News – Page 1394
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Kent trust failed to reach information governance minimum
PERFORMANCE: An internal control report from Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells said the trust had failed last year to reach the minimum requirement for information governance set out in the NHS operating framework.
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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells needs ‘radical solutions’ to maintain viability
FINANCE: Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust faces significant financial challenges over the next three years, which require “radical solutions”, according to a statement on internal control from chief executive Glenn Douglas.
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St George's faces 'quality of data' issues with Cerner system
PERFORMANCE: The London teaching hospital went live with the Cerner Millenium system in March and its chief executive last month reported it is “facing issues with a large volume of data with no pathway ID and the quality of data”.
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Seven compulsory redundancies at St George's, including one £100k settlement
WORKFORCE: The south London teaching hosital’s annual accounts showed seven compulsory redundancies in 2010-11.
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SHA tells Monitor to push Suffolk and Norfolk mental health merger through
STRUCTURE: NHS East of England has asked Monitor to reject recommendations by the Cooperation and Competition Panel and “expedite” the merger of two mental health providers in the region on patient safety grounds.
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Mark Goldman moving to Worcestershire Acute
WORKFORCE: Mark Goldman has been appointed interim chief executive of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust.
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NewsNew talks to begin on NHS pension contributions
Health service unions are to enter into discussions with Department of Health officials on increasing public sector pension contributions, ministers have announced today.
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NewsGovernment launches new COPD strategy
Plans have been announced to transform the lives of millions of people with respiratory diseases.
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MPs urged to step in over children's heart unit closure
Plans to close a children’s heart surgery unit must be looked at by MPs, a charity has urged.
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NewsValue based pricing not 'feasible' by 2014
Concerns have been raised that the new “value based pricing” regime for medicines may not be ready in time to replace the existing system.
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NewsNHS management is misleading GPs about commissioning, DH adviser says
A Department of Health adviser has said NHS national management, strategic health authorities and primary care trusts are misleading GPs about commissioning policy.
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News250 Southern Cross homes to be rescued
Southern Cross’ largest landlord has announced plans to run 249 of the care homes operated by the collapsed provider.
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Good Hope Hospital passes CQC tests but with minor concerns
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition, but also noted minor concerns on both, during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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Minor concerns found by CQC at Manor Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition, but also noted minor concerns on both, during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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Minor dignity and nutrition concerns at Croydon University Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition, but also noted minor concerns on both, during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital passes CQC tests but with minor concerns
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition, but also noted minor concerns on the nutrition standard, during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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Bedford Hospital fails nutrition spot check
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was not meeting standards relating to nutrition during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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Moderate concerns on nutrition found at Stepping Hill Hospital by CQC
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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CQC finds minor concerns on dignity at St Thomas’
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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Oxfordshire PCT devolves two thirds of its budget to shadow CCGs
FINANCE: Shadow clinical commissioning groups in Oxfordshire have been given responsibility for more than two thirds of the county’s total commissioning budget for 2011-12.