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Calls for North Cumbria University Hospitals management to step down

2012-01-18T10:46:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Nurses, unions and other medical staff have issued an unprecedented joint attack on management at the trust and are calling for senior officials to go.

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Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership on course to become FT in October

2012-01-17T18:36:00Z

STRUCTURE: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust expects to become authorised as a foundation trust in October this year.

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Northern Devon appoints permanent CEO

2012-01-17T18:31:00Z

WORKFORCE: Jac Kelly has been appointed substantive chief executive at Northern Devon Healthcare Trust after more than two years as an interim.

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PCT non-exec to lead Worcestershire HealthWatch

2012-01-17T18:03:00Z

WORKFORCE: A non-executive director of NHS Worcestershire has been appointed as chair of the emerging local HealthWatch organisation.

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Regulator to investigate emergency care at Morecambe Bay FT

2012-01-17T18:02:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has announced it is using its investigation powers to look into the delivery of emergency care services by the foundation. The investigation is underway.

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Chief executive of mental health trust resigns

2012-01-17T18:00:00Z

WORKFORCE: Peter Cubbon has announced he is stepping down from the chief executive role at West London Mental Health Trust.

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Southampton Universtiy professor appointed to FT as NED

2012-01-17T18:00:00Z

STRUCTURE: Professor Iain Cameron has been appointed a non-executive director to University Hospital of Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.

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NHS Kingston surplus dependent on transition fund and contingency reserve

2012-01-17T17:57:00Z

FINANCE: The south west London PCT NHS Kingston has reported it “is still able to deliver its target surplus of £3.9m, however, in order for this to be achieved both the transition fund and 0.5 per cent contingency reserve have been utilised in its entirety”.

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New strategy director for Imperial

2012-01-17T14:38:00Z

WORKFORCE: Imperial have apppointed Brendan Farmer from Capgemini as director of strategy.

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Western Sussex Hospitals MRSA free for 12 months

2012-01-17T13:53:00Z

PERFORMANCE: There were no cases of hospital-acquired MRSA at Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust during 2011.

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Sussex Partnership is top trust in Stonewall equality index

2012-01-17T13:52:00Z

WORKFORCE: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has become the first ever NHS organisation to make it into the top 10 in the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index.

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Western Sussex at centre of food spending row

2012-01-17T13:52:00Z

FINANCE:  Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust was last week forced to admit that an error has occurred somewhere in its data submission on hospital food to the NHS Information Centre.

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Medway trialling Dr Foster hospital performance tool

2012-01-17T10:37:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Medway Foundation Trust has been trialling a new online “quick-look” performance management tool launched by healthcare information provider Dr Foster Intelligence.

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Cambridgeshire wants to delay Monitor application

2012-01-16T18:36:00Z

STRUCTURE: Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust wants to move back its groundbreaking application for foundation trust status - but is meeting opposition from the Department of Health.

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Bedford faces £2.2m deficit unless action taken

2012-01-16T18:33:00Z

FINANCE: Bedford Hospital Trust could end the year with a £2.2m deficit if it does not cut back, the board heard.

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Mental health trusts merge

2012-01-16T18:26:00Z

STRUCTURE: Two mental health trusts in East Anglia merged at the beginning of the month to form Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust.

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Patients needing home oxygen services may have to take deliveries at night during Olympics

2012-01-16T18:25:00Z

PERFORMANCE: A risk planning document for the south west London cluster of PCTs said deliveries of services like oxygen to patients homes could have to be made at night, to avoid disruption to the Olympics.

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SHAs asked to endorse £278m Alder Hey rebuild

2012-01-16T18:24:00Z

FINANCE: Strategic health authorities will this week be asked to endorse the business case for a £278m rebuilding of the foundation’s hospital and grounds.

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George Eliot 'concern' at high mortality rate

2012-01-16T18:23:00Z

PERFORMANCE: An external review into mortality rates has been launched at George Eliot Hopsital, which has identified its persistently high death rate as “a concern”.

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George Eliot in deficit amid 'capacity pressures'

2012-01-16T18:19:00Z

FINANCE: George Eliot Hospital Trust reported a deficit of £88,000 in October, bringing the year-to-date position to £146,000.