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Training for dealing with dementia patients rolled out at Royal Devon and Exeter
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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NewsChanges to improve maternity care outlined
Hospitals across Wales are being given new guidance aimed at improving the care of pregnant and post-natal women and their babies.
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Slight worsening of MSA performance in Surrey and Sussex
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust this month recorded nine breaches of the Department of Health’s guidelines on mixed sex accommodation.
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First gastric bypass op at Ashford and St Peters’
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
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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Co-op wins Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals FT contract
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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NewsDrop in admission rates hailed as possible CCG success
A drop in hospital admission rates has been hailed by NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson as evidence that clinical commissioning is beginning to deliver improvements in care.
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Brighton worsens on mixed sex breaches
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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South London Healthcare to submit tripartite formal agreement
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
STRUCUTURE: NHS London was yesterday due to consider the fate of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust.
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Assura wins Surrey community services contract
COMMERCIAL: Assura Medical Limited has been announced as the preferred bidder for community health services in South West and North West Surrey.
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NewsRise in patients waiting for treatment
The number of patients forced to wait more than 18 weeks for NHS treatment has risen slightly, according to new figures.
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NewsFlory blames HCC for delay in action over Mid Staffs
The deputy chief executive of the NHS has admitted the Department of Health should have acted sooner over failings at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, but blamed the Healthcare Commission for not warning them of the seriousness.
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NewsPeers take aim at Health Social Care Bill
Peers have fired an early warning shot across the government’s bows over controversial health care reforms.
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NewsExclusive: fifth acute trust says it is considering private franchise management
A fifth hospital trust has said it will consider private franchise management.
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HSJ LocalManchester cancer waits see 'little improvement' since tsar's report
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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NHS Manchester identifies £6.8m of forecast overspends
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
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.
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NewsRegulator found safety concerns at half of hospitals and care homes
The Care Quality Commission had concerns about safety and care at half of NHS hospitals and care homes providing nursing last year, reveals its latest report on the state of health and social services in England.
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South Staffordshire 'concerned' after releasing two thirds of contingency reserves
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”.