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Berkshire system hopes to relieve acute pressure with 50 community beds
STRUCTURE: The Royal Berkshire Hospitals Foundation Trust is working with commissioners to establish 50 new community beds, in a bid to deal with rising demand for services.
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Rising bed occupancy causes £2.3m savings risk at Oxford trust
WORKFORCE: Staff costs due to a “high levels of bed occupancy” at Oxford University Hospitals Trust could lead to a £2.3m shortfall in the organisation’s savings target.
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East Sussex board backs reconfiguration plans
STRUCTURE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust’s board has agreed recommendations that will see three key service areas reconfigured between its two main hospital sites.
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George Eliot death rate drops
PERFORMANCE: George Eliot Hospital Trust’s mortality rate has dropped, latest figures show, although it remains “higher than expected”.
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Maternity inspection at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals
WORKFORCE: Care Quality Commission inspectors have identified Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust to be in breach of essential standards relating to ratios of midwives to mothers.
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Final business case submitted for north Kent merger
STRUCTURE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust and Medway Foundation Trust have published a final business case for their proposed merger.
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Princess Alexandra £4.2m behind plan
FINANCE: Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust is £4.2m behind its financial plan at the halfway stage of 2012-13.
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Royal Berkshire blames complaints on Cerner
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust’s nursing director has suggested that a high level of complaints about staff is in part down to the implementation of the Cerner Millennium electronic patient record system.
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East Kent Hospitals pioneers new nursing tool
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust has introduced “red mats” to alert all staff to nutritional needs 24/7.
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Delayed transfers remain a 'major concern' in Oxford
PERFORMANCE: Delayed transfers of care have again been identified as a “major cause of concern” at Oxford University Hospitals Trust.
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Crucial FT meeting for Surrey and Sussex delayed
STRUCTURE: A key meeting regarding the future of Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust’s bid for foundation trust status has been postponed.
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Western Sussex sees benefits of orthopaedics recovery programme
PERFORMANCE: Changes to the way hip and knee replacement surgery is carried out at Western Sussex Hospitals Trust are producing “better than hoped for” results for length of hospital stay.
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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare designated as trauma unit
STRUCTURE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust has been officially designated as a regional trauma unit following an assessment on 16 November.
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Berkshire responds to persistent delayed transfer issue
PERFORMANCE West Berkshire health and social care bodies have begun weekly meetings in west Berkshire in response to the area’s persistently high delayed transfers of care rate.
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‘Disappointing’ MRSA cases at Brighton and Sussex
PERFORMANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has recorded three MRSA cases since July, according to interim chief executive Chris Adcock.
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Southampton doctors trial new flu vaccine
CLINICAL RESEARCH: Doctors based in Southampton are trialing a new “four-part” vaccine which they hope will offer children much greater protection against flu viruses.
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Surrey and Borders slips behind plan on finance
FINANCE: Surrey and Borders Partnership Foundation Trust’s operational position was a £122,000 surplus on 30 June 2012.
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Sleep services remains issue for Queen Victoria Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The Queen Victoria Hospital Foundation Trust has noted that it is still failing to meet the 18 week target for two services, which is costing it money.
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New cardiology service first in Kent
STRUCTURE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust launched an EPS (electrophysiological studies and ablation) service this month.
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Medway GP charged with sexual assault
WORKFORCE: A GP has appeared at Maidstone Crown Court after being charged with sexually assaulting two women at St Mary’s Medical Centre in Strood.