All North East articles – Page 32
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HSJ LocalAcute trust bids for council funded integrated care contract
COMMERCIAL: South Tyneside Foundation Trust is bidding for a 10 year contract to run an “integrated care services hub”, put out to tender by the local authority.
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SupplementsPatient safety case studies: Turning confusion to clarity
How software made two trusts’ systems for hiring temporary staff more efficient
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SupplementsDalton review roundtable: chains and other choices
Hospital chains are not the only option for new provider models in the acute sector
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HSJ LocalFoundation trust set to start running GP practices
STRUCTURE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust is set to take over the “full ownership” of two GP practices, it has said, and is offering to run others.
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NewsRevealed: the trusts set to be highlighted for reporting concerns
Six trusts that have been in special measures over the past year are among those set to be named as having a poor culture of reporting patient safety incidents
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HSJ LocalNewcastle CCGs exceed threshold for healthcare aquired infections
PERFORMANCE: Newcastle North and East Clinical Commissioning Group exceeded its threshold for non-hospital related healthcare acquired infections by more than double in 2013-14.
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HSJ Local
Newcastle FT exceeds C Diff threshold in 2013-14
PERFORMANCE: Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust reported 86 cases of C difficile in 2013-14, exceeding its threshold of 66, according to papers discussed at the June meeting of Gateshead, Newcastle North and and East and Newcastle West CCGs.
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HSJ Local
Newcastle FT fails to meet nursing staffing levels
WORKFORCE: Planned nurse staffing levels were not met for 19 per cent of inpatient shifts at Newcastle Upon Tyne Foundation Trust in April, according to a paper discussed at its May board meeting.
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HSJ LocalApproval granted for groundbreaking PFI buyout
FINANCE: A North East trust has received approval from the Treasury and Monitor to buy out its private finance initiative contract with a local authority loan – the first time such a deal has occurred in the NHS.
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HSJ Knowledge
Four hours in A&E: what the target tells us about trusts
Does performance reflect the leadership?
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Comment'An irreversible shift in power was long overdue': 10 years of FTs
Milburn, Bennett and more review the sector
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NewsUncertain future for Project Diamond funding
The future of funding for highly specialist treatments in various hospitals has been thrown into uncertainty after the Department of Health decided to stop providing a £62m budget that supplements it.
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HSJ LocalHunt backs maternity reconfiguration in North Yorkshire
STRUCTURE: The health secretary has given the go ahead for a controversial shake-up of maternity services in North Yorkshire which was opposed by a cabinet colleague, according to local councillor.
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HSJ KnowledgeSpending to save: The innovative response to the Francis report for the nursing workforce
How the focus on clinical practice is bringing about new ways of working at leading trusts
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NewsDH defends reconfiguration process after foreign secretary's 'intervention'
The Department of Health has defended the national review system for NHS reconfiguration proposals after a local councillor claimed the foreign secretary had lobbied officials involved in the controversial plan.
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HSJ KnowledgeAll in a day's work: the drive for better ambulatory care
Make same-day care the default option
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HSJ KnowledgeLocal government and the NHS: Finding the way to work together
NHS transformation leaders must get local politicians on side
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