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First gastric bypass op at Ashford and St Peters’

2011-09-19T18:58:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Consultant surgeon Samer Humadi and his team at Ashford and St Peter’s hospitals undertook the trust’s first ever gastric bypass operation this month.

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Dartford breaches mixed target

2011-09-19T18:57:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust this month recorded three breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation, representing a dip in form against the target.

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Maidstone and Tunbridge improves on mixed sex breaches

2011-09-19T18:57:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust this month recorded 163 breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation.

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Brighton worsens on mixed sex breaches

2011-09-19T18:57:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust this month recorded 65 breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation, around 20 more than the previous month.

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Co-op wins Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals FT contract

2011-09-19T18:57:00Z

COMMERCIAL: The Co-operative Pharmacy has been awarded a seven year outpatient dispensing contract with Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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Warwickshire QIPP plan to close 130 acute beds

2011-09-19T18:33:00Z

STRUCTURE: Service changes resulting from Warwickshire primary care trust’s quality, innovation, productivity and prevention programme are likely to result in the closure of 130 acute sector beds.

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10.5 per cent drop in GP referrals to Wrightington Wigan and Leigh FT

2011-09-19T17:25:00Z

PERFORMANCE: GP referrals to the Wrightington Wigan and Leigh Foundation Trust were down 10.5 per cent in the first three months of 2011-12 compared with the same period the previous year, the primary care trust NHS Ashton Wigan and Leigh has reported.

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Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh ‘on target’ to make emergency admissions savings

2011-09-19T17:24:00Z

FINANCE: NHS Ashton, Leigh and Wigan’s main acute provider, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh FT, is on track to make planned savings through reductions in emergency and alcohol related admissions, its latest quality, innovation, productivity and prevention report states.

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Weston Area Health Trust £530k behind on QIPP plan

2011-09-19T16:13:00Z

FINANCE: Failure to deliver key QIPP savings could put Weston Area Health Trust’s financial plans in jeopardy, managers have been warned.

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Training for dealing with dementia patients rolled out at Royal Devon and Exeter

2011-09-19T16:04:00Z

WORKFORCE: Ward staff at Royal Devon and Exeter FT have had specialist training on how to handle difficult situations involving dementia patients who may be confused or upset on the wards.

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East Surrey social enterprise to 'go live' next month

2011-09-19T15:53:00Z

STRUCTURE: A social enterprise scheme that will run community services in the east of Surrey is due to be created on 1 October, according to NHS Surrey.

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Kent PCT sends patient data CD to the tip

2011-09-19T00:00:00Z

PERFORMANCE: NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent accidentally sent a CD containing the personal details of 1.6 million patients to a landfill site in March.  

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South London Healthcare to submit tripartite formal agreement

2011-09-16T18:53:00Z

STRUCTURE: South London Healthcare is to to submit a tripartite formal agreement in light of a finance and performance audit.

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Royal National Orthopaedic's fate discussed at private SHA meeting

2011-09-16T18:51:00Z

STRUCUTURE: NHS London was yesterday due to consider the fate of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust.

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Northern Staffordshire facing 18 weeks backlog

2011-09-16T18:51:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Northern Staffordshire has a backlog of 527 patients on the 18 weeks waiting list, affecting those in NHS Stoke-on-Trent, NHS North Staffordshire and University Hospitals of North Staffordshire.

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Manchester cancer waits see 'little improvement' since tsar's report

2011-09-16T18:35:00Z

PERFORMANCE: A report for Greater Manchester commissioners has found “little sustained improvement” in the area’s poor cancer waiting times, despite the intervention in February of the government’s cancer tsar.

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South Staffordshire 'concerned' after releasing two thirds of contingency reserves

2011-09-16T18:35:00Z

FINANCE: NHS South Staffordshire has had to release more than two thirds of its contingency reserves, which it has said it is a “cause for concern”.

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Warwickshire faces £289m five-year savings target

2011-09-16T18:35:00Z

FINANCE: Warwickshire primary care trust is planning to make £289m of savings over five years.

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NHS Manchester identifies £6.8m of forecast overspends

2011-09-16T18:18:00Z

FINANCE: The primary care trust has identified forecast overspends of £6.8m for 2011-12, the latest NHS Greater Manchester finance report states.

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NHS Bury back in surplus

2011-09-16T18:15:00Z

FINANCE: The primary care trust’s in-year finances were back in the black in July after it received a “non-recurrent financial allocation” to cover the restructuring costs of its £25m savings plan.