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Cornwall Partnership consults staff on restructure
WORKFORCE: Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust is consulting on three options for its future structure after taking on provision of children’s community health services.
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NewsLansley blames waiting time rise on snow
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has blamed the “severe winter” for an increase in NHS waiting times.
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Royal Free records year-end surplus
FINANCE: The central London hospital reported a surplus of £9m for the financial year.
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Northumbria Healthcare appoints social care expert as NED
WORKFORCE: A former council chief executive has been appointed a non-executive director of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
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Basildon and Thurrock reports lower than planned A&E figures
PERFORMANCE: Basildon and Thurrock UHFT has reported that accident and emergency attendences were 6 per cent lower than expected for the year.
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Community hospital opened by 2gether NHS Foundation Trust
STRUCTURE: A new community hospital for people with dementia and mental health conditions has been officially opened by the Gloucestershire FT.
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NewsPCT clusters and chief executives list
Full list of primary care trust clusters and their chief executives, where confirmed by the strategic health authority.
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Medway FT signs memorandum of understanding with nearby acute trust
STRUCTURE: Medway NHS Foundation Trust has moved a step closer to integration with Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust, which is seeking a way of gaining foundation status.
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Broadmoor airs reservations over personality disorder service redesign
PERFORMANCE: The West London Mental Health Trust, which runs the Broadmoor high-secure services, warned it had “reservations” over the ability of the prison service to manage some of the patients under its care.
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Frimley Park reports high risk of emergency admission care failure
PERFORMANCE: The FT is currently rated as at “extremely high” risk of failing to provide clinical management of emergency admissions.
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NewsReform review may demand 'no more reorganisations'
The NHS Future Forum is considering recommending “no more top-down reorganisations” of the service in its report to the prime minister, HSJ has learned.
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NewsJoint pathology venture fairly awarded, CCP decides
A foundation trust did not breach competition principles in selecting a public/private partnership for its pathology services, the NHS market regulator has found.
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NewsAmbulance services eye savings by sending fewer ambulances
Ambulance services plan to save the NHS “tens of millions” by sending fewer patients to hospital, now the category B response target has been scrapped.
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GP commissioning executive takes up reins in Rotherham
STRUCTURE: A primary care trust subcommittee composed of GPs has taken on responsibility for most functions of NHS Rotherham since 1 April.
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Frimley Park asked to invest in informatics strategy
FINANCE: The FT is “falling behind” other hospitals on informatics and looks set to invest more in this area as a result, according to latest board papers.
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NewsAcute mixed-sex ward breaches still in the thousands
Nearly half of NHS acute trusts are still putting patients in mixed-sex accommodation despite facing financial penalties, new figures show.
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NewsEating assistance figure unchanged in nine years
Almost one in five NHS patients who need help with eating are offered no assistance - a figure that has not changed since 2002, data shows.
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Work to begin this month on new Frimley Park A&E
STRUCTURE: Work is about to start on Frimley Park Hospital’s new emergency department, day surgery unit and helipad.
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Frimley Park FT appoints two new NEDs
WORKFORCE: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has appointed two new non-executive directors to its board.
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Surplus exceeds expectation at Tees, Esk and Wear FT
FINANCE: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust exceeded its plans to record a net operating surplus of £6.5m during 2010-11.