All articles by Alison Moore – Page 55
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HSJ LocalPrivate provider suspected of criminal offence by CQC
A major private mental health provider rocked by quality concerns in recent months has had to close most of its beds for young people at its one remaining site in the South East – amid concerns it may have committed a criminal offence.
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HSJ LocalCommissioners outline stroke services shake-up
Major plans to reform stroke services in Kent and Medway could leave the east of the county with just one stroke centre and the west of the county without one at all.
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HSJ LocalCCGs move to claw back cash from failed transport firm
Clinical commissioning groups in Sussex are taking legal advice on whether they can get money back from a failed patient transport operator.
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HSJ LocalFifth CCG could join new regional alliance
A fifth clinical commissioning group is considering joining the Central Sussex Commissioning Alliance, just days after it went live.
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HSJ InteractiveRoundtable: Achieving consistent care in neurology
An HSJ roundtable discusses crucial issues relating to treatment of neurological conditions and how services can deliver consistent high quality care to patients. By Alison Moore
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HSJ InteractiveThe dilemma: Not just a neurology patient
Patients with neurological conditions might miss out on screening tests such as bone density and breast cancer screening. By Alison Moore
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HSJ InteractiveNeurological services: Local vs national solutions
Spreading good practice is one of the ways to deliver a consistent quality of care for neurological patients. By Alison Moore
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HSJ LocalFour deaths linked to ambulance delays
A coroner is probing four deaths – including one of a month old baby – which all occurred this year and all involved delayed responses from an ambulance trust in special measures.
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NewsCommissioners could face judicial reviews over IVF 'discrimination'
Clinical commissioning groups that require same sex couples to self-fund intrauterine insemination before they can be considered for IVF funding have been warned they could face judicial reviews.
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HSJ LocalMore than 23,000 patients impacted by eye appointments backlog
A teaching trust is struggling to see a massive backlog of ophthalmology patients waiting for follow up appointments.
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HSJ LocalTrust seeks £15m DH support as deficit forecast balloons
A trust in financial special measures is to seek up to £15m of working capital support from the Department of Health after its planned deficit quadrupled.
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HSJ LocalHole in CCGs' finances after bed closures abandoned
A plan to close 100 beds in an acute trust has not been implemented – leaving a hole in clinical commissioning groups’ budgets for this financial year.
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HSJ LocalFormer NHS England director hired to support health economy over winter
A former NHS England regional director has been called in to help a troubled health economy with winter pressures.
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HSJ LocalFormer St George's boss appointed trust chief executive
Miles Scott, the former chief executive of St George’s University Hospitals Foundation Trust, has been appointed to run Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust.
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NewsExclusive: Private patient transport firm to be dissolved
A company that was heavily criticised over a shambolic patient transport services contract in Sussex is to be dissolved, Companies House has confirmed.
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NewsAcute trust triggers surgery review after never event cluster
An acute trust has commissioned an external review of its operating theatres following a string of never events, all of which caused harm to patients.
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HSJ LocalLegionella found in teaching trust's water system
Eleven water outlets in an East Kent hospital have tested positive for legionella after a patient developed Legionnaire’s disease.
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NewsMental health trusts could be put in 'impossible position' by rule changes
Changes to the rules governing the detention of mental health patients in police cells could put trusts in an “impossible position” if there are not enough resources to improve access to hospital care, leading sector figures have warned.
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HSJ LocalLeader steps aside at legal directions CCG
The accountable officer of a clinical commissioning group under NHS England legal directions is to step aside to take a new role in the local “accountable care partnership”.
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HSJ LocalNational bodies step in as health economy's financial risk grows
The East Sussex health economy has a “system risk” of £80m with its clinical commissioning groups and the main acute provider likely to miss their control totals and the financial deterioration likely to “one of the most significant in the South East.”