All South articles – Page 80
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Eastbourne CCG requires £18.4m savings next year
FINANCE: Eastbourne. Hailsham and Seaford CCG will need to make £18.4m savings in the next financial year – most of that in the acute sector.
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BSUH within C Difficile target
PERFORMANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has seen higher rates of C Difficile infection in February and March although it remains well within its target of no more than 71 cases for the year at just 46.
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Brighton and Sussex reconsidering whistleblowing policy
WORKFORCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust is considering reshaping its approach to whistleblowing.
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South East Ambulance deals with more patients over phone
SERVICES: A new method of triaging and responding to calls to the ambulance service has seen more patients dealt with over the phone – but has not always been popular with patients.
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Severe A&E pressure at Brighton and Sussex
PERFORMANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has had 34 12 hour trolley waits since January – and has had to declare ‘major incidents’ twice because of the severe pressure on A&E.
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Trust loses F1 surgical trainees following concerns
WORKFORCE: A training issue has left a major hospital without any general surgical foundation one year doctors for four months.
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Winter complaints surge for South East Ambulance
PERFORMANCE: December and January saw a dramatic increase in complaints about South East Coast Ambulance Service with a rise to 60 compared to 33 in the same period last year.
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Kent CCGs expected to have conditions once authorised
STRUCTURE: All CCGs are expected to still have conditions attached to their authorisation when they formally take over next month.
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Sussex neuro patients likely to be referred to London
PERFORMANCE: Sussex patients needing routine neurosurgery may have to travel to London over the next few months because of pressure on the local provider.
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Two wrong side surgery events reported at East Kent Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust has operated on the wrong site in two patients.
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Sussex considers out of hours contract extension due to transition
COMMERCIAL: NHS Sussex is to be asked to extend out of hours contracts across the county for an additional year – because the reprocurement has coincided with the handover to clinical commissioning groups and the launch of the 111 service.
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East Kent Hospitals breaches MRSA target
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust had four MRSA cases in Janaury, breaching its target for the year.
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Kent and Medway A&E performance dips below target
PERFORMANCE: The four hour A&E standard across Kent and Medway has fallen below 95 per cent. A report to the last meeting of the Kent and Medway PCT cluster board says it dipped below 95 per cent for year to date in mid January and was at 94.8 per cent ...
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A&E performance problem in Sussex
PERFORMANCE: A&E performance across Sussex was below the 95 per cent target for treating patients within four hours in January.
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Mixed sex accommodation breach peak in Kent and Medway
PERFORMANCE: Kent and Medway had 35 breaches of the mixed sex accommodation rules in January – with 20 of these at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust.
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Surrey to break even but delay pain
FINANCE: NHS Surrey is forecasting a breakeven position at the end of the month – but only by handing a £33.6m headache to clinical commissioning groups.
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More than 200 SUIs outstanding in Surrey
PERFORMANCE: More than 200 serious incidents were still under investigation in Surrey in early March – as NHS Surrey prepared to hand over to CCGs. They range from pressure ulcers to suicides and unexpected deaths.
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South East Coast uses own care staff to reduce handover delays
PERFORMANCE: South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has started using its own staff to look after cohorts of suitable patients at hospitals to free ambulance crews to respond to other calls – rather than taking patients to other, less busy, hospitals.
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South-west Kent mental health service move
STRUCTURE: Kent and Medway Partnership NHS and Social Care Foundation Trust has stopped using the St John’s building in Sevenoaks to provide mental health services from.
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Kent and Medway helps launch new dementia website
PERFORMANCE: Kent and Medway Partnership NHS and Social Care Foundation Trust is helping roll out a national initiative to improve public information on dementia.