All ACUTE LIST articles – Page 24
-
NewsCuts in jobs and pay loom in savings proposals
Service redesign, headcount reduction and a lower average wage will be the three biggest contributors to trusts’ savings plans this year, a survey reveals.
-
HSJ Local
Portsmouth Trust sacrifices finance to keep quality stable
FINANCE: Portsmouth Hospitals Trust has broadly delivered on its service quality targets, at the expense of its finances, which are continuing to deteriorate.
-
HSJ Local
OUH named as worst performer in the south on A&E
PERFORMANCE: Oxford University Hospitals Trust was the worst performer on accident and emergency in the south of England in quarter one of 2012-13.
-
HSJ Local
New finance director for St George's Healthcare Trust
WORKFORCE: St George’s Healthcare Trust has appointed Steven Bolam as it new director of finance, performance and informatics.
-
NewsDistrict general hospital trust forced to look for merger partner
A £145m-turnover district general hospital is the latest to concede it cannot become a foundation trust on its own and look for a merger partner.
-
HSJ Local
Southampton research sheds light on recurrent miscarriages
RESEARCH: A study carried out by specialists in Southampton has found that women who suffer recurrent miscarriages may actually be “super fertile”.
-
HSJ Local
Sandwell trust judged as 'performing'
PERFORMANCE: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust has been described as “performing” after meeting most key performance standards.
-
HSJ Local
Stroke and TIA care misses targets at Sandwell trust
PERFORMANCE: Stroke care at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust fell behind target in three key areas in May.
-
NewsExclusive: NHS or private expressions of interest sought to run 'failing' trust
The special administrator for the first hospital to be subjected to the failure regime has invited expressions of interest from the NHS and private sector to take over all or part of the organisation.
-
HSJ Local
OUH delayed discharges fall slightly
PERFORMANCE: Delayed transfers of care in Oxfordshire have fallen from their peak in March, but remain well ahead of plan.
-
HSJ LocalAnalysed: Delayed transfers of care in Oxfordshire
This HSJ Local Briefing looks at how the health and social care economy in Oxfordshire can control its rate of delayed transfers of care.
-
HSJ Local
Oxfordshire plans acute service restructure
STRUCTURE: Oxford University Hospitals trust is planning restructure local services care in a bid to cut delayed discharges.
-
HSJ Local
RJAH to invest £11m in facilities
COMMERCIAL: Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust has agreed an £11m three-year investment plan to improve hospital facilities.
-
HSJ Local
Research establishes gender link in allergy hereditary
RESEARCH: Clinicians at Southampton University Hospital Foundation Trust have discovered a child’s risk of developing an allergic disease is doubled if a parent of the same sex has suffered from it.
-
HSJ Local
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals opens new clinical trials facility
RESEARCH: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust has opened a new dedicated clinical trials facility, in place of its former practice of undertaking research on wards, it has reported.
-
HSJ Local
Heart of England begins hearing loss research project
RESEARCH: Heart of England Foundation Trust has launched a pilot project with charity Action on Hearing Loss in a bid to improve nursing practice for older patients with hearing difficulties.
-
NewsMost powerful hospital trusts ask for more funding
England’s 10 most prestigious teaching and research hospital trusts have asked the Department of Health and the Treasury for a 10 per cent top-up to their tariff payments, HSJ can reveal.
-
HSJ Local
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.
-
NewsHospitals face 'voting booths' in A&E to measure patient experience
Hospitals may have to install voting booths in inpatient wards and A&E to measure patient experience, HSJ can reveal.
-
NewsBoards approve case for £2.1bn merger
The boards of three foundation trusts in London have agreed a strategic outline case for a merger that would create the largest trust in England.