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Trust sued over surgery blunder
PERFORMANCE: Salisbury Foundation Trust is being sued by a patient who had the wrong testicle removed during surgery and can no longer have children.
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NewsHSJ Live: rolling news 21.2.2013
Results of the latest wave of CCG authorisation decisions, the Nicholson debate continues and the HMRC is looking at trusts’ drug tax schemes, plus the rest of today’s news
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NewsExclusive: Major London trusts unveil cancer and cardiac shake-up
Three major teaching hospitals have unveiled a ground breaking service reorganisation under which they will exchange responsibility for providing key specialised services.
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NewsExclusive: 'Gagging' agreements in numbers
Figures obtained by Health Service Journal - presented below - paint a picture of the extent of use of compromise agreeements and confidentiality clauses - or gagging orders - in the NHS.
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NewsCompromise agreements 'should not silence safety concerns'
The vast majority of compromise agreements in the NHS are not the result of whistleblowing disputes, while confidentiality clauses cannot be used to directly prevent patient safety concerns being raised, HSJ has been told.
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NewsQuarter of CSU recruits come from outside transition pool
Around a quarter of staff appointed to commissioning support units have come from outside the pool of NHS commissioning staff affected by reorganisation.
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Analysis: Confidentiality deals a perennial controversy in the NHS
Confidentiality clauses in severance settlements are not a new source of controversy in the NHS.
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HSJ Local
Merseyside PCTs expect £12m surplus
FINANCE: The four PCTs in the Merseyside cluster expect to end the year with a £11.9m surplus – 0.5 per cent of their overall resources.
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Excess surplus at Leeds and York Partnership
FINANCE: Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust is nearly £1.5m ahead of plan on its surplus for this year.
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Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust appoints chair
WORKFORCE: Frank Griffiths has been reappointed chair of Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust by the council of governors.
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Infection concern saw temporary service move from Withernsea
PERFORMANCE: Raised levels of legionella bacteria discovered during water testing led to a temporary move of clinical services out of Withernsea Hospital in East Yorkshire in December.
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Bradford Care Trust short of health visitors
WORKFORCE: Health visitors are in short supply at Bradford District Care Trust, which finished the last quarter nearly ten short of its target of 133 in place.
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A&E problems at South Manchester FT
PERFORMANCE: A&E performance at the Univerrsity Hospital of South Manchester Foundation Trust slid to below 84 per cent against the four hour target in the early part of January.
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South Manchester CCG needs to reduce running costs
FINANCE: Management costs at South Manchester CCG will have to be shaved to bring it in within its £25 per head budget.
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Walk-in centre changes in Manchester
STRUCTURE: A walk-in centre has opened in Manchester, and another moved, as part of changes to emergency services.
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Aintree Hospitals MRSA concern
PERFORMANCE: Aintree University Hospitals Foundation Trust’s MRSA performance is causing concern with its main commissioner, Merseyside PCT Cluster.
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Lancashire PCTs forecast underspend
FINANCE: All five PCTs in the Lancashire cluster are forecasting an underspend against resources at year end, totalling nearly £13m.
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Blackburn urgent care centre referring back to primary care
STRUCTURE: Patients attending an urgent care centre in Blackburn are being referred back to their GP, dentist or pharmacy in a six month trial aimed at reducing attendance.
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Complaints problems at Cumbria Partnership
PERFORMANCE: Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust only resolved just over half of its complaints within its 25 day target, board papers reveal.
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Cumbria partnership appoints clinical director
WORKFORCE: Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust has appointed a new clinical director of children’s services, two new consultant psychiatrists and a new pathway lead for mental health and wellbeing.