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Heatherwood FT slips on waiting list backlog
PERFORMANCE: Bosses at Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust have warned that their ability to cut a backlog in long waiters could be “in jeopardy” as extra cash to deal with the issue runs out.
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Monitor warns of risks to Yeovil's plans
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has judged Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust is a “high risk” due to recent personnel changes and lack of financial headroom.
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Proposal to centralise pathology at St George's
STRUCTURE: The London review of pathology services has proposed centralising pathology in south west London at St George’s Hospital.
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Fifteen nurse hours per bed day at Shelford Group trusts
WORKFORCE: Research carried for the Shelford Group, which represents England’s most powerful teaching hospitals, shows each patient bed day accounts for an average of 15 nurse hours.
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OUH named as worst performer in the south on A&E
PERFORMANCE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust was the worst performer on accident and emergency in the south of England in quarter one of 2012-13.
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Plymouth avoids being 'escalated' as it delays FT application
STRUCTURE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust has pushed back its target date for applying to become a foundation trust.
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NewsMPs: community hospitals are 'key to NHS'
Community hospitals should be valued by the NHS as a key part of the NHS, the government has been told.
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Focus on falls at Lincolnshire Trust
PERFORMANCE: United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust has launched a major push to prevent patients falling whilst in hospital.
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Estates arm of Guy's and St Thomas' identifies £6m in extra income
COMMERCIAL: The estates and infrastructure arm of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust believes there is potentially an extra £6m in profit to be made for the trust on “higher margin traded services”.
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Guy's and St Thomas' estate services target work in Leeds
COMMERCIAL: Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust is considering bidding to run the “energy performance contract” for Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust and the University of Leeds.
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Epsom and St Helier finance ahead of plan
FINANCE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust is ahead on its financial plan by £429,000, its July finance report reveals, but the trust is still predicting a year-end deficit of £19.4m.
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George Eliot death rates remain high
PERFORMANCE: Latest death rate figures have highlighted ongoing problems at George Eliot Hospital Trust, and suggest that a spike in mortality rates elsewhere in Warwickshire earlier this year was short-lived.
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Quality improves at Heatherwood and Wexham Park on introduction of Safety Thermometer
PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust has reported a steady improvement on some quality indicators since the introduction of the NHS Safety Thermometer.
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Plymouth Community Healthcare mental health unit rated excellent
PERFORMANCE: Plymouth Community Healthcare’s Glenbourne Unit has been assessed as excellent by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
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Yeovil FD leaves after 18 years
WORKFORCE: Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust finance director Libby Walters is leaving the trust after 18 years.
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NewsPatient records security worries MP
The security of patients’ records is being put at risk by the decision of hospital trusts to outsource their administration to overseas’ companies, an MP claimed.
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Solent Trust on target for waits
PERFORMANCE: Solent Trust was rated green on all but one of its waiting times targets in the first quarter of 2012-13.
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Interserve gains Leicestershire preferred bidder status
COMMERCIAL: Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland cluster of PCTs have appointed Interserve as the preferred bidder for a major NHS estates contract.
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Peterborough and Stamford forecasts reduced deficit
FINANCE: Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust is reducing its forecast deficit from over £54m to £52.5m - and has pushed back the date when it is likely to need external funding to December.
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Guy's and St Thomas' tightens procedure for 'ethical' donations
STRUCTURE: Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust has drawn up a memorandum of understanding “regulating the types of contributions it was appropriate to accept or refuse on proper ethical grounds, as a result of fundraising across King’s Health Partners.”