All East Midlands articles – Page 24

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    Trusts to fill board vacancies from new 'executive talent pool'

    2017-07-10T10:13:00Z

    NHS Improvement has established a “talent pool” of people ready to be appointed into executive level positions across the Midlands and East region.

  • Kettering general hospital
  • HSJ Local

    Trust cut thousands of patients from waiting lists in 'unsafe' practice

    2017-06-28T12:03:00Z

    Kettering trust excluded at least 26,000 potential patients from waiting list using “unsafe” data filtering “solely intended” to omit long waits Damning report found RTT performance data has been “fundamentally flawed” since 2006 Trust denies fraud but admits senior managers “failed to act appropriately” A Midlands trust has ...

  • University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
    HSJ Local

    Critical incident declared by major acute trust

    2017-06-01T15:45:00Z

    Trust declares critical incident after increasing attendances and admissions One patient waited 16 hours in the department, a source claims Chief operating officer says no patient waited longer than eight hours following a decision to admit An acute trust with one of the busiest A&Es in the country ...

  • HSJ Local

    Former chief to chair major teaching hospital trust

    2017-05-15T13:18:00Z

    A former chief executive has been appointed as chairman of Nottingham University Hospitals Trust.

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    HSJ Local

    Trust reconfigures specialist services ahead of GIRFT shake-up

    2017-05-08T16:07:00Z

    An acute trust has shifted vascular services nine miles as part of a £13.2m plan to establish a new cardiovascular institute in the East Midlands.

  • John Adler
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    Exclusive: Trust chief pledges to get back on track after opening £48m A&E

    2017-04-27T07:00:00Z

    John Adler says his trust will hit the four hour target 95 per cent of the time by the end of 2018 University Hospitals of Leicester must address capacity deficit of 105 beds Mr Adler says trust has no more plans to restrict elective treatment University Hospitals of ...

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    Revealed: Vanguards must give funding to STPs

    2017-04-26T14:16:00Z

    NHS England sets conditions on final year of vanguard funding Vanguard sites required to give 10 per cent of their funding to STPs Areas told to embed new care model frameworks by December NHS England has set out four conditions on vanguard funding including the requirement to dedicate ...

  • Kettering general hospital
    HSJ Local

    Four trusts enter special measures in six days

    2017-04-12T00:01:00Z

    Kettering General Hospital FT rated inadequate after “serious concerns” found in A&E, staffing, risk management and treatment delays Trust is fourth to enter special measures in six days New interim chief executive was appointed at trust after incumbent left within six months A Midlands trust has been placed ...

  • Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
    HSJ Local

    Trust faces 'toughest financial challenge ever'

    2017-04-11T12:03:00Z

    Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has warned staff it is facing its “toughest year yet” in 2017-18 after its performance deteriorated over winter.

  • Queen's Hospital, Burton
    HSJ Local

    Foundation trusts could consider merger

    2017-03-30T11:43:00Z

    Two NHS trusts in the Midlands are working on proposals to work closer together, including a potential full merger, HSJ understands.

  • Southend pier
    News

    GP quality: Best and worst CCGs in the Midlands and East

    2017-03-28T15:00:00Z

    Poor quality GP surgeries scattered across the Midlands and East region, with the worst three performing CCGs in Essex, Nottinghamshire, and Lincolnshire Three neighbouring CCGs in south Essex appear in the 10 CCGs with the highest percentage of inadequate or requires improvement CQC ratings Nottingham West outstrips all other ...

  • surgery
    HSJ Local

    Teaching trust puts major restrictions on operations for second time in six weeks

    2017-03-28T12:02:00Z

    Teaching trust forced to restrict operations for second time in six weeks University Hospitals Leicester puts seven day restriction on elective work The move follows a 12 day restriction covering February half-term One of the NHS’s largest trusts has been forced to restrict elective activity for the second ...

  • Plaster
    HSJ Local

    Hospital trust creates primary care company

    2017-03-24T07:00:00Z

    Chesterfield Royal Hospital FT to create new arm’s length company The new body will provide services to more than 30,000 patients Development follows trust taking on five GP surgeries Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust has created a new arm’s length limited company to provide GP services to more ...

  • King's Mill hospital
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    New chief executive named for acute FT

    2017-03-16T11:08:00Z

    Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed University Hospitals of Leicester Trust chief operating officer Richard Mitchell as its new chief executive.

  • Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
    HSJ Local

    Major trust appoints new medical director

    2017-03-13T14:41:00Z

    Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has announced Keith Girling as its new medical director to replace Stephen Fowlie, who is due to retire at the end of May.

  • Nottingham
    News

    Community social enterprise first to be rated outstanding

    2017-03-09T07:00:00Z

    Nottingham CityCare Partnership rated outstanding CQC says it has rated four community interests companies, with Nottingham CityCare the first to get the top rating The partnership was singled out for the responsiveness of urgent care services and support offered by end of life services The Care Quality Commission ...

  • surgery
    HSJ Local

    Doctors 'attempted to disguise' surgery delays after patient died

    2017-03-07T14:11:00Z

    Coroner says doctors attempted to “disguise” delays to appointments Delays played a “clear and direct part” in patient’s death, coroner concludes Nottingham University Hospitals Trust says its systems have been improved Months of delays at one of the country’s largest teaching trusts “contributed directly” to the death of ...

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    Trust names successor to chief executive on NHSI secondment

    2017-03-02T10:31:00Z

    Northern Lincolnshire and Goole FT appoints Richard Sunley as interim chief executive He succeeds chief executive Karen Jackson who has been seconded to NHS Improvement A struggling hospital trust has appointed an interim chief executive after its previous leader was seconded to NHS Improvement.

  • Kettering general hospital
    HSJ Local

    Trust 'in real trouble' loses finance director

    2017-02-24T07:00:00Z

    Finance director leaves Kettering General Hospital FT during period of £13m deterioration against financial plan in three months Trust currently under CQC warning notice following inspectors identify ”sub-optimal care” Kettering has missed deadline to start reporting RTT data again after it was suspended in December 2015 Agency spend, A&E ...