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NewsSchizophrenia care levels 'catastrophically short'
Care for people with schizophrenia and psychosis is falling “catastrophically short”, a report has found.
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Sheffield Children's closely misses 18 weeks target
Sheffield Children’s Foundation Trust closely missed the 18 weeks referral to treatment target for admitted patients in August.
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Mid Staffs recruits extra nurses
WORKFORCE: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has issued an appeal for registered nurses to join its staff.
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Anti-bug device hope for hospitals
A bug-busting “black box” is being developed that can rapidly identify the source of hospital infections and help staff to stop them spreading.
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Oxford trust opens £13m acute vascular imaging centre
STRUCTURE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust has opened an acute vascular imaging centre worth £13m.
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Bradford hospitals struggling with 18 weeks target
Bradford Teaching Foundation Trust missed the 18 weeks referral to treatment target for admitted patients by a signficant distance in August.
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Doncaster closely misses waiting list target
At Doncaster & Bassetlaw Foundation Trust missed the target for 92 per cent of patients on its waiting list to have waited less than 18 weeks.
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Electronic record throws waiting list figures in Rotherham
The Rotherham Foundation Trust missed the target for a minimum of 92% of its waiting list to have waited less than 18 weeks in August.
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Rotherham Hospital plans to cut 20pc of workforce over three years
WORKFORCE: Rotherham Foundation Trust has announced plans to cut 750 jobs - about 20 per cent of its workforce - over three years.
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Bristol reconsiders mental health tendering plans
COMMERCIAL: NHS Bristol may not put all secondary mental health services in Bristol out to tender following concerns from the public and NHS South of England.
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Chief executive steps down at north-west trust
WORKFORCE: Stockport Foundation Trust’s chief executive Chris Burke has announced his retirement, after 12 years in post.
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'Agreed resignations' to cost Birmingham and Black Country clusters £11m
WORKFORCE: The Black Country and Birmingham and Solihull primary care trust clusters have announced they will spend £11m on voluntary redundancies.
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Oxford trust plans two new operating theatres
STRUCTURE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust is planning to open two operating theatres on its Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre site.
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North of England provider development lead joins Trust Development Authority
WORKFORCE: Nicky O’Connor, programme director in the North of England SHA Cluster provider development team, has been appointed to the role of portfolio director in the NHS Trust Development Authority.
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Emergency admissions on the rise at Torbay Hospital
PERFORMANCE: Emergency admissions to South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust increased by 5.6 per cent between April and August 2012 compared to the same period the previous year.
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Taunton MRSA free for more than 18 months
PERFORMANCE: Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust has gone more than 555 days without a case of MRSA.
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Yeovil passes CQC inspection
PERFORMANCE: Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust was meeting all inspected standards when the Care Quality Commission visited in September.
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Imperial receives specialist top-up funding
FINANCE: Imperial College Healthcare Trust has received its Project Diamond funding from the Department of Health, a top-up payment for specialist trusts in London.
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Imperial to save £12m after gaining level three NHSLA accreditation
FINANCE Imperial College Healthcare Trust has gained level three accreditation from the NHS Litigation Authority.
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Lewisham Hospital better than average on coding
FINANCE: A report to the south east London primary care trust cluster said: “Lewisham Healthcare Trust with a clinical coding Healthcare Resource Grouping error rate of 7.2 per cent, was better than the national average.”