South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2221
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Frimley Park reports high risk of emergency admission care failure
PERFORMANCE: The FT is currently rated as at “extremely high” risk of failing to provide clinical management of emergency admissions.
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Frimley Park asked to invest in informatics strategy
FINANCE: The FT is “falling behind” other hospitals on informatics and looks set to invest more in this area as a result, according to latest board papers.
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Frimley Park FT appoints two new NEDs
WORKFORCE: Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has appointed two new non-executive directors to its board.
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Berkshire Healthcare FT has responded to CQC concerns on incident reporting
PERFORMANCE: Berkshire Healthcare FT has taken action to address delays in reporting incidents on wards in response to concerns raised by the Care Quality Commission.
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Surplus exceeds expectation at Tees, Esk and Wear FT
FINANCE: Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust exceeded its plans to record a net operating surplus of £6.5m during 2010-11.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow Liverpool PCT is using data presentation to improve access to its joint strategic needs assessment
Liverpool Primary Care Trust is leading 2020 Decade of Health and Wellbeing for the Liverpool City region. The PCT’s vision is to achieve transformational improvements in health and in service provision and significant reductions in health inequalities.
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Homerton breaches MRSA targets
PERFORMANCE: Homerton University Hospital breached two MRSA targets for 2010/11 in February, but the foundation trust insists that there have been no “clinically significant” cases since August 2010.
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Rotherham FT to lose fifth of CQUIN cash
FINANCE: The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust was set to miss out on more than a fifth of its performance related CQUIN (commissioning for quality and innovation) payments in 2010-11.
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NewsReform review may demand 'no more reorganisations'
The NHS Future Forum is considering recommending “no more top-down reorganisations” of the service in its report to the prime minister, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ KnowledgeImproving vascular outcomes: the challenge of delivering NHS Health Checks
A mobile pilot in Hastings and Rother has demonstrated how the NHS Health Check programme can help successfully battle against vascular disease. East Sussex Community Health Services health development manager Hayley Martin explains.
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CommentKeeping safer service delivery at the forefront of the NHS
The NHS has made great strides in delivering safer services: the recent work on surgical check lists is another excellent example that hospitals cannot afford to ignore. However there is still much to do, says Paul Zollinger-Read.
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CommentWhy the reforms need to avoid penalising NHS and local government relationships
Areas where improved health outcomes are already being delivered through strong NHS and local government partnerships will be hoping the negative impact the reforms could have on this success will be seriously reviewed, writes Blackburn with Darwen chief executive Graham Burgess.
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News£300m bill for social care services transfer
Transferring social care from councils to the NHS could cost more than £300m, according to the organisation representing Scotland’s 32 councils.
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NewsAcute mixed-sex ward breaches still in the thousands
Nearly half of NHS acute trusts are still putting patients in mixed-sex accommodation despite facing financial penalties, new figures show.
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NewsEating assistance figure unchanged in nine years
Almost one in five NHS patients who need help with eating are offered no assistance - a figure that has not changed since 2002, data shows.
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NewsJoint pathology venture fairly awarded, CCP decides
A foundation trust did not breach competition principles in selecting a public/private partnership for its pathology services, the NHS market regulator has found.
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NewsAmbulance services eye savings by sending fewer ambulances
Ambulance services plan to save the NHS “tens of millions” by sending fewer patients to hospital, now the category B response target has been scrapped.
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Name chosen for community hospital in Selby
STRUCTURE: A new community hospital in Yorkshire has been named following a public vote.
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NHS North Yorkshire scopes telehealth success
PERFORMANCE: Patients prefer long term conditions to be monitored from home, according to a recent North Yorkshire survey.
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Salford Royal averts risk of mixed sex accommodation breaches
FINANCE: The foundation has found a short term “operational solution” to avoid huge fines from a surgical admissions lounge (SAL) in breach of tougher new rules on single sex accommodation.