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Social services director appointed to Lancashire area team
WORKFORCE: Richard Jones has been appointed to lead the NHS Commissioning Board’s Lancashire Area Team.
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New medical director appointed at Gateshead FT
WORKFORCE: A specialist in gynaecological cancers has been appointed as the new medical director at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead.
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Two wrong side surgery events reported at East Kent Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust has operated on the wrong site in two patients.
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East Kent Hospitals breaches MRSA target
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust had four MRSA cases in Janaury, breaching its target for the year.
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Mixed sex accommodation breach peak in Kent and Medway
PERFORMANCE: Kent and Medway had 35 breaches of the mixed sex accommodation rules in January – with 20 of these at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust.
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Kent and Medway A&E performance dips below target
PERFORMANCE: The four hour A&E standard across Kent and Medway has fallen below 95 per cent. A report to the last meeting of the Kent and Medway PCT cluster board says it dipped below 95 per cent for year to date in mid January and was at 94.8 per cent ...
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Sussex considers out of hours contract extension due to transition
COMMERCIAL: NHS Sussex is to be asked to extend out of hours contracts across the county for an additional year – because the reprocurement has coincided with the handover to clinical commissioning groups and the launch of the 111 service.
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A&E performance problem in Sussex
PERFORMANCE: A&E performance across Sussex was below the 95 per cent target for treating patients within four hours in January.
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Sussex neuro patients likely to be referred to London
PERFORMANCE: Sussex patients needing routine neurosurgery may have to travel to London over the next few months because of pressure on the local provider.
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Luton CCG names AO
STRUCTURE: NHS Luton CCG has appointed Carol Hill as accountable officer.
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NewsHSJ Live 26.3.2013: Rolling coverage of Francis response debate
Live coverage of the Government’s response to the Francis inquiry, the publication of the fair playing field review, and the rest of today’s news
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Bradford Hospitals doc made national director for integration
STRUCTURE: A doctor at Bradford Hospitals NHS FT has been appointed as the national clinical director for integration and frail elderly.
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Work under way on 62-bed block at Lister Hospital
SERVICES: Work is underway on a new £18.6 million 62-bed ward block at the Lister Hospital, Stevenage.
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NewsExclusive: Nearly 50 trusts 'have no independent future'
Nearly 50 NHS trusts are likely to face merger or franchised management as they are unable to gain foundation status in their current form, HSJ has learned.
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Some commissioning groups face deficits in first year, officials admit
Some clinical commissioning groups are forecasting they will record deficits in their first year of operation, just days before the new groups take control of NHS budgets, the NHS Commissioning Board has confirmed.
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NewsAnalysed: the state of the FT pipeline
HSJ Briefing is our in-depth analysis of key issues facing some of the major NHS health economies. This week we examine the state of the foundation trust pipeline in the wake of the Francis inquiry.
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NewsTelehealth ‘not cost effective’
Telehealth, a key plank of the government’s innovation strategy is not cost effective, according to the latest official evaluation, in a government-backed study.
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NewsCCG to invite consortium bids for integrated service
A clinical commissioning group is tendering for an integrated provider of acute and community musculoskeletal services, to be paid through a “year of care” budget, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCCG representative group names GP leads
A representative group for clinical commissioning groups has appointed two co-chairs of its leadership group.
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