North West – Page 73
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C difficile vaccine to be trialled at Pennine Acute Trust
PERFORMANCE: Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust is taking part of a trial seeking to develop a vaccine to prevent the C Difficile infection in hospitals
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NewsJones overturns neonatal care move
Wales’s first minister has overturned a decision to transfer some specialist neonatal care in north Wales across the border to England.
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HSJ KnowledgeNine steps to an effective informatics strategy
How IT and data can be solve an organisation’s problems
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HSJ Local
Mystery surrounds executive director suspension
A foundation trust has suspended the last executive director remaining in post from the tenure of its previous chief executive, HSJ has discovered.
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Pennine Acute records £2.1m deficit in July
FINANCE: Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust recorded a deficit of £2.1m for July, against a planned deficit of £0.4m, its latest performance report states.
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HSJ Local
Salford finance director to move to Leeds
STRUCTURE: Salford Royal Foundation Trust finance director and deputy chief executive Tony Whitfield is leaving to join Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust in January.
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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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HSJ LocalMonitor to probe CCGs' block contract
Monitor is to investigate a complaint that referrals to a private hospital dropped after two clinical commissioning groups entered into a block contract with a local NHS hospital.
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HSJ KnowledgeIt's time to stop ignoring patients' complaints
Confronting complaints can be uncomfortable but it is essential
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HSJ Local
Pennine Acute Hospitals chief executive retiring
WORKFORCE: Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust chief executive John Saxby is retiring.
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HSJ Local
Mid Staffs finance director joins Morecambe Bay
WORKFORCE: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust’s finance director is leaving to take up the role of director of finance and deputy chief executive at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Trust accidentally circulates details of Ashworth Hospital volunteers
PERFORMANCE: Mersey Care Trust has published details of a confidentiality breach in which a member of staff accidentally circulated the personal details of volunteers who had visited patients at the high-security Ashworth Hospital.
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HSJ Local
Pennine Acute misses hospital acquired infections target
PERFORMANCE: Pennine Acute has failed against its target of having no cases of MRSA in 2013-14, its latest performance report states.
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HSJ Local
East Lancs publishes post-Keogh improvement plan
WORKFORCE: East Lancashire Hospitals has hired 30 additional nurses and 30 extra healthcare assistants following the Keogh review of trusts with high mortality rate, the trust reported last week.
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NewsAmbulance trusts step into breach to provide NHS 111
NHS ambulance services are to take on the temporary provision of NHS 111 in most of the areas where NHS Direct is pulling out of delivery, the health advice provider has announced.
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HSJ Local
Central Manchester surplus £80k behind plan
FINANCE: Central Manchester University Hospitals recorded a surplus of £664,000 for the first four months of 2013-14, £80,000 behind plan to that point in the year, its latest finance report states.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow the NHS can translate research evidence into better care
How CLAHRCs are improving practice
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Countess of Chester plans £7.4m savings in 2013-14
FINANCE: Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust aims to make cost improvement programme savings of £7.4m in 2013-14.
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East Lancashire Trust receives two Rule 43 reports
PERFORMANCE: The Blackburn with Darwen coroner has issued East Lancashire Hospitals Trust with two Rule 43 reports, board papers state.
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HSJ LocalBaby's parents condemn 'cover-up'
A “cover-up” into failings surrounding the death of a baby girl who was treated at a scandal-hit health trust was “unforgiveable”, say the child’s parents.