All North East articles – Page 35
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Newcastle FT breaches its C diff trajectory
PERFORMANCE: Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust recorded 45 cases of C difficile in the year to date, “breaching its trajectory” of 33 cases, according to board papers from North Tyneside clinical commissioning group.
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Newcastle FT records five never events in four months
PERFORMANCE: Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust has had five never events between April and September 2013, according to board papers from the Newcastle and Gateshead CCG Alliance.
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South Tees FT in deficit
FINANCE: South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust was reporting a deficit of £3.171m at the end of October.
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A&E performance raised in County Durham FT contract meeting
PERFORMANCE: County Durham and North Darlington Foundation Trust failed to meet its 95 per cent four hour A&E wait target in September, and this was “formally discussed” at a contract meeting, according to board papers from North Durham CCG.
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Newcastle FT £2m ahead of plan
The Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was £2m ahead of its financial plan at the end of June.
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North Cumbria takeover fails to proceed
The planned acquisition of a ‘Keogh trust’ by a neighbouring foundation trust failed to go ahead on 1 October.
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Public money could fund new hospital
CAPITAL SCHEMES A proposed £283m new hospital in the North East could be part-funded with public money after a plan to pay for it it using loans from pension funds was dropped.
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Primary care strategy in development by Darlington CCG
PERFORMANCE: Darlington CCG has announced it is developing a primary care strategy, aimed at developing integrated care services around practices.
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Sunderland CCG fully authorised by NHS England
STRUCTURE: Sunderland CCG has been fully authorised.
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Consultation underway on controversial Friarage changes
STRUCTURE: A consultation has begun on controversial changes to paediatric and maternity services at Friarage hospital in Northallerton.
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NewsAusterity measures 'bad for nation's health'
The government has been urged to look more closely at the impact of austerity measures on the health of the nation before it pursues more cuts.
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Northern CCGs form collaborative
STRUCTURE: Clinical commissioning groups in the North East and Cumbria have formed a collaborative group for joint contracting, system leadership and sharing expertise.
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All conditions lifted from Newcastle North and East CCG
STRUCTURE: NHS Newcastle North and East CCG has been fully authorised.
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Two Darlington CCG governing body members step down
STRUCTURE: Two members of Darlington CCG’s governing body are stepping down, due to health reasons and retirement.
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Authorisation conditions lifted from Newcastle West CCG
STRUCTURE: Newcastle West CCG has been fully authorised.
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County Durham FT 'struggles' to hit A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Recent board papers from North Durham CCG warn that County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust is continuing to “struggle” to achieve performance in recent months against its A&E four hour target, with performance “significantly below 95 per cent”.
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Durham Dales Easington and Sedgefield launch campaign against medicines waste
FINANCE: A campaign aimed at reducing unnecessary medicines waste has been launched across North Durham, Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield.
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Newcastle FT governors announced
WORKFORCE: Election results for the council of governors for The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have been announced.
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Hartlepool begins consultation on critical care shake-up
STRUCTURE: A public consultation on the centralisation of critical care and emergency medicine services at the University Hospital of North Tees has begun.
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New care model introduced at Berwick maternity unit
STRUCTURE: Low-risk pregnant women will once again be able to give birth at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s Berwick Maternity Unit from 1 July 2013.