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NewsAnalysed: Rotherham's IT system and performance struggle
How the troubled implementation of a new IT system exacerbated financial woes at Rotherham and what lies ahead for the trust
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NewsLamb invites bids from 'integration pioneers'
Health economies have been invited to bid to become integration “pioneers” running large-scale experiments in integrated care, in an initiative launched by health minister Norman Lamb.
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Epsom and St Helier missing A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust is breaching a number of performance targets for A&E, new data shows.
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East Sussex worst offender in region for mixed sex breaches
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust breached the government’s guidelines on mixed-sex accommodation on 15 occasions in March.
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Bury CCG to run block contracts with main providers
FINANCE: NHS Bury CCG has said its main contracts for 2013-14 will be operated on a “block basis”, meaning the provider does not get paid more if activity is higher than planned.
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Temporary safety changes to maternity services take hold in East Sussex
STRUCTURE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust has confirmed that temporary changes to maintain the safety of its maternity and paediatric services were implemented on 7 May.
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Hospital transfer wait 'too long'
Older patients are having to wait for a month before they are transferred from hospitals to care homes, a charity has warned.
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Troubled Rotherham FT plans £5m 'corporate' savings
Rotherham Foundation Trust is planning to save £5m from its “corporate overheads” as it battles to deliver £50m cost cuts in the next three years.
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LeaderLeader: Francis demands more honesty from the NHS
Robert Francis wants to shift the NHS’s centre of gravity
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14 never events at Wolverhampton trust since April 2011
PERFORMANCE: Surgeons and theatre staff at a Midlands hospital have been given further training after 14 so-called Never Events.
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Concern over crisis services at Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust
PERFORMANCE: Barnet CCG has written to Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust to express concern over access to crisis and adult mental health services.
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Medway second worst offender in region for mixed sex breaches
PERFORMANCE: Medway NHS Foundation Trust breached the government’s guidelines on mixed-sex accommodation on eight occasions in March.
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Western Sussex Hospitals draws up staff wellbeing strategy
WORKFORCE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has published a draft strategy to improve the health and wellbeing of its staff.
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Central Manchester CCG investigates options for chronic pain service
COMMERCIAL: Practices in central Manchester are being asked to participate in an audit to “ascertain the impact of a chronic pain service”, according to clinical commissioning group board papers.
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SASH launches new nursing and midwifery strategy
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust has published a three-year Nursing and Midwifery Strategy intended to take frontline care to a “higher level”.
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NewsFrancis concerned about failure to merge regulators' 'leadership'
The refusal to merge NHS provider regulation into a single organisation could leave the system open to mistakes, Robert Francis QC has told HSJ.
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NewsFrancis warns recommendations could be lost in 'long grass'
Robert Francis QC has cautioned the government against allowing its review of safety in the NHS to “disappear beneath the long grass”. He also called for an “honest” conversation between the NHS and the public about which health services could be safely provided.
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NewsNHS leaders must make improvements, warns Francis
NHS leaders who fail to make improvements in response to the Francis report should not have “a place in that system”, Robert Francis QC has told HSJ.
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NewsFrancis criticises nursing leaders
The leaders of the nursing profession have been criticised by Robert Francis QC, who told HSJ he has seen little to “give him cause for optimism”.
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New chief nurse at Leicestershire Partnership Trust
WORKFORCE: Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust has appointed Adrian Childs as its new chief nurse, from Manchester Mental Health & Social Care NHS Trust.