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NHS Cambridgeshire warns on QIPP delivery
FINANCE: Failing to deliver on QIPP projects could lead to an overspend of £13m in the acute sector for NHS Cambridgeshire, the cluster board has warned.
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C Difficile problem at Hinchingbrooke
PERFORMANCE: Hinchingbrooke Healthcare Trust had five cases of clostridium difficile in the first three months of this financial year against a full year target of six, the PCT cluster board heard.
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Cambridge Hospitals missing 18 week target
PERFORMANCE: Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust is not meeting the 18 week referral-to-treatment standard and progress on doing so has fallen behind plan, the PCT cluster board heard. The trust is likely to miss agreed recovery targets for some specialities.
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Dorset Healthcare chief exec goes 'back to the floor'
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of Dorset Healthcare Foundation Trust has been going “back to the floor” and shadowing staff on the front line.
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Hunts CCGs block Hinchingbrooke A&E redesign funds
FINANCE: A plan to redesign the ‘front of house’ approach to A&E at Hinchingbrooke Hospital has failed to win support from local GPs.
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Western Sussex Hospitals purchase new infection control technology
COMMERCIAL: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has purchased a pioneering new infection control device, which uses hydrogen peroxide vapour.
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New Cambridgeshire and Peterborough FT chair named
WORKFORCE: A new chair is taking over at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust.
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Cambridgeshire and Luton face health visitor shortfall
WORKFORCE: The total number of health visitors in Cambridgeshire and Luton needs to double by 2015 to meet the government’s pledge to provide 4200 extra health visitors nationally.
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East and North Herts recording early £1m surplus
FINANCE: East and North Hertfordshire Trust had a surplus of over £1m in May, slightly ahead of target, and a financial risk rating of three which it hopes to maintain for the rest of the financial year.
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Building work starts for new £1.4m Leicester cancer unit
STRUCTURE: Building work on a new £1.4m state-of-the-art children and young people’s cancer unit at the Leicester Royal Infirmary has begun.
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New pharmacy to reduce outpatient wait
STRUCTURE: A new pharmacy at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary should help reduce waiting times for outpatients, say managers.
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HSJ LocalNicholson opens 'advanced' Wirral GP practice
STRUCTURE: NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has formally opened the new premises of a Wirral GP partnership, at which national commissioning leader James Kingsland is a senior partner.
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Poor social care providers should be named says Midlands council
A Midlands county council has proposed naming and shaming providers of poor care in a shake-up of adult social services.
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C diff outbreak at West Suffolk
PERFORMANCE: Four cases of c difficile infection on a stroke ward in West Suffolk Hospital is being investigated as an outbreak, NHS Suffolk board was told.
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Herts trust reviews neonatal never event
PERFORMANCE: A case of MRSA in a neonate has sparked an internal ‘never event’ review at East and North Hertfordshire Trust.
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Cambridgeshire redesigns sexual health services
SERVICES: NHS Cambridgeshire is developing and redesigning its sexual health and contraceptive services to improve patient choice and reduce health inequalities.
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Lynne Wigens appointed at Ipswich
WORKFORCE: Lynne Wigens has been appointed director of nursing and quality at Ipswich Hospital Trust.
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West Suffolk invests in cataract treatment
SERVICES: West Suffolk Hospital has invested £125,000 in new equipment which improve cataract surgery.
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Peterborough and Cambridgeshire PCT cluster gets new chair
WORKFORCE: John Barratt is to take over as chair of the Peterborough and Cambridgeshire PCT cluster after Maureen Donnelly accepted a post as lay chair designate of a CCG.
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Troubled mental health trust had 'centralist' culture
Mental health trust Avon and Wiltshire Partnership should put its foundation trust application on hold while it deals with its “centralist, top down and target driven” culture, an independent review has concluded.