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East London cluster plans set out
STRUCTURE: Governance arrangements have been set out for the NHS City and East London primary care trust cluster.
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Sussex partnership chief exec treated at nearby acute
WORKFORCE: Temporary management changes are taking place at the top of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust due to illness.
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Success for eating disorder service at Sussex Partnership FT
PERFORMANCE: A community eating disorder service has reduced admissions and facilitated early discharge in West Sussex.
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Review backs closure of A&E at North Tees and Hartlepool FT
STRUCTURE: The accident and emergency department at University Hospital of Hartlepool should close on safety grounds, an independent review has concluded.
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Nottingham University Hospitals pilots 'hourly checks' on patients
WORKFORCE: Trusts in the East Midlands are importing a US nursing model involving hourly checks on patients, in response to last month’s critical health service ombudsman report on care of older patients.
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CQC warns East Sussex Hospitals over staffing levels
WORKFORCE: The Care Quality Commission has given East Sussex Hospitals Trust until the end of the month to improve staffing levels.
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Whipps Cross chief exec steps down to work on merger plan
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust has announced she is to step down.
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Hull trust received mortality review
PERFORMANCE: An independent review of a high hospital-wide mortality rate at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust has recommended a series of improvement actions.
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Dorset community services transfer at risk
STRUCTURE: NHS Dorset is reporting that it may lack the capacity and resources to transform its community services.
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NewsPublic sector workers unhappy, survey reveals
More than half of public sector workers would consider taking industrial action, according to a study released as activists prepare for an anti-cuts protest in London.
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NewsNHS 'must publish performance data'
The NHS should undergo a culture change and improve services to patients by publishing performance data, according to a report.
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NewsCost of locum doctors expected to rise
The cost of locum doctors in the Scottish NHS has almost doubled over the past four years to more than £36m, according to Scottish government figures.
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New finance director for South West London and St Georges
WORKFORCE: Mike Naylor has been appointed director of finance and deputy chief executive at South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust.
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New Worcestershire provider hires chief executive
WORKFORCE: The new community provider organisation in Worcestershire has hired a chief executive from Dudley PCT.
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NewsPublic health transition 'road map' underway
A “mapping exercise” is underway to indicate how the public health workforce will be moved over to local authorities, the Department of Health has said.
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NewsFormer Blair health adviser returns to Cameron's number 10
A consultant who led the health targets and finances team of Tony Blair’s delivery unit has been appointed as the new health adviser to 10 Downing Street.
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Sandwell chief executive appointed to top Midlands cluster role
WORKFORCE: The current chief executive of NHS Sandwell has been appointed to the top job in the Black Country primary care trust cluster.
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NewsGPs 'to become change agents' - Lord Warner
The government’s planned reforms will “throw down the gauntlet to clinicians and give them their head to produce significant change”, according to the coalition-appointed chair of the Social Care Funding Commission.
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Worcestershire PCT boss gets top Midlands cluster job
WORKFORCE: Worcestershire’s chief executive has been appointed to the top role at the West Mercia primary care trust cluster.
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Stoke on Trent chief appointed to top Midlands cluster role
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of NHS Stoke on Trent has been appointed to the top position in the Staffordshire primary care trust cluster.