All MAIDSTONE AND TUNBRIDGE WELLS NHS TRUST articles – Page 8
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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells director of finance resigns
FINANCE: The director of finance at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust has resigned and left the trust.
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PLACE scores give mixed message for Maidstone and Tunbridge
PERFORMANCE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust scored below average for dignity and estates in the new patient-led ward inspection regime, but above average for cleanliness and food.
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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells above average in first FFT scores
PERFORMANCE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust scored an average of 57 for accident and emergency and 74 for inpatients in the “friends and family” test over the first quarter of 2013-14.
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Maidstone and Tunbridge has second worst sickness absence for SE acutes
WORKFORCE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust had one the worst average sickness absence rates for acutes during the first three months of 2013 across the South East Coast region.
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Commissioners and providers ‘map’ west Kent services
STRUCTURE: Commissioners and providers in west Kent are attempting to draw up a future picture of the “modern, efficient healthcare system” needed by their population.
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Analysed: District general hospitals look to private patient income
District general hospitals are increasing their private patient offerings
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‘Mini’ community hospital opened in Kent acute trust
STRUCTURE: A community ward is being run inside Maidstone Hospital to help older people recover faster, as part of an initiative involving Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust.
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New blood tracking system at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells
COMMERCIAL: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust has selected MSoft eSolutions’ Bloodhound following a tender process.
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Maidstone and Tunbridge patients happy with privacy
PERFORMANCE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing above average in the inpatient survey for levels of privacy during consultations.
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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells scores well on patient noise levels
PERFORMANCE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing above average for noise in the inpatient survey.
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Patients unhappy with waits at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells
PERFORMANCE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust was picked out by the Care Quality Commission as performing below average for waiting in the inpatient survey.
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Kent acute trusts overpaid staff by £3m
FINANCE: Nurses and doctors at all four trusts in Kent have been overpaid by almost £3m since 2007, an investigation has revealed.
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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells 'grossly' over activity
FINANCE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust is ‘grossly’ overperforming on contracts with its main commissioners with a £26m overspend to the end of month 11. The vast majority of this is with West Kent PCT.
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Trust loses F1 surgical trainees following concerns
WORKFORCE: A training issue has left a major hospital without any general surgical foundation one year doctors for four months.
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Mixed sex accommodation breach peak in Kent and Medway
PERFORMANCE: Kent and Medway had 35 breaches of the mixed sex accommodation rules in January – with 20 of these at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust.
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Trust faces £1.5m fine for small C Difficile breach
PERFORMANCE: A trust which has had just one case of clostridium difficile cross infection this year faces a penalty of at least £1.5m for exceeding its target number of cases by three.
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Maidstone and Tunbridge CIPs ‘under-delivering’
FINANCE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is at significant risk of failing to hit its savings target for cost improvement plans, according to board papers.
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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells hit by hike in mixed sex breaches
PERFORMANCE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust breached the Department of Health’s regulations for mixed sex accommodation in January.
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NHS TDA reappoints Maidstone chair
WORKFORCE: The NHS Trust Development Authority has re-appointed Tony Jones as chair of the trust for the next four years.
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New cardiology service first in Kent
STRUCTURE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust launched an EPS (electrophysiological studies and ablation) service this month.