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Epsom and St Helier finance ahead of plan

2012-09-07T18:12:00Z

FINANCE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust is ahead on its financial plan by £429,000, its July finance report reveals, but the trust is still predicting a year-end deficit of £19.4m.
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George Eliot death rates remain high

2012-09-07T18:00:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Latest death rate figures have highlighted ongoing problems at George Eliot Hospital Trust, and suggest that a spike in mortality rates elsewhere in Warwickshire earlier this year was short-lived.
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Quality improves at Heatherwood and Wexham Park on introduction of Safety Thermometer

2012-09-07T17:46:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust has reported a steady improvement on some quality indicators since the introduction of the NHS Safety Thermometer.
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Plymouth Community Healthcare mental health unit rated excellent

2012-09-07T17:43:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Plymouth Community Healthcare’s Glenbourne Unit has been assessed as excellent by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
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Yeovil FD leaves after 18 years

2012-09-07T17:42:00Z

WORKFORCE: Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust finance director Libby Walters is leaving the trust after 18 years.
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Patient records security worries MP

2012-09-07T10:56:00Z

The security of patients’ records is being put at risk by the decision of hospital trusts to outsource their administration to overseas’ companies, an MP claimed.
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Solent Trust on target for waits

2012-09-07T18:59:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Solent Trust was rated green on all but one of its waiting times targets in the first quarter of 2012-13.
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Interserve gains Leicestershire preferred bidder status

2012-09-07T17:57:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland cluster of PCTs have appointed Interserve as the preferred bidder for a major NHS estates contract.
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Peterborough and Stamford forecasts reduced deficit

2012-09-07T16:08:00Z

FINANCE: Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust is reducing its forecast deficit from over £54m to £52.5m - and has pushed back the date when it is likely to need external funding to December.
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Guy's and St Thomas' tightens procedure for 'ethical' donations

2012-09-07T18:14:00Z

STRUCTURE: Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust has drawn up a memorandum of understanding “regulating the types of contributions it was appropriate to accept or refuse on proper ethical grounds, as a result of fundraising across King’s Health Partners.”
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Epsom and St Helier misses emergency readmission target

2012-09-07T18:13:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust is breaching the emergency readmission to A&E target, with a rate of 7.3 per cent againt an organisational target of 5.8 per cent.
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Guy's and St Thomas' A&E software fails

2012-09-07T18:03:00Z

PEFORMANCE: Symphony, the IT system used in Guy’s and St Thomas’ A&E, stopped sending follow-up letters to GPs, board papers reveal.
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New finance director for St George's Healthcare Trust

2012-09-07T17:51:00Z

WORKFORCE: St George’s Healthcare Trust has appointed Steven Bolam as it new director of finance, performance and informatics.
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Patients rate Heatherwood higher than Wexham Park

2012-09-07T17:45:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Berkshire patients are more likely to recommend Heatherwood Hospital than Wexham Park, feedback from NHS Choices has shown.
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Public meeting over Worcestershire service review

2012-09-07T17:44:00Z

STRUCTURE: A public meeting has been held in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire over plans to reconfigure acute services in the county.
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Acute overspend worries Herts Valleys

2012-09-07T17:13:00Z

FINANCE: A £2.9m overspend on acute services in the first three months of the financial year is causing concern at Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group.
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18-week target met by Peterborough and Stamford

2012-09-07T16:12:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust managed to meet the 18 referral to treatment standard for admitted patients in July, although the board heard there were still challenges in sustaining it.
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CQC criticises Broomfield Hospital for lack of planning

2012-09-07T16:05:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Broomfield Hospital has been criticised for its use of care planning in a Care Quality Commission report.
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Essex primary care centre failed to carry out staff checks

2012-09-07T15:58:00Z

PERFORMANCE: A diagnostic service run from a primary care centre in Essex has been criticised by the Care Quality Commission for not carrying out pre-employment checks on staff.
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Coventry and Rugby CCG appoints new members

2012-09-07T11:56:00Z

WORKFORCE: Coventry and Rugby Clinical Commissioning Group have appointed a chairman and three new lay members to the their governing body.