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Herts hospital bids to cut energy costs
FINANCE: Hertfordshire-based Lister Hospital has changed the way it buys its energy from the National Grid in a move which could substantially cut its energy bills.
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Hillingdon Hospitals wins ophthalmology and GP pathology contracts
COMMERCIAL: Hillingdon Hospitals has won community ophthalmology and GP pathology contracts worth £2.3m and £6m respectively, board papers reveal.
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Four directors appointed to Durham, Darlington & Tees LAT
WORKFORCE: Four directors have been appointed to the NHS Commissioning Board’s Durham, Darlington & Tees Local Area Team.
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Three directors appointed to North Yorkshire and Humber LAT
WORKFORCE: Three directors have been appointed to the NHS Commissioning Board’s North Yorkshire and Humber Local Area Team.
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Trust 'run like school, not a hospital'
WORKFORCE: A report to the board of Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust said the organisation was “run like a school, not a hospital”, with staff taking “assuming” they could take the school holidays off.
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Mental health reconfiguration consultation nears end
STRUCTURE: A consultation on the reconfiguration of mental health services across Kent is due to end on 26 October.
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NewsDetails of Savile investigations announced
A former barrister has been brought in to oversee the investigations into Jimmy Savile’s activities at Stoke Mandeville, Broadmoor and Leeds General Infirmary.
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NewsAcute FTs push their workforce reductions back to 2013-14
Acute foundation trusts are planning to increase staff numbers by more than 2,500 this financial year, latest figures released to HSJ show.
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Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals misses A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals has now missed the A&E four-hour wait target for each month of the financial year.
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Stephen Dalton named as head of Mental Health Network
Stephen Dalton, chief executive of Cumbria Partnership Foundation trust, has been appointed as chief executive of the NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network.
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New vascular surgery service for Derbyshire
STRUCTURE: Two East Midlands foundation trusts have joined forces to provide an integrated vascular surgery service to the whole of Derbyshire.
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Two never events at Hampshire Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust recorded two “never events” in June, including one caused by clinicians getting an x-ray back to front.
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New AQP providers get go-ahead for CBT in Kent
COMMERCIAL: New organisations have been given the go-ahead to provide talking therapy, including cognitive behavioural therapy, across Kent and Medway.
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Norovirus outbreak at Mid Staffordshire
PERFORMANCE: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has closed one ward and its acute stroke unit to admissions, transfers and discharges to nursing homes after an outbreak of norovirus.
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New beds for Lincolnshire trauma patients
FINANCE: An East Midlands trust has spent more than £15,000 to purchase 15 new high-tech beds for trauma patients.
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NewsDoctor recruitment drive off to slow start
A recruitment drive to increase the number of doctors in Wales has seen just five vacancies filled in six months, a government document shows.
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NewsNo revalidation of nurses for three years
Revalidation for nurses will not be introduced for at least three years, despite the head of the Nursing and Midwifery Council admitting current arrangements are “not fit for purpose”.
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Hillingdon Hospitals earns same revenue year-on-year with '120 fewer staff'
WORKFORCE: A report to the board of Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust said its revenue was £1m ahead of plan in August, with costs £838,000 higher than plan, with £500,000 “directly linked with the higher NHS clinical income achieved”.
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Virgin community services begin in Sussex
COMMERCIAL: A new community musculoskeletal service has been launched across Hastings and Rother following a tender exercise won by Virgin Care.
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Swale CCG seeks lay members
WORKFORCE: Two independent lay members are being sought to join the governing body of Swale Clinical Commissioning Group.