All HSJ Local articles – Page 492
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Interim medical director at Taunton and Somerset
WORKFORCE: An interim medical director has been appointed at Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust.
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CQC to investigate 'atypical' rise in never events
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission is investigating Nottingham University Hospitals Trust after eight “never events” were recorded in six months.
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Surrey trust loses confidential patient records
PERFORMANCE: The security of hundreds of patients’ confidential details was compromised when a memory stick containing the data went missing, a healthcare trust has admitted.
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Southern Health over target despite admissions cut
PERFORMANCE: Emergency admissions from Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust have fallen in 2011-12 compared with last year, but remain above target.
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Yorkshire PCT has 'significant concerns' about GP minor surgery letter
FINANCE: NHS North Yorkshire and York has said it has “significant concerns” about a letter sent by a GP practice to patients it believed wanted minor surgery, in which the practice offered to carry out procedures it said were no longer funded by the primary care trust for a fee.
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Savings shortfall leaves Southport and Ormskirk surplus 96 per cent behind plan
FINANCE: Failure to meet cost improvement programme savings targets has left the trust with a surplus of just £59,000 for the first five months of 2011-12, against a planned surplus of £728,000.
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Guy's and St Thomas' expecting to exceed activity plans by £5.8m
FINANCE: The south London foundation trust’s finance report said the £987m-turnover organisation’s predicted over-performance had grown by £900,000 since the previous month.
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Southern Health doubts value of joint procurement scheme
FINANCE: Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust have opted not to join a joint procurement programme involving most other trusts in the South Central region.
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Kingston says most year-plus elective waits have already been treated
PERFORMANCE: The south west London hospital trust recorded the worst elective admission rates for people waiting more than a year in June.
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Croydon Health Services planning work around discharge delays
PERFORMANCE: The outer London integrated care organisation is planning a “significant piece of business process reengineering” to reduce delays in getting medication for patients to take home.
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SHA highlights 'never events' at West Herts Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: West Hertfordshire Hospitals has admitted it has had seven “never events” since October 2010, after concerns were raised by its strategic health authority.
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Whittington pressure ulcers rates down
PERFORMANCE: The incidence of the most serious pressure ulcers has fallen at the north London integrated care organisation.
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Poole FT patient records stolen from nurse’s car
PERFORMANCE: Poole foundation trust has been rapped by the Information Commissioner’s Office after patient records were stolen from the car of one of its nurses.
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Royal Devon and Exeter gets backing for £19m research centre
COMMERCIAL: Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust has been granted planning permission for a £19m research centre.
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York GPs tell patients they can pay for NHS-limited procedures
FINANCE: A GP surgery has written to patients who it believed wanted minor surgery which is no longer funded by its primary care trust, offering to carry out the procedures for a fee, it has emerged.
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Thousands of records accidentally destroyed by Dartford and Gravesham
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust breached the Data Protection Act by accidentally destroying 10,000 archived records, the Information Commissioner’s Office has said.
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East Cheshire Trust £4.1m behind on savings plans
FINANCE: At the end of August the trust was £4.1m behind on its £14.6m cost improvement programme savings plan for 2011-12, its latest finance report shows.
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Planning permission for new ward granted to Surrey and Sussex Healthcare
STRUCTURE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has been granted planning permission for a 40 bed ward, plus £2.8m from the government to build it.
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Surrey and Borders Partnership appoints non-execs
WORKFORCE: Three new non-executive directors have been appointed at Surrey and Borders Partnership Foundation Trust.
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Sickness absence up 1.3 per cent on year at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare
WORKFORCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has reported that its sickness absence rate, while down on last month, is 1.3 per cent higher than last year.