All Cheshire and Merseyside ICS articles – Page 5
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NewsRevealed: the 14 ICSs admitting they will end the year in deficit
At least 14 integrated care systems have now officially admitted they will end the year with a budget deficit, after just five areas said this at the start of the year.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Flory tasked with getting a grip
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HSJ LocalFree coffee for delayed ambulance crews paused after £20k bill
Trust chiefs have paused a scheme which enabled ambulance crews facing long accident and emergency handover delays to get a free tea or coffee, after receiving a £20,000 bill for a single month.
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HSJ LocalDetails of 14,000 salaries shared by mistake
A spreadsheet containing the personal information of nearly 14,000 staff, including their salaries, has been mistakenly emailed to hundreds of people at a major trust, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalEx-national finance chief drafted in to chair troubled trust
A former national finance and performance director has been appointed to chair Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust for 12 months.
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HSJ Local‘Massively reduced’ length of stay emerging at much criticised new hospital, says CEO
The CEO of a troubled trust has said evidence is emerging of ‘massively reduced’ length of stay in a new hospital criticised for being too small.
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News‘Truly integrated’ service model scrapped after failure to improve care
A contract aimed at achieving a ‘truly integrated’ health and social care service is set to be terminated after six years, following concerns about accountability and performance.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Liverpool promises to change
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HSJ LocalTrust merger ‘bedevilled with problems’, says key proponent
One of the key proponents of a major trust merger has told HSJ its implementation has been “bedevilled with problems”, and that leaders have so far failed to deliver its benefits.
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HSJ LocalDoctors ‘embarrassed and ashamed’ by care at new hospital
A clinical director and 30 senior medics have told trust executives they are ashamed of the ‘dreadful conditions’ faced by patients after moving into a ‘chaotic’ new emergency department.
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HSJ LocalCEO resigns after breakdown in relations with chair
There is confusion around the leadership of a struggling acute trust, after a breakdown in relations between the chair and chief executive.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Cutting staff numbers in ICBs
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HSJ LocalA&E staff ordered to receive ambulances ‘in all instances’
Directors of a major hospital have ordered their accident and emergency staff to continue receiving ambulance patients into their department “in all instances”, following angry exchanges with paramedics.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Unease around waiting list prioritisation
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: New lows for ambulance handover crisis
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HSJ LocalExclusive: main hospital corridor turned into ‘makeshift ward’
The main corridor of an acute hospital has been closed to patients and staff and turned into a ‘makeshift ward’, in what sources describe as an ‘absolutely unprecedented’ situation.
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NewsHospitals to begin cancelling operations due to blood supply crisis
Operations are set to be cancelled after the first ever ‘amber alert’ was issued by the organisation that supplies blood to the NHS, according to internal messages seen by HSJ.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Devo leaders jump on life expectancy findings
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HSJ LocalHospital merger confusion blamed for cancer deaths
A ‘leading’ cancer service has reported a series of safety incidents which contributed to patients being severely harmed or dying, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The downfall of a ‘pioneering’ private provider
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