News – Page 1415
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Queens Hospital passes CQC dignity inspection
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission said the foundation trust passed both of the standards relating to dignity and nutrition it inspected during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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Hartlepool Hospital passes CQC dignity inspection
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission said the foundation trust passed both of the standards relating to dignity and nutrition it inspected during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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Queen Elizabeth II Hospital passes CQC dignity inspection
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission said the trust passed both of the standards relating to dignity and nutrition it inspected during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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Royal Bournemouth fails three new A&E indicators
PERFORMANCE: Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Foundation Trust failed three of the new accident and emergency indicators during the first month they were introduced.
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Royal Bournemouth improves coding accuracy
COMMERCIAL: Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Foundation Trust has more than halved its error rate in coding treatments but is disputing proposed changes to coding processes.
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More than 100 staff apply for Mutually Agreed Resignation at 5 Boroughs
WORKFORCE: More than 100 of the foundation’s 2,200 staff have applied for the mutually agreed resignation scheme, latest board papers show.
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NHS Medway reports £4.2m surplus for 2010-11
FINANCE: The Kent primary care trust achieved a surplus of nearly £4.3m last year, but just missed its planned surplus, according to board papers.
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Sussex Community Trust paid out £50,000 on staff compensation and lost spectacles
FINANCE: Sussex Community NHS Trust lost over £50,000 last year through losses and compensations, board papers show.
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Sussex Partnership FT inherits 250 staff
WORKFORCE: The foundation trust boosted its workforce by 246 in April following its takeover of new services under the transforming community services programme.
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Leeds service change group focusing on long term conditions and home care
FINANCE: Leeds Health and Social Care Transformation Board - bringing together the health and social care bodies in the city - has begun leading service change in several areas.
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Sussex Partnership plans to recruit two nurse consultants
WORKFORCE: The mental health foundation trust intends to add two new nurse consultants to its workforce, according to its latest HR report.
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Sussex Partnership reports £5.2m surplus for 2010-11
FINANCE: The mental health foundation trust has reported finishing the 2010-11 financial year with a surplus of £5.2m, according to board papers.
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North Devon Healthcare to open single sex assessment units
PERFORMANCE: The North Devon Healthcare Trust is to invest £400,000 in setting up a second medical assessment unit to comply with same sex accommodation requirements.
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Cheshire and Wirral Partnership offer staff physio to combat sickness absence
WORKFORCE: The foundation is to offer physiotherapy services to help staff with musculoskeletal problems, in an effort to reduce its sickness absence levels.
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NHS Harrow to consider 'appropriate tariffs' for elective care
STRUCTURE: The London primary care trust, part of the north west London cluster, has a specific plan for 2011-12 - alongside the cluster strategy - which will see “a fundamental review of elective care pathways across providers”.
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NW London Hospitals Trust 'discharges patients inappropriately and asks GPs to re-refer in a year'
PERFORMANCE: The chair of Brent and Harrow’s Clinical Commissioning Board Dr Noreen Ryan claimed the acute provider had inappropriately discharged patients, in a meeting with the cluster.
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Birmingham Women's FT facing 'extreme' risks to midwife staffing
WORKFORCE: Midwifery staffing at Birmingham Women’s Foundation Trust is below nationally recommended levels.
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Waiting times problems at Hull and East Yorks Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been “red” rated by its main commissioner, having failed to meet referral to treatement waiting times in some specialities.
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NewsDH admits preparing Health Bill changes before review report
The government was “exploring potential amendments” to the Health Bill with parliamentary lawyers before the report of the NHS Future Forum, health minister Simon Burns has admitted.
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Delay to Oxford Radcliffe merger with Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital
STRUCTURE: The proposed merger of Oxford Radcliffe Hospital and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre has been delayed until the autumn.