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HSJ LocalMental health trust land sale approved by council
STRUCTURE: Haringey Council has approved an outline planning application for a huge redevelopment of the St Ann’s Hospital site in Haringey to provide new mental health inpatient facilities.
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HSJ LocalKirkup inquiry has lessons for mental health trust, says director
PERFORMANCE: Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Foundation Trust can learn important lessons from the inquiry into failings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust, a director has said.
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NewsExclusive: NHS owned pathology joint venture expects £4.5m loss
A pathology joint venture owned by six NHS trusts is forecasting a £4.5m deficit for its first year of operation, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalWest Midlands trust misses backlog clearance deadline
PERFORMANCE: Walsall Healthcare Trust has missed its target to clear an elective care backlog by the end of March, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalMoorfields pushes for Middle East consultancy contract
COMMERCIAL: Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust may provide consultancy expertise for the principal public healthcare provider in Qatar.
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Berkshire trust emergency performance worsens
PERFORMANCE: Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust’s performance against the national waiting standard for accident and emergency worsened in February, with 92.1 per cent of patients being treated or discharged within four hours.
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HSJ LocalTraining must be reviewed at specialist heart hospital, senior nurses say
WORKFORCE: A review of safeguarding training across all staff at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Foundation Trust is needed to ensure the workforce is protecting patients from abuse, a report has found.
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HSJ LocalMonitor alerted over Yeovil’s finances
FINANCE: Monitor may have to provide Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust with ‘deficit support’ because of the trust’s financial position.
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NewsTrusts reach key waiting target despite winter pressures
Trusts have managed to meet a high profile waiting time target just weeks before the general election.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: District general hospital gives up standalone FT bid
A district general hospital has become the latest organisation to abandon plans to become a standalone foundation trust.
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NewsExclusive: Concerns over nurse rapist raised five years ago
Concerns about a nurse convicted last month of raping and photographing unconscious patients at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford were raised more than five years ago, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsIBM to supply electronic record for 1.4m staff
Technology giant IBM is to be the supplier of the electronic staff record system covering 1.4 million NHS staff in England and Wales.
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HSJ LocalRedesigned rehab service better for patients and finances, expert says
PERFORMANCE : A ‘hub and spoke’ model of specialist rehabilitation from serious trauma leads to shorter lengths of stay, better patient outcomes and cost savings, a rehabilitation expert has said.
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HSJ LocalKettering FT blames NHS England for stall in seven day plans
PERFORMANCE: A senior figure at Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust has blamed the trust’s slow progress with its seven day service planning on a lack of engagement from NHS England and local commissioners.
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HSJ LocalContract signed for £2.5m cancer suite refit
ACUTE CARE: Building work is to start on a £2.5m cancer suite with an expanded day unit at Eastbourne District General Hospital.
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NewsGMC to review decision making in Dame Barbara Hakin investigation
The General Medical Council is to review a decision made during its investigation into complaints against NHS England national director Dame Barbara Hakin.
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HSJ LocalHandover delays expected to hit trust performance rating
PERFORMANCE: South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust is predicting a reduced performance rating from Monitor after a surge in 999 calls over winter and a large increase in the length handover delays.
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NewsExclusive: ‘Trusts with no future’ list to stay secret until after election
National officials are keeping confidential until after the general election potentially controversial information showing which NHS trusts are unlikely to have a future as independent organisations.
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HSJ LocalLincolnshire trust requests emergency DH bailout
FINANCE: Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Foundation Trust has asked for one-off emergency loan from the Department of Health to help it deal with ‘unprecedented pressure’ on its finances.
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HSJ LocalWest Middlesex 'requires improvement', say inspectors
PERFORMANCE: West Middlesex University Hospital Trust has been told to improve by the Care Quality Commission.