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New strategy director for Imperial
WORKFORCE: Imperial have apppointed Brendan Farmer from Capgemini as director of strategy.
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Sussex Partnership is top trust in Stonewall equality index
WORKFORCE: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has become the first ever NHS organisation to make it into the top 10 in the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index.
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Medway trialling Dr Foster hospital performance tool
PERFORMANCE: Medway Foundation Trust has been trialling a new online “quick-look” performance management tool launched by healthcare information provider Dr Foster Intelligence.
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NHS Kingston surplus dependent on transition fund and contingency reserve
FINANCE: The south west London PCT NHS Kingston has reported it “is still able to deliver its target surplus of £3.9m, however, in order for this to be achieved both the transition fund and 0.5 per cent contingency reserve have been utilised in its entirety”.
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Western Sussex Hospitals MRSA free for 12 months
PERFORMANCE: There were no cases of hospital-acquired MRSA at Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust during 2011.
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SHAs asked to endorse £278m Alder Hey rebuild
FINANCE: Strategic health authorities will this week be asked to endorse the business case for a £278m rebuilding of the foundation’s hospital and grounds.
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Mid Yorks Hospitals' £20m forecast deficit tips Yorks & Humber trusts into red
FINANCE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust is forecasting a £20m deficit for 2011-12, despite receiving £14m additional support from commissioners.
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Fourteen CCGs in North of England have structure problem
STRUCTURE: NHS North of England has highlighted problems with the structure of 14 prospective clinical commissioning groups in the patch, including one in Wirral of which prominent GP commissioner James Kingsland is a member.
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NewsDH plans to allow councils to take on public health functions early
The Department of Health is considering “arrangements” that will allow councils to take over the management of public health functions before the legal transition of responsibility in 2013.
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Two new Monitor non-executive directors appointed
The Department of Health this morning announced the appointment of Keith Palmer and Sigurd Reinton to the Monitor board.
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NewsLabour calls on Lib Dems peers to oppose bill
The coalition government is allowing NHS hospitals to devote half their beds, appointments and car park spaces to private patients, Labour has claimed.
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Oxygen cylinder explosion to be investigated by HSE
PERFORMANCE: Patients had to be evacuated from the intensive care unit at Royal United Hospital Bath after an oxygen cylinder exploded.
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Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals loses nearly 10 per cent of charitable funds on stock market
FINANCE: The east London acute trust lost £300k of its £3.4m charitable fund in quarter two, minutes to the meeting of the charitable fund committee reported.
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Patients needing home oxygen services may have to take deliveries at night during Olympics
PERFORMANCE: A risk planning document for the south west London cluster of PCTs said deliveries of services like oxygen to patients homes could have to be made at night, to avoid disruption to the Olympics.
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George Eliot in deficit amid 'capacity pressures'
FINANCE: George Eliot Hospital Trust reported a deficit of £88,000 in October, bringing the year-to-date position to £146,000.
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Report finds too few health visitors in Croydon
WORKFORCE: Health visitors in the south London borough face caseloads of nearly double recommended levels.
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CCGs in Derbyshire 'confused' over finances and lacking 'coherent strategy'
PERFORMANCE: Derbyshire clinical commissioning groups variously lack a “coherent strategy”, show “confusion” over finances and have “low confidence” in hitting savings targets, according to the primary care trust cluster chairman.
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NHS Wandsworth's surplus at risk from acute overspend
FINANCE: A finance report to the south west London PCT cluster showed Wandsworth’s reserves had gone from £18m at the start of the year to £3m by the end of month eight.
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Wirral FT receiving ‘intensive support’ for waiting times problems
PERFORMANCE: The trust is working with the Department of Health’s intensive support team on a revised plan to tackle its waiting times problems, NHS North of England’s latest performance report states.