News – Page 1097
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2gether ahead on surplus
FINANCE: 2gether Foundation Trust had a surplus of £1.9m at the end of September, around £800,000 ahead of plan.
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Emergency admissions on the rise at Torbay Hospital
PERFORMANCE: Emergency admissions to South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust increased by 5.6 per cent between April and August 2012 compared to the same period the previous year.
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Bristol reconsiders mental health tendering plans
COMMERCIAL: NHS Bristol may not put all secondary mental health services in Bristol out to tender following concerns from the public and NHS South of England.
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Moorfields in discussion with Bedford Hospital on satellite site
COMMERCIAL: Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust have had a discussion with Bedford Hospital Trust on a satellite site at the Bedfordshire trust.
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Chief executive steps down at north-west trust
WORKFORCE: Stockport Foundation Trust’s chief executive Chris Burke has announced his retirement, after 12 years in post.
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Mid Essex CCG calls for resident feedback
Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group has set up a meeting with residents to discuss what its priorities should be when it takes over from the primary care trust in April.
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'Agreed resignations' to cost Birmingham and Black Country clusters £11m
WORKFORCE: The Black Country and Birmingham and Solihull primary care trust clusters have announced they will spend £11m on voluntary redundancies.
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Mid Staffs recruits extra nurses
WORKFORCE: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has issued an appeal for registered nurses to join its staff.
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Black midwives disproportionately disciplined claims Royal College
WORKFORCE: Black midwives make up a disproportionate number of those facing disciplinary proceedings in London, according to the Royal College of Midwives.
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NewsMike Farrar and Sir Andrew Cash set up consultancy supergroup
A five-person group including some of the most senior figures in the NHS have set up a management consultancy.
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NewsDoubts raised over friends and family test
Statisticians have raised doubts about the validity of the nascent friends and family patient satisfaction test amid claims some trusts are “manipulating” their scores.
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NewsFormal assembly for commissioners will avoid 'usual suspects'
A formal national group for commissioning leaders launched today will help prevent NHS policy being developed only by the “usual suspects”, officials have said.
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NewsSchizophrenia care levels 'catastrophically short'
Care for people with schizophrenia and psychosis is falling “catastrophically short”, a report has found.
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Anti-bug device hope for hospitals
A bug-busting “black box” is being developed that can rapidly identify the source of hospital infections and help staff to stop them spreading.
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NewsAnalysed: the friends and family test
HSJ Local Briefing is our in-depth analysis of key issues facing the NHS or major health economies. This week we examine the friends and family test being piloted by NHS Midlands and East.
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NewsMandate requires board to guarantee CCG autonomy
Clinical commissioning groups have received a strengthened commitment from ministers to ensure their autonomy, and new powers to rate the performance of the NHS Commissioning Board.The board will be held to account on whether it achieves “the best health outcomes for patients by strengthening the local autonomy of CCGs”. The ...
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NewsMandate approach will avoid perverse incentives
The government has rejected the use of fixed national targets in its mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board in favour of seeking continuous improvement against the NHS outcomes framework.
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Heatherwood and Wexham park FT risks £600,000 contingency gap
FINANCE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust risks a £600,000 gap between the size of its contingency fund and all possible cost pressures.
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Royal Leamington Spa Rehabilitation Hospital to be renamed
STRUCTURE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust is asking staff and its local communities to think of an “innovative” new name for its Royal Leamington Spa Rehabilitation Hospital.
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South Warwickshire FT shifts intravenous therapy into the community
STRUCTURE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust has launched a new intravenous therapy service, which will see patients treated in their own homes rather than in hospital.