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HSJ LocalSouthend FT found in 'significant breach' by Monitor
PERFORMANCE: Southend University Hospital Foundation Trust has been found in significant breach of its FT authorisation due to governance failings on data quality and targets for cancer treatment and infection control.
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NewsLondon NHS strategy has 'no clear lead'
The NHS in London faces a “strategic vacuum” with no clear lead to drive through change, The King’s Fund has said.
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NewsConcerns over junior doctors' acute care training
Newly qualified doctors do not feel they have the training to look after very ill patients, according to a new study.
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Two ‘unacceptable’ MRSA cases at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust chief executive has warned staff that two MRSA cases in two weeks is “completely unacceptable”.
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Two birth centres to close in Derbyshire
STRUCTURE: The Derbyshire cluster has agreed that two midwife-led birthing centres should close in order to save up to £3.7m over five years.
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'Untested' IT procurement agreed in Derbyshire
COMMERCIAL: NHS Derbyshire County and NHS Derby City have published a service specification for an informatics service after April 2013 when the cluster will no longer exist.
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Bassetlaw community services go to Nottinghamshire Healthcare FT
STRUCTURE: Bassetlaw PCT’s community services transferred to Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust on 1 November.
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Sheffield CCG delegated £709m and asked for £5m 'recovery plan'
FINANCE: A single clinical commissioning group covering Sheffield has been delegated the vast majority of its eligible budget.
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All C sections subject to root cause analysis at Western Sussex
PERFORMANCE: The Caesarean section rate at Western Sussex Hospitals was discussed at its latest board meeting in November.
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Third of East Sussex Hospitals staff vaccinated against flu
WORKFORCE: Around a third of East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust’s workforce had been immunised against seasonal flu by 9 December.
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East Sussex Hospitals leads tender for archiving and imaging system
COMMERCIAL: East Sussex Hospitals Trust is leading the tender for an imaging and archiving system in the South East Coast region.
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PCT managers at Derbyshire learn of fate
WORKFORCE: Board papers reveal that 87 people have had voluntary redundancy arrangements agreed with NHS Derby and NHS Derbyshire County, following discussions around assignments to clinical commisisoning groups.
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Derbyshire cluster to procure outsourced HR support
COMMERCIAL: A new specification for outsourced HR transactional support has been developed by primary care trusts in Derbyshire, which will be procured from April 2012.
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Warning over social care budget cuts in West Sussex
FINANCE: Local campaigners in West Sussex have written an open letter warning of the negative impact of social care budget cuts on vulnerable adults.
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Western Sussex Hospitals improving on orthopaedics
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals Trust needs “further work” to meet its stretch target for fractured neck of femur surgery but performance is improving.
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CQC finds catalogue of failings at Southern Health site
PERFORMANCE: Southern Health has been served 22 compliance actions and six improvement actions by the Care Quality Commission, following several unannounced visits.
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NewsEmbrace NHS competition, Milburn tells Labour
Former Labour health secretary Alan Milburn has warned his successors in the party to back competition in the health service and adopt a more reformist outlook.
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Hampshire emergency care under strain after hospital fire and vomiting outbreak
PERFORMANCE: A hospital fire and an outbreak of the norovirus is putting acute services under strain in Hampshire.
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NewsCare homes review website planned
Care homes for older people are to be reviewed and rated by members of the public on a new website, under plans being developed by the government.
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Scarborough merger decisions 'will be taken in public'
STRUCTURE: Decisions on the dissolution of Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Health Care Trust will be taken in public, the chief executive has said.