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Moorfields selected to provide community opthamology services in SW London
STRUCTURE: The specialist trust has been chosen by commissioners to provide community eye services working out of its Queen Mary’s Roehampton and Teddington Memorial Hospital.
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Durham and Darlington hospitals struggling with A&E capacity
PERFORMANCE: County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust has been struggling to meet accident and emergency waiting times requirements.
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Former West Kent chief exec leaves SHA role for Qatar
WORKFORCE: NHS South East Coast regional director of provider development Steve Phoenix is to leave the strategic health authority in September.
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Darlington PCT overspent on non-NHS provider
FINANCE: Darlington PCT was due to meet its overall surplus plan for 2010-11, despite recording significant over-performance on its contracts with independent sector treatment centres.
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Bassetlaw cluster appointments made
WORKFORCE: A number of appointments have been made to the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw cluster.
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SLAM to work with Microsoft on patient record plan
COMMERCIAL: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has announced it is working with Microsoft to develop and personal online health record for mental health patients.
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Ealing Hospital chief exec defends maternity services from attack by the Mail on Sunday
WORKFORCE: In his report to May meeting of the board acting chief executive Dr William Lynn said: “The article discussed the ethnicity of mothers giving birth at EHT and implied that the maternity care provided at the trust was poor because we deal with a diverse population.”
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New software gives UHB access to data from other trusts
COMMERCIAL: University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust has implemented new software providing secure access to patient data from neighbouring trusts.
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New chief exec for Walton Centre Foundation Trust
WORKFORCE: The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust on Merseyside has appointed an HR specialist as its new chief executive.
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NewsSharp rise in young attending A&E
There has been a dramatic rise in the number of children taken to A&E departments with common illnesses, research suggests.
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Blackpool and North Lancs to consult on four hospital closures
STRUCTURE: Primary care trusts in Blackpool and North Lancashire are preparing to consult local residents on the possible closure of four hospitals across the Fylde coast, board documents reveal.
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Torbay Care Trust closes NHS Devon hospital
PERFORMANCE: A community hospital had to be closed by its new management days after its transfer to Torbay Care Trust under the transforming community services programme.
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Lancs FT paid £169,000 in severance over past two years
WORKFORCE: The foundation trust has made severance pay outs of £169,467 to departing employees over the past two years, figures released by the Public Accounts Committee show.
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Two women die after Royal Oldham A&E wait
PERFORMANCE: Two women died after they had to be treated in ambulances outside a hospital because its A&E unit was full.
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NewsGovernment must remove barriers to integrated care, warns King's Fund
Barriers to more integrated care must be overcome if the NHS is to rise to its challenges, the King’s Fund has written in its official response to the Health Bill’s “pause”.
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NewsLung cancer audit shows huge variations between trusts
An audit of lung cancer care has found wide regional variation in the number of patients receiving treatment.
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Torbay looks to make changes to hospital management
STRUCTURE: Torbay Care Trust is planning to implement new management structures for its community hospitals in a bid to ensure the delivery of “safe, effective and high quality care”.
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Interim chair appointed at Western Sussex Hospitals Trust
WORKFORCE: The Appointments Commission has confirmed the appointment of Mike Viggers as interim chair of Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust.
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Trafford CEO heads to Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals
WORKFORCE: Ron Calvert has been appointed chief executive of Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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Winchester and Eastleigh staff sickness levels reflects vacancy rate
WORKFORCE: Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust has attributed a high sickness rate among clinical and diagnostics services (CADS) staff to a high level of vacancies.