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Sussex health visitor receives QNI grant for local project
FINANCE: A health visitor from Lewes has been awarded a £5,000 grant by the Queen’s Nursing Institute to improve access to healthcare for the Gypsy and Traveller community locally.
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East Sussex wards closed by norovirus
STRUCTURE: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has several wards closed due to norovirus.
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Western Sussex Hospitals continues down FT pipeline
STRUCTURE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has been supplying Monitor with further information regarding its attempts to become a foundation trust.
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Medway FT accepts health and safety fine
FINANCE: Medway Foundation Trust accepted a fine for beaching health and safety laws, according to board papers presented in January.
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Refurbishments to take place at Western Sussex
STRUCTURE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust is to carry out “significant refurbishments” to its maxillofacial unit and fracture clinic.
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A&E refurb complete at East Kent Hospitals FT
STRUCTURE: The refurbishment of the emergency separtment at Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital was completed on 25 January.
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Review of A&E complaints at Western Sussex
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has begun a review of why its accident and emergency department has more complaints than other parts of the organisation.
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NewsHSJ Live 5.3.2013: Nicholson faces MPs over Francis report
Sir David Nicholson defended his record under questioning by the Commons health committee, in an evidence session looking at the findings of the Francis report. The commissioning board chief executive said that high mortality rates at Stafford Hospital were not known by local system managers at the time of the ...
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HSJ Local
Hillingdon would record £21.2m deficit without bailout
FINANCE: Hillingdon Primary Care Trust is anticipating ending 2012-13 with a deficit of £21.2m, before bailout.
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HSJ Local
North Cumbria cuts surplus forecast by 80 per cent
FINANCE: The trust has cut its forecast surplus from £1m down to just £200,000 despite receiving more than £20m in “strategic support funding” for the year.
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Registrars survey sparks call for contract change and seven day working
A survey of medical registrars has found many are overworked, posing a threat to patient safety, and has sparked a call from NHS Employers for changes to consultants’ working practices and contracts.
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NewsAnalysed: QIPP in Birmingham and Solihull
This week’s HSJ Local Briefing examines the success of the Birmingham and Solihull cluster’s 2012-13 efficiency plans, and how the health economy plans to save money in 2013-14.
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Targets have distracted NHS from care, says commissioning board director
An NHS Commissioning Board director has said the Francis report shows that “political or other objectives” such as targets trumped concerns over failings in NHS care.
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HSJ Local
Two trusts say private sector franchise an option
STRUCTURE: Two small provider trusts - both of which have aggressively pursued service and organisational integration - have indicated they may form partnerships with the independent sector.
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NewsExclusive: Fewer doctors per bed at death-rate investigation trusts
An analysis of the 14 hospital trusts being investigated by the Department of Health over higher than expected death rates has highlighted medical staffing as a possible cause.
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NewsYear of care tariff under development in Birmingham
Commissioners and providers in Birmingham and Solihull are working together on a “year of care” tariff aimed at driving integrated care and keeping patients out of hospital, HSJ’s latest Local Briefing has found.
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NewsNHS hospitals could be paid extra under 'cherry picking' rules
Commissioners may need to increase the prices they pay to NHS hospitals left with more complex workloads after other providers have “cherry picked” the easier patients, new Department of Health guidance shows.
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NewsExclusive: Commissioning board appoints charity chief as patient experience director
The NHS Commissioning Board has appointed Neil Churchill, chief executive of Asthma UK, as its director of patient experience, HSJ has learned.
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NewsPatient malnutrition 'unacceptable'
The Department of Health has increased the number of unannounced inspections by the care watchdog, saying it is “unacceptable” for patients to go hungry or be malnourished in hospitals.
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HSJ Local
Poole reorganisation to close five beds
STRUCTURE: A reorganisation of beds as a result of changes to patient pathways at Poole Hospital Foundation Trust will result in annual savings of £250,000, trust board papers report.