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2gether appoints GP to board
WORKFORCE: 2gether NHS Foundation Trust has appointed a GP as a new non-executive.
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Business plan for Barnsley A&E observation unit
STRUCTURE: Barnsley Hospital Foundation Trust is planning to develop a full business case for an observation unit within its emergency department.
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South Tees lines up new linear accelerators
PERFORMANCE: South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust will become the first site in the world to use a new model of linear accelerators from April.
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Northumbria close to C difficile target
PERFORMANCE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust is forecasting it will have 84 cases of C difficile this year - bringing it very close to its target of 90.
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Newcastle in surplus
FINANCE: At the end of November, Newcastle Hospitals was £0.5m in surplus after a planned deficit of £9m.
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Tees, Esk and Wear Valley reports surplus
FINANCE: Tees, Esk and Wear Valley Foundation Trust had a surplus of £4m at the end of December.
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Older people's inpatient unit to close
SERVICES: Tees, Esk and Wear Valley Foundation Trust is proposing to make the temporary closure of an inpatient unit for older people permanent.
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One in 10 NHS Derbyshire staff feel harassed or bullied by managers
WORKFORCE: One in 10 people at NHS Derbyshire cluster feel harassed, bullied or abused by their manager, team leader or a colleague, latest staff survey results have revealed.
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Hertfordshire trust 'could join London cancer network'
STRUCTURE: East and North Hertfordshire hospital trust could join the London Cancer Alliance becdause of its role managing services at Mount Vernon Hospital.
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Commuter influx sees NHS Westminster selected to pilot GP choice scheme
PERFORMANCE: The central London borough of Westminster is one of the pilot PCTs in a scheme to allow patients to choose their GP practice.
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Surplus for Bradford Hospitals
FINANCE: Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust had a surplus of £3m at the end of month eight, ahead of the £2.2m planned.
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Gynaecology operations halted at Hartlepool
WORKFORCE: North Tees and Hartlepool Foundation Trust has had to suddenly halt inpatient gynaecology operations in Hartlepool because of the “unexpected absence of senior medical staff”.
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North Tees and Hartlepool above C. diff target
PERFORMANCE: North Tees and Hartlepool Foundation Trust is above trajectory for c dif cases in the first nine months of the financial year.
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South Tees reports £2.6m surplus
FINANCE: South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust was reporting a surplus of £2.6m at the end of December - £1.6m below plan.
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Work continues on Newcastle's falls strategy
PERFORMANCE: Work is continuing to embed the falls prevention strategy at Newcastle Hospitals.
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Medical simulation training facility opens in Gateshead
SERVICE: TV chef and hairy biker Simon King opened a new medical simulation training facility in Gateshead.
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Tees trust sees performance improve
PERFORMANCE: Performance has been improving in the parts of North Yorkshire where the Tees, Esk and Wear Valley Foundation Trust has taken on.
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NewsStandardised GP contract by 2015 is 'naive'
GP practices will agree and move to a new standard national contract within “two to three years”, the NHS Commissioning Board is estimating. The timescale has provoked warnings from leading GPs that the plan is “naive”.
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NHS Bristol to tender for new mental health provider
COMMERCIAL: Secondary mental health services in Bristol are to be put out to tender after clinicians raised concerns about the quality being delivered by the current provider.
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NewsDH advisers paid 'as companies' to reduce tax
Twenty-five Whitehall advisers who shared salaries of more than £4m were paid through limited companies, it has been reported.