All North East articles – Page 37
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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.
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Monitor probes Tees Esk and Wear over care failings
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Foundation Trust to determine whether it has broken the conditions of its licence, after concerns were raised over the quality of its care.
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Ex-commissioning GP joins Northumbria Healthcare FT
WORKFORCE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has appointed a GP who was previously involved in a local clinical commissioning group as a GP clinical director for North Tyneside.
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Northumberland, Tyne and Wear launches adolescent bipolar service
SERVICE DESIGN: Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust Has launched a new adolescent bipolar service
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Ambulance target concern at Durham Dales CCG
PERFORMANCE: A Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield CCG board paper warns of “concern” over ambulance responses to red calls in 8 minutes.
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Innovative bowel cancer screening at South Tyneside
SERVICE DESIGN: South Tyneside District Hospital has become the first in the country to offer a new screening test to prevent bowel cancer.
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Independent case report criticises Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Trust
A mental health worker savagely stabbed to death by a paranoid schizophrenic who was living in the community should not have been visiting him alone, a report has concluded.
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CCG notes Durham and Darlington A&E problems
PEFORMANCE A North Durham CCG board paper warns that County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation “continues to struggle to achieve performance” for A&E waiting times.
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County Durham and Darlington installs car charging points
STRUCTURE: Owners of electric vehicles can now charge up at Darlington Memorial Hospital after County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust installed new charging points at the hospital’s car park.
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Northumbria Healthcare opens health centre
SERVICE DESIGN: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has opened a new £18m health centre in Morpeth.
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New South Tyneside CCG admission avoidance scheme
SERVICE DESIGN: South Tyneside CCG has launched an “Improving Care” scheme for patients with respiratory problems in a bid to “deliver care in a different way to more vulnerable groups of patients in South Tyneside.”
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National clinical advisers question case for new North Tees hospital
A group of experts has questioned the case for a proposed new hospital between Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees.
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Durham Dales piloting bladder problem service
SERVICES: A nurse led service is offering rapid access for patients in the Durham Dales with bladder problems.
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South Tyneside CCG paying £7,404 a year for GP prescribing work
FINANCE: A clinical commissioning group is paying the equivalent of more than £600 a day to provide locum cover for GPs released to work for it.
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North East Ambulance reports 300 day handover waits
PERFORMANCE: Ambulances spent nearly 300 days waiting outside hospitals to hand over responsibility for patients in the last quarter of 2012-13, the board of the North East Ambulance Service Foundation Trust heard.
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James Cook extending holistic therapies
SERVICES: The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough is extending the availability of holistic therapies for cancer patients.
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Northumberland has £17m budget gap
FINANCE: Northumberland CCG has a £17m potential gap between its baseline allocation and recurring expenditure.
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South Tyneside may decommission MIU
SERVICES: South Tyneside CCG is planning to stop commissioning a minor injuries unit at its local trust – because it duplicates what is already available for patients at a walk-in clinic.
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New chaplain at County Durham FT
WORKFORCE: The Reverend Kevin Tromans has been appointed as the new lead chaplain at County Durham and Darlington Foundation Trust. Rev Tromans has worked in hospitals since 1997 and replaces Rev Brian Selmes, who has retired.