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Rise in staffing incidents in Leicester
PERFORMANCE: There has been a significant rise in the level of ‘staffing level’ incidents at University Hospitals Leicester Trust in the last two months of 2011.
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Kettering reports 30 pressure ulcers
PERFORMANCE: Kettering General Hospital has reported 30 grade three and four pressure ulcers since last April, the cluster board for Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes PCTs heard.
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United Lincs' A&E performance slumps
PERFORMANCE: Many patients in Lincolnshire faced a long wait for A&E in December when performance at the United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust slumped to 90 per cent against the four hour standard.
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South East Essex has £634k surplus
FINANCE: NHS South East Essex had a surplus of £634,000 at the end on month nine and is predicting a surplus for the year of £850,000.
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North Essex to continuing hosting Suffolk community services
SERVICES: An agreement that North Essex Partnership Foundation Trust will host Suffolk community services has been extended into the next financial year.
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NHS Suffolk underspent for year
FINANCE: NHS Suffolk is £0.5m underspent on plan for the year to date and has £2.2m in unallocated contingency funds. It is aiming to make a £1.1m surplus.
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Six month project examines inappropriate admissions
SERVICES: The care home quality monitoring team has won funding for a six month pilot project to look at inappropriate admissions from care homes into acute hospitals
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South West Essex breaks even
FINANCE: NHS South West Essex is reporting a breakeven position at the end of month nine - which it also expects to be its year end position.
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Leicester treating burns patients at home
SERVICES: University Hospitals of Leicester Trust is treating some burns patients in their own homes.
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Princess Alexandra faces deficit of £1.3m
FINANCE: Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust had a deficit of £1.3m at the end of December, against a planned surplus of £0.3m.
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Ambulatory care unit set up at Chesterfield
SERVICES: An ambulatory care unit has been set up at the Chesterfield Royal Hospital aimed at reducing the need to admit patients.
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Rampton praised on risk reduction and containment
PERFORMANCE: Services at Rampton Hospital, run by Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust, have been praised for its risk reduction and containment procedures.
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Wrong eye operated on at Hinchingbrooke
PERFORMANCE: A patient had the wrong lens inserted during an ophthalmic at Hinchingbrooke Hospital, and had to be returned to the theatre for it to be replaced with the correct one, Janaury’s board meeting was told.
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Royal Surrey manager resigns following sacking of husband
WORKFORCE: A senior manager at the Royal Surrey County Hospital Foundation Trust has resigned following the sacking of her husband who was a director at the trust.
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CCG: East Cheshire Trust dependent on ‘significant reconfiguration’
STRUCTURE: East Cheshire Trust will require “significant reconfiguration” to maintain financial stability, clinical commissioners have stated.
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PCT in court over community services transfer
COMMERCIAL: A primary care trust’s claim it could not transfer its provider arm to an NHS organisation is “inaccurate and flawed”, the High Court has heard.
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HSJ LocalCircle faces £10m hole in Hinchingbrooke budget
FINANCE: Circle will have to cut costs at Hinchingbrooke Healthcare Trust by 10 per cent if it is to break even next year, it has emerged.
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NewsExclusive: community trusts dispute asset transfers with PCTs and DH
Plans to transfer NHS properties to community service providers have stalled amid an ongoing dispute between trusts and the Department of Health, and claims of irrational behaviour by commissioners.
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NewsGovernment risks going backwards on integration, warn MPs
Financial pressures and the government’s reforms risk the level of integration between health and social care actually diminishing, despite ministers restating their commitment to the policy, according to MPs.
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NewsLords set to debate integration and health secretary's duty
The Health Bill returns to the House of Lords today, with a raft of new amendments lined up including one proposing a “duty of co-operation” for providers of NHS services.