All ACUTE LIST articles – Page 18
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HSJ Local
Ipswich trust buys low beds to cut falls risk
PERFORMANCE: Ipswich Hospital has invested in special low beds to reduce the risk of falls among vulnerable patients.
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HSJ Local
George Eliot falls short on cancer target
PERFORMANCE: George Eliot Hospital Trust reported a red risk rating for January due to a breach of the 62 day cancer waiting time target for three successive quarters.
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HSJ Local
Norovirus outbreak hits more than half of beds at Stoke Mandeville
PERFORMANCE: A norovirus outbreak in Buckinghamshire in February affected more than half the beds at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.
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HSJ Local
South Warwickshire works with Serco on transformation
STRUCTURE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust has begun “scoping work” on two new transformation projects, both involving working with “strategic partners”.
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HSJ Local
Commissioners agree extra cash for Coventry trust
FINANCE: University Hospitals Coventry and WarwickshireTrust moved from surplus to deficit at month ten after reaching a settlement with local commissioners.
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HSJ Local
Airedale chief admits concerns over financial position
FINANCE: The chief executive of Airedale Foundation Trust has warned of concern at the trust’s underlying financial position and the impact on longer term viability.
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HSJ Local
Oxford Trust delivers 91 per cent of CIPs plan
FINANCE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust delivered £36.7m in savings in the first ten months of 2012-13 – 91 per cent of its plan.
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HSJ Local
Southampton doctor becomes national clinical leader
WORKFORCE: A doctor from University Hospitals Southampton Foundation Trust has been appointed as a national clinical director by the NHS Commissioning Board.
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HSJ Local
Oxford trust farms out work to the private sector to deal with demand
PERFORMANCE Acute activity is being transferred to non-NHS organisations in Oxfordshire because Oxford University Hospitals Trust cannot deal with the level of demand for services in-house.
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HSJ LocalA&E performance nosedives after Bucks reconfiguration
PERFORMANCE: The closure of an accident and emergency unit in Wycombe has led to a sharp increase in A&E waiting times at neighbouring hospitals, trust board papers state.
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NewsOrthopaedic hospital PFI a step closer after affordable housing rollback
A London trust’s private finance initiative rebuild has moved a step closer after it secured permission to sell off some of its land with a smaller proportion than usual earmarked for affordable housing.
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News
Morecambe Bay inquiry can begin before police investigation finishes
PERFORMANCE: Cumbria police have given the go ahead for an independent inquiry into care failings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay’s maternity services to begin without waiting for the on-going police investigation into the same failures to be completed, the foundation trust has announced.
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HSJ Local
Queen Elizabeth Kings Lynn Trust reports mixed sex accommodation breaches
PERFORMANCE Four of the five mixed sex accommodation breaches reported in the Midlands and East in December 2012 were recorded by Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn Trust.
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HSJ LocalCongenital Cardiac Association questions Leeds service closure
PERFORMANCE: The British Congenital Cardiac Association has criticised the release of “raw” and “unverified” data about outcomes from children’s heart surgery at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust.
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HSJ Local
Trust calls for more early discharges
PERFORMANCE: Early discharge of patients before noon is a key action for staff at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust.
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HSJ Local
Buckinghamshire Healthcare FT application delayed three months amid mortality concerns
STRUCTURE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust’s bid for foundation status has been put back three months after it was identified as an outlier on mortality rates.
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NewsExclusive: Hospital leaders say 'chief inspector' role won't work
73 per cent of hospital chief executives believe the government’s proposed overhaul of regulation and inspection will be ineffective
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NewsFrancis response: No statutory regulation for healthcare assistants
Healthcare assistants will not face statutory regulation, the government has announced, but they will be subject to national minimum training and a code of conduct.
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HSJ Local
A&E remains a concern at Coventry acute trust
PERFORMANCE: Accident and emergency indicators are an area of “considerable concern” for University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire.
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HSJ Local
Oxford doctor takes national role
WORKFORCE: A doctor from Oxford University Hospitals Trust has been appointed a national clinical director by the NHS Commissioning Board.