All HSJ Local articles – Page 462

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Two birth centres to close in Derbyshire

2011-12-13T18:38:00Z

STRUCTURE: The Derbyshire cluster has agreed that two midwife-led birthing centres should close in order to save up to £3.7m over five years.

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'Untested' IT procurement agreed in Derbyshire

2011-12-13T18:08:00Z

COMMERCIAL: NHS Derbyshire County and NHS Derby City have published a service specification for an informatics service after April 2013 when the cluster will no longer exist.

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PCT managers at Derbyshire learn of fate

2011-12-13T17:38:00Z

WORKFORCE: Board papers reveal that 87 people have had voluntary redundancy arrangements agreed with NHS Derby and NHS Derbyshire County, following discussions around assignments to clinical commisisoning groups.

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Derbyshire cluster to procure outsourced HR support

2011-12-13T17:37:00Z

COMMERCIAL: A new specification for outsourced HR transactional support has been developed by primary care trusts in Derbyshire, which will be procured from April 2012.

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Southern Health releases reserves to plug deficit

2011-12-13T16:14:00Z

FINANCE: Southern Health has been forced to release reserves to mitigate overspends in its mental health, community services and corporate services divisions.

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Lincolnshire, Humber and North Yorkshire to form single CSO

2011-12-13T14:03:00Z

COMMERCIAL: The Humber PCTs - Hull, North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire and East Riding of Yorkshire - and the NHS North Yorkshire and York - are working on a single commissioning support organisation, it has been confirmed.

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Bassetlaw community services go to Nottinghamshire Healthcare FT

2011-12-13T14:02:00Z

STRUCTURE: Bassetlaw PCT’s community services transferred to Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust on 1 November.

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Sheffield CCG delegated £709m and asked for £5m 'recovery plan'

2011-12-13T14:00:00Z

FINANCE: A single clinical commissioning group covering Sheffield has been delegated the vast majority of its eligible budget.

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Southend FT found in 'significant breach' by Monitor

2011-12-13T11:58:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Southend University Hospital Foundation Trust has been found in significant breach of its FT authorisation due to governance failings on data quality and targets for cancer treatment and infection control.

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Fire at Eastbourne psychiatry unit

2011-12-12T19:36:00Z

PERFORMANCE: A fire broke out at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s department of psychiatry in Eastbourne on Monday 5 December.

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New mental health service in Hastings and Rother

2011-12-12T19:29:00Z

STRUCTURE: A new hub structure for delivering mental health services across Hastings and Rother was launched on 12 December.

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Surrey and Borders Partnership pilots A&E alcohol service

2011-12-12T19:20:00Z

STRUCTURE: A new service is being piloted in East Surrey to identify people who are either drinking at levels which pose a risk to their health or have already developed an alcohol dependency.

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Neuro-rehab service plan for west Surrey

2011-12-12T19:08:00Z

STRUCTURE:  NHS Surrey and Surrey Community Health have announced joint plans to improve care for patients who need neuro-rehabilitation services in west Surrey.  

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Western Sussex in discussion with supplier over power failures

2011-12-12T18:51:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The trust has held discussions with its electricity supplier, UK Power, about “improving resilience” after three power failures were experienced over the autumn.

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Enuresis award for Surrey social enterprise

2011-12-12T18:49:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Social Enterprise scheme Central Surrey Health has won a national award for best employee idea for service innovation.

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CQC finds catalogue of failings at Southern Health site

2011-12-12T18:34:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Southern Health has been served 22 compliance actions and six improvement actions by the Care Quality Commission, following several unannounced visits.

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Scarborough merger decisions 'will be taken in public'

2011-12-12T18:19:00Z

STRUCTURE: Decisions on the dissolution of Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Health Care Trust will be taken in public, the chief executive has said.

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Southern Health values future opportunities at £90m

2011-12-12T18:18:00Z

FINANCE: Southern Health’s “opportunity pipeline” beyond 2011-12 is worth around £90m in total, with six projects in progress and five on hold.

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‘Disappointing’ infection case rise at Western Sussex

2011-12-12T18:04:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The number of C difficile cases at Western Sussex Hospitals exceeded the in-month limit during October for the first time since April, board papers reveal.

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Hampshire emergency care under strain after hospital fire and vomiting outbreak

2011-12-12T18:01:00Z

PERFORMANCE: A hospital fire and an outbreak of the norovirus is putting acute services under strain in Hampshire.