NHS West Suffolk CCG – Page 3
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Nottinghamshire Healthcare to 'buddy' special measures trust
PERFORMANCE: Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust has been appointed to ‘buddy’ Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust, the first mental health trust to have been placed into special measures.
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Exclusive: 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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New Papworth Hospital given the green light
STRUCTURE: Building work is due to start soon on a new Papworth Hospital to provide specialist treatment for heart and lung patients from across the UK on a seven acre site.
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Trust falls short on nursing provision in 20pc of shifts
WORKFORCE: One in five shifts at West Suffolk Foundation Trust did not have enough nurses during January, trust board papers show.
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Dunn: FT structure can be used to create new care models
STRUCTURE: A key architect of the foundation trust legal structure has said the sector’s existing governance models can be used to run the new models of care set out in the NHS Five Year Forward View.
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CCGs launch one-year community services tender
COMMERCIAL: A pair of clinical commissioning groups in the east of England have decided to retender their community services for only one year.
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Serco to withdraw from UK clinical services market
Outsourcing giant Serco has announced plans to withdraw from the clinical health services market in the UK after making a multimillion pound loss on its NHS contracts.
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Serco well positioned for combined call centre contract
Suffolk commissioners plan to create a single “care co-ordination centre” as part of a contract bundling proposal which could make outsourcing giant Serco well positioned for the role.
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Serco pledges commitment to direct care role
Outsourcer Serco this week insisted it remained committed to directly providing community care services after signing a deal with another care firm to advise it on its troubled Suffolk contract.
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CCGs tell Serco to improve service
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners have insisted community services in Suffolk run by Serco are “safe”, a week after a council said they could be deteriorating.
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Suffolk commissioners begin stroke review
A special project team will examine how to reconfigure stroke services in Suffolk and feed into the region’s wider review on the subject, commissioners have announced.
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NHS Suffolk misses cancer targets
PERFORMANCE NHS Suffolk has missed two cancer target in the last quarter of 2012, according to board papers.
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NHS Suffolk on course to hit financial target before close down
FINANCE: NHS Suffolk achieved its target £0.8m surplus at 31 December 2012, and is forecast to deliver its target £1.1m surplus for the full year in 2012-13.
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Serco plans to cut 137 community posts in Suffolk
WORKFORCE: Private healthcare firm Serco has announced proposals to cut 137 jobs at Suffolk Community Healthcare a month after taking over its management.
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Concerns raised about ageing practice nurse workforce
WORKFORCE: Practice nursing is facing a future workforce crisis in the East of England, the Royal College of Nursing has warned.
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Serco questions 'bullish' forecasts for community services growth
The managing director of outsourcing giant Serco’s health business has cast doubt on “bullish” forecasts of a rapid expansion of private sector provision of NHS community services.
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Suffolk OOH services rated 'good'
PERFORMANCE: Out-of-hours services in Suffolk have been judged to be good after being scrutinised by two county councillors - despite concerns that changes to the service would affect patients.
