News – Page 1376
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Norfolk hospital opens new midwife birthing unit
STRUCTURE: A new midwifery-led birthing unit at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital opened its doors this month.
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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals FT plans to cut 675 posts over three years
WORKFORCE: The foundation plans to cut the equivalent of 675 whole-time posts over the next three years, its newly published three-year plan shows.
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'Disappointing' CIP performance at Southampton
FINANCE: Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust has reported a “disappointing” performance against its cost improvement plan target.
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NewsSocial enterprises condemn 'slap in the face' over PCT properties
Social enterprises have been left out of plans to allow NHS providers to take over community service properties, in a move condemned as a “slap in the face” for the government’s Big Society agenda.
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NewsDH reveals authorisation 'journey' for CCGs
The Department of Health has set out key details of the authorisation process for clinical commissioning groups – but stopped short of providing a clear list of requirements or a “bar” for approval.
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NewsTrebled number of smokers quitting sees overall success rate drop
The number of people trying to quit smoking via NHS services has roughly trebled in the last decade but success rates have fallen, figures show.
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News'Expert' social enterprises still important to healthcare services
A charity that supports local entrepreneurs has insisted that the NHS must remain as an all-encompassing healthcare system but social organisations could do more to provide services traditionally offered by the NHS.
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NewsHuge variation in reoperation rates for bowel cancer
Researchers are calling for the reoperation rate to be used as a quality indicator after a study found some hospitals were up to five times more likely to reoperate after colorectal surgery than others.
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Staffing and medicines management are still issues at Mid Staffs
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission still has concerns about medicines management and staffing at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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Outer north east London lacks obesity management services
FINANCE: The outer north east London cluster of primary care trusts could save money on bariatric surgery with better community services for obesity.
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Outer north east London cluster on plan for £4.2m underspend
FINANCE: Outer north east London cluster on plan for £4.2m underspend but has worst-case scenario of £17m deficit
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Posts and beds to go at Princess Alexandra
WORKFORCE: Princess Alexandra Hospital will cut 250 staff posts and 60 beds to meet a £17m savings target in the current financial year.
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Southampton trust misses targets on waiting times
PERFORMANCE: Southampton University Hospitals Trust has fallen short on three of waiting times indicators.
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Bradford hospital wrongly tells woman of miscarriage
PERFORMANCE: For two weeks a pregnant woman was led to believe her unborn baby had died, before eventually being told a mistake had been made and her child was alive and well.
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New appointment service introduced at Ashford
FINANCE: Ashford and St Peter’s introduced a new appointment confirmation service this month, which it hopes will save £1m by the end of the financial year.
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Ashford celebrates one year MRSA free
PERFORMANCE: Ashford and St Peter’s has reported 365 days without a hospital acquired MRSA bacteraemia at the trust – one of only 11 in England to do so.
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Consultation on patient transport in Sussex
PERFORMANCE: NHS Sussex, the county’s new primary care trust cluster, held a public consultation exercise this month to improve its non-urgent Patient Transport Service.
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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare forced to turn patients away in July
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare experienced significant pressure on its accident and emergency unit during the last two weeks of July, resulting in patients being diverted to other trusts.
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Review into ‘poor’ palliative care completed at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare
PERFORMANCE: The trust has completed an internal review into end of life care sparked by an episode of the Channel 4 Dispatches programme.
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Bristol trust chief executive announces retirement
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of North Bristol Trust has announced her retirement after 18 months in the post.