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Brighton and Sussex has lost 492 bed days to norovirus
PERFORMANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has seen 493 bed days lost to norovirus so far this financial year with 225 patients and 55 staff members affected.
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Medway FT missed four hour target
PERFORMANCE: Medway Foundation Trust missed the four hour A&E target in January. But while nearly 93.5 per cent of people were treated, admitted or discharged within four hours one patient had to wait 19 hours and 36 minutes before being admitted.
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Queen Victoria told to improve record keeping
PERFORMANCE: The Queen Victoria Hospital Foundation Trust has been told to improve its record keeping by the Care Quality Commission.
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Royal Surrey records surplus
FINANCE: The Royal Surrey County Hospital Foundation Trust was £400,000 in surplus at the end of December – but made a loss of £200,000 in the month itself, reflecting a small number of working days and patients choosing not to have major surgery around Christmas. It has a revised planned ...
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Sussex Partnership short on savings
FINANCE: Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust has only made £8.7m of its planned £10.9m savings so far this financial year.
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DTOC review at Sussex Partnership
PERFORMANCE: Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust has launched a review of delayed transfer of care after the number soared to the highest since it became a foundation trust.
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Trust acknowledges errors in care of patient found hanged
PERFORMANCE: Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust has said it “sincerely regrets” the shortcomings in the care provided to a man with mental health problems who was found dead at his home last year.
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Royal Surrey looks to cut workforce
WORKFORCE: Royal Surrey County Hospital Foundation Trust is seeking to make around 30 staff redundant as part of efforts to reduce its workforce.
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Hike in older patients at Western Sussex Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has “continued to experience particularly high levels of activity in care for older people”, according to board papers.
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Small deficit predicted by Medway FT
FINANCE: Medway Foundation Trust expects to finish the current financial year with a small £1m deficit, according to a board finance report.
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Brighton and Sussex celebrates orthopaedics improvements
PERFORMANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has claimed its trauma and orthopaedics services are going from “strength to strength”.
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Brighton and Sussex on course for small surplus
FINANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust predicted in February that it would end the financial year with a surplus.
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Sussex health visitor receives QNI grant for local project
FINANCE: A health visitor from Lewes has been awarded a £5,000 grant by the Queen’s Nursing Institute to improve access to healthcare for the Gypsy and Traveller community locally.
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East Sussex wards closed by norovirus
STRUCTURE: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has several wards closed due to norovirus.
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Medway FT accepts health and safety fine
FINANCE: Medway Foundation Trust accepted a fine for beaching health and safety laws, according to board papers presented in January.
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East Kent Hospitals FT notes improvement in food
PERFORMANCE: Improvements in food at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust have resulted from a new ward oven system.
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Surrey and Borders expands community eating disorder team
WORKFORCE: Three new nurses are to join Surrey and Borders Partnership Foundation Trust’s eating disorder services this month as part of efforts to keep younger patients out of hospital and in the “family environment”.
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A&E refurb complete at East Kent Hospitals FT
STRUCTURE: The refurbishment of the emergency separtment at Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital was completed on 25 January.
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Review of A&E complaints at Western Sussex
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has begun a review of why its accident and emergency department has more complaints than other parts of the organisation.
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Refurbishments to take place at Western Sussex
STRUCTURE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust is to carry out “significant refurbishments” to its maxillofacial unit and fracture clinic.