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GP gains role on health and wellbeing board
WORKFORCE: A GP commissioner has been appointed as deputy chair of West Sussex’s emerging health and wellbeing board.
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BSUH reporting deficit after two months of 2012-13
FINANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust is reporting a deficit of £2.4m for June 2012.
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Two parties interested in taking over hospital block
COMMERCIAL: Western Sussex Hospitals Trust has received two responses to a request for plans to redevelop a surplus part of its estate at Southlands Hospital.
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Bidders shortlisted in competition for Central Surrey Health contract
COMMERCIAL: Just two bidders have been shortlisted in the competition to run the services currently provided by Central Surrey Health, the first social enterprise to come out of the NHS.
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Eastern Kent PCT being kept afloat by reserves
FINANCE: NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent has used more than £5m in reserves to maintain a surplus in the first quarter of 2012-13, according to board papers.
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Health needs of young carers assessed
PERFORMANCE: NHS Surrey and a charity are surveying young carers to identify their health needs and inform future commissioning.
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Current West Kent overspend is ‘not sustainable’
FINANCE: Commissioners in West Kent have already been forced to dip into contingency reserves due to excess activity by their acute providers, board papers reveal.
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New ambulance prep centre opened
STRUCTURE: South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust has opened a Make Ready Centre in Ashford.
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Major capital project set to start at Ashford
STRUCTURE: A £2.8m refurbishment of the outpatients department at Ashford Hospital is scheduled to begin on 13 August, according to board papers.
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Ashford and St Peter’s improves on four-hour A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital Foundation Trust was meeting the four-hour target for accident and emergency waits by the end of the first quarter of 2012-13, according to board papers.
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Record keeping concerns remain at Ashford and St Peter’s
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has declared that Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is now compliant on five out of six quality indicators.
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Ashford and St Peter’s pens new ‘healthy’ catering contract
COMMERCIAL: Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has launched new “Essential Goodness” menus and food, in partnership with catering contractor OCS.
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Western Sussex gears up for first governor election
STRUCTURE: More than 100 people have put themselves forward to stand in the first election of governors at Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust, as it seeks to become a foundation trust.
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Kent acutes given more time to provide merger evidence
STRUCTURE: Two acute trusts that are seeking to merge have been given more time by the Cooperation and Competition Panel to provide information to support their case.
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Sussex trust fights back over reconfig plan criticism
STRUCTURE: A Sussex acute and community trust has fought back following criticism of its reconfiguration plans from its own consultants and two local campaign groups backed by the media.
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Mental health shake-up mooted for Kent
STRUCTURE: Commissioners in Kent have set out plans to reconfigure services for mental health patients experiencing a “crisis”, after a review identified weaknesses with the current layout.
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New complex care ward opens at Conquest hospital
STRUCTURE: East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has opened a new ward that specialises in caring for older people with complex conditions at its Conquest Hospital site in Hastings.
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New critical care monitoring technology for East Sussex
PERFORMANCE: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has purchased a new system electronic system to improve care for intensive care patients.
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East Sussex Healthcare seeks to ‘clarify’ future of services
STRUCTURE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust has issued a statement in order to “clarify” its plans for the future configuration of its stroke, orthopaedics and general surgery departments.
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Board to be told a ‘patient story’
PERFORMANCE: An initiative has been launched to improve the board of East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust’s knowledge in patient experience.