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Dartford falls back on mixed sex breach progress

2012-01-26T18:56:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust’s performance on mixed sex breaches worsened last month slipping back on a major improvement during the one before.

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Brighton slips on mixed sex performance

2012-01-26T18:54:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust’s performance on mixed sex breaches worsened last month slipping back on a major improvement during the one before.

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Trust seeks to save £0.5m by ending staff premium payments

2012-01-26T16:40:00Z

WORKFORCE: Unions have threatened to challenge a south coast acute trust over plans to withdraw staff “recruitment and retention” payments worth around £0.5m a year.

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Commissioner contract still unsigned at RUH

2012-01-26T06:12:00Z

FINANCE: Royal United Hospital Bath Trust has still not signed a contract with its lead commissioner for 2011-12, less than three months before the end of the financial year.

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Two London mental health trust bosses announce departure

2012-01-26T00:00:00Z

WORKFORCE: Two of London’s three non-foundation trust mental health organisations have announced the departure of their chief executives.

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Hospital rejects possibility of Army medic assistance

2012-01-25T10:16:00Z

PERFORMANCE: A West Yorkshire hospital looking into the possibility of using Army medics to restore a 24-hour emergency service has now rejected the idea.

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High HSMR highlighted by SHA at Dartford and Gravesham

2012-01-24T18:30:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust is one of three NHS organisations in the south reporting higher than expected death rates.

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CWP met with Monitor over governance red rating

2012-01-24T18:29:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust was asked to meet with Monitor on 13 December to “consider whether the trust is in significant breach of its terms of authorisation”, according to newly published board minutes.

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Medway FT’s high HSMR one of three highlighted by SHA

2012-01-24T18:25:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Medway NHS Foundation Trust is one of three NHS organisations in the south reporting higher than expected death rates.

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Ashford and St Peter’s passes latest hurdle in Epsom merger plan

2012-01-24T18:24:00Z

STRUCURE: Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has met the criteria needed to move to the next stage in its bid to take over Epsom hospital.

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Sharp rise in NHS Bolton overspend on hospital services

2012-01-24T17:45:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Bolton’s overspend on general hospital services rose by more than £2m in December to £3.4m, its latest finance report shows.

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SHA draws attention to high Isle of Wight death rate

2012-01-24T17:43:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The Isle of Wight primary care trust is one of three NHS organisations in the south reporting higher than expected death rates.

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NHS Cornwall suffers 'teething problems'

2012-01-24T17:40:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly suffered “teething problems” after it transferred its financial processing and ledger operations to NHS Shared Business Service.

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Trafford takeover will give Central Manchester FT 22pc market share

2012-01-24T17:15:00Z

STRUCTURE: Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust’s proposed takeover of Trafford Healthcare Trust would give it a market share of more than a fifth of all admissions in Greater Manchester, it has told the NHS’s competition watchdog.

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Salford Royal forecasts shortfall on health visitors target

2012-01-24T17:12:00Z

WORKFORCE: Salford Royal Foundation Trust is forecasting that it will miss its target of recruiting a further 10 health visitors this year, its commissioner has reported.

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Buckinghamshire reconfiguration consultation begins

2012-01-24T17:10:00Z

STRUCTURE: Consultation has begun on a proposed reconfiguration programme in Buckinghamshire.

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St George's £4.5m deficit at month eight

2012-01-24T17:09:00Z

FINANCE: St George’s Healthcare Trust was predicting a deficit of £5,000 by this point in the financial year but the south London acute trust has overshot by more than £4m.

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Emergency patient transport firm wins £130m contract in Nottinghamshire

2012-01-24T17:07:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Following a 10-month competitive tendering process by East Midlands Procurement and Commissioning Transformation (EMPACT), all non-emergency patient transport in Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire is set to be operated by Arriva Passenger Services Ltd from summer 2012.

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GPs approach hospital consultants directly because of 'lack of trust'

2012-01-24T17:05:00Z

PERFORMANCE: A strategic health authority report said there was evidence of a “lack of trust” between GPs and trusts in outer north east London, which meant “some GPs were now approaching trust consultants directly as a result”.

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North Yorkshire and York telehealth units underused

2012-01-24T17:03:00Z

COMMERCIAL: An internal audit report found 2,000 telehealth units bought by NHS North Yorkshire and York have been significantly underused.