 surplus for the final month of 2011-12, bringing its total for the year up to £45,000.
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Night discharges controversy down to the time data was entered, says Barnet and Chase Farm
PERFORMANCE: The north London hospital trust was asked, like every other acute trust, to assess the number of discharges at night, in light of a report in The Times.
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George Eliot amber-green for governance
PERFORMANCE: George Eliot Hospital Trust awarded itself an amber-green risk rating for governance in quarter four after achieving all but two of its performance standards.
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Barnet Hospital gets gold accreditation for transient ischaemic attacks
PERFORMANCE: Barnet Hospital’s transient ischaemic attack service, which deals with ‘mini-strokes’, has been awarded gold accreditation by the North Central London Cardiovascular and Stroke Network and commissioners.
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Kingston Hospital achieves caesarian target after renegotiating key performance indicator
PERFORMANCE: The south west London acute hospital trust has confirmed it will not face a penalty from commissioners on its C-section rate.
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Great Ormond Street tenders for renal support IT system
COMMERCIAL: The central London specialist trust has placed a tender for a system to manage information about children with chronic kidney disease.
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Kingston Hospital record financial risk rating of three for 2011-12
FINANCE: The south west London acute hospital trust recorded a financial risk rating of three on the metrics Monitor uses to assess a trust’s stability.
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North East CSS passes checkpoint 2
STRUCTURE: The single commissioning support service for the North East has been told it has only “medium to low issues” by the NHS Commissioning Board.
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Income up for Southampton trust as demand exceeds plan
FINANCE: University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust was paid £21.5m more than expected in 2011-12 as demand for services exceeded plan.
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Southampton trust turns corner on CIP after gaining FT status
FINANCE: University Hospital Southampton has beaten its cost improvement target in the six months since it has become a foundation trust, but still fell short of its target for 2011-12.
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Southampton trust misses A&E target
PERFORMANCE: University Hospital Southampton fell short of its accident and emergency waiting time target in March.
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Six ill health retirements cost NHS £800,000
WORKFORCE: There were six early retirements due to ill health at University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust in the last six months of 2011-12.