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Sussex contracts with BSUH head for ‘significant’ overspend
FINANCE: Sussex PCTs contracts with Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust are projected to be £4.2m over spent compared to the service level agreement plan, and £23.9m over budget at the end of the year - the worst forecast for an acute in Sussex.
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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare heading for £9.4m contract overspend
FINANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare is projected to be £5.1m over spent on its service level agreement plan and £9.4m over budget at the end of the year.
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Sussex expects £24.9m overspend with Western Sussex Hospitals
FINANCE: The trust’s contract with Sussex PCTs is expected to be £24.9m overspent at the end of the year – the second worst forecast in Sussex.
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Sussex Community Trust heading for £9.5m over spend
FINANCE: Sussex Community Trust is projected to be £9.5m over budget at the end of the year.
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Oxleas wins prison health contract
COMMERCIAL: Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust has been successful in its bid to run integrated healthcare services to West Kent Prisons and Forensic Units in Maidstone and Dartford.
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Royal Surrey County launches review into epilepsy care concerns
PERFORMANCE: The trust began a patient case notes review last month, after concerns were raised about the medical practice of one of its doctors.
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Hastings and Rother ‘assumes’ it is ahead of plan
FINANCE: The primary care trust said it was ahead of its forecast position after the first three months of the financial year but admits it lacks data on acute activity and prescribing.
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NHS West Sussex needs to identify extra £20m in savings
FINANCE: The primary care trust needs to find £20m of extra savings to reach its end of year surplus target, according to its latest finance report.
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Kent and Medway Partnership appoints interim chief
WORKFORCE: Bob Deans has taken up post as the trust’s new Interim chief executive for 12 months.
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GPs back specialist nursing post after pressure from charity
WORKFORCE: A specialist Parkinson’s nurse has been secured for West Sussex after an emerging clinical commissioning group previously advised a primary care trust to put recruitment to the post “on hold”.
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NewsPrivate hospital spend varies widely, study shows
Significant variations exist in the proportion of work primary care trusts commission from independent sector providers, a study shared with HSJ reveals.
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New NED joins NHS Surrey
WORKFORCE: David Lewis has been appointed to the board of NHS Surrey as a non executive director.
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Kent aims to recruit 218 more health visitors over next five years
WORKFORCE: As part of a nationwide campaign, the NHS in Kent has launched a major recruitment drive to find 218 new health visitors over the next five years.
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Sussex aims to recruit 150 extra health visitors
WORKFORCE: As part of the national health visitor strategy, the NHS in Sussex has launched a recruitment drive for new health visitors.
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Frimley Park given only 48 hours to prepare for PM visit
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust received only 48 hours warning that the prime minister was to launch the NHS reforms “listening exercise” there in April.
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Work starts on midwife-led birth unit in Medway
STRUCTURE: Work has begun on a new midwifery-led unit at Medway Maritime Hospital.
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First patients attend new Medway neuroscience unit
STRUCTURE: A new neuroscience unit has opened at Medway Maritime Hospital.
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Medway goes public with possible Dartford merger
STRUCTURE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust and Medway NHS Foundation Trust have announced they are exploring the possibility of coming together to form one organisation.
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No judicial review request over Maidstone reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: Councillors have opted not to request a judicial review against the trust over its plans to reconfigure services for women and children, according to board papers.
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Kent trust failed to reach information governance minimum
PERFORMANCE: An internal control report from Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells said the trust had failed last year to reach the minimum requirement for information governance set out in the NHS operating framework.