News – Page 955
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Bedford sets itself £13m CIP target
Bedford Hospital Trust has set itself a cost improvement plan target of £13m for 2013-14.
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Salisbury cancels operations due to lack of beds
PERFORMANCE: Salisbury Foundation Trust cancelled almost as many operations on the day in April due to a lack of intensive care beds as during the whole of the previous financial year.
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Avon and Wiltshire wins new contract
COMMERCIAL: Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust has won a contract to help drug and alcohol users beat their addictions in partnership with two other organisations.
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Norfolk and Suffolk FT receives blood test boost
PERFORMANCE: Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust has reduced the time it takes to test the blood of people taking clozapine from 30 minutes to five by using a new blood analyser, the trust has announced.
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Transforming Pathology Partnership appoints two non executive directors
WORKFORCE Transforming Pathology Partnership, a consortium providing pathology services on behalf of seven trusts across the East of England, has appointed two new non executive directors (NEDs).
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CQC warns Plymouth Hospitals over surgical safety for second time
PERFORMANCE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust has been issued with a warning notice by the Care Quality Commission after a two week inspection identified concern that theatres at Derriford Hospital were under too much pressure.
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Lancashire Teaching Hospitals plans £22m savings in 2013-14
FINANCE: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust aims to make cost improvement programme savings of £22m in 2013-14.
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West Middlesex reports cumalative deficit of £18m
FINANCE: West Middlesex University Hospital Trust has reported a cumulative deficit of £18m at the end of 2012-13.
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NewsWomen still in the minority in NHS leadership roles
Women are still massively underrepresented in senior leadership positions in the NHS, a major analysis by HSJ has found.
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NewsTrust by trust: the Keogh review lays down verdict
HSJ’s news team summarises Sir Bruce’s findings
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NewsCall for reforms on EU patient costs
Hospitals should be given greater incentives to recoup the cost of treating EU nationals, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
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NewsChief inspector plans 'small army' to target hospitals
Eighteen acute NHS trusts are to be inspected by the CQC in the first wave of inspections under the chief inspector of hospitals.
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NewsHospitals to get new 'avoidable deaths' measure
NHS England is working to devise a new national indicator intended to finally resolve the confusion over what constitutes an avoidable death in hospital, it has been revealed.
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Keogh review highlights Dudley staffing concerns
PERFORMANCE: The Dudley Group Foundation Trust has said it is to carry out a review of staffing levels after concerns raised by the Keogh mortality review panel.
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Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust ‘unsafe’ staff told Keogh
Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust staff have described care provided by the trust as “unsafe”, the report by Sir Bruce Keogh’s mortality review team reveals.
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Keogh review highlights staffing challenges at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals
WORKFORCE: Nurse staffing levels were not always sufficient across Blackpool Teaching Hospitals and in need of urgent review, particularly on elderly care wards, the Keogh review has found.
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Burton in 'special measures' over staffing and engagement concerns
PERFORMANCE: Burton Hospitals Foundation Trust has been placed in “special measures”, and agreed to a series of improvement actions.
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Medway board told to focus on patient safety
PERFORMANCE: Medway Foundation Trust’s board needs “greater pace and clarity of focus” on improving the overall safety and experience of patients, according to the Keogh review.
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Sherwood Forest trust told to focus on quality over Monitor requirements
PERFORMANCE: The Keogh mortality review has asked Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust to focus on the quality and safety of patient care rather than “meeting Monitor [performance]breaches in finance and governance”.
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Tameside nurse staffing and supervision of junior doctors 'inadequate'
PERFORMANCE: The Keogh review of high death rate trusts has called for urgent action to address insufficient nurse staffing, inadequate supervision of junior doctors, and insufficient access to critical care beds at Tameside Hospital.