All East Midlands articles – Page 41
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HSJ LocalCardiology to be merged across Northamptonshire hospitals
STRUCTURE: Cardiology services are set to be merged across Northamptonshire’s two major acute hospital trusts, commissioners have said.
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NewsHSJ leadership inquiry member knighted in new year's honours
Sam Everington, chair of Tower Hamlets CCG, is among a number of NHS managers, nurses and doctors included in the new year’s honours list
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HSJ LocalNotts trust plans to improve access to urgent care
STRUCTURE: Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust plans to improve access to urgent care services at Newark Hospital at a cost of £1.2m.
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SupplementsHSJ Rising Stars 2014
Identifying ambitious rising stars driving opportunities in healthcare
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NewsExclusive: Service hit by staff 'exodus' after CCG transfers contract to Circle
One of the biggest teaching trusts in England has been forced to axe its once renowned acute dermatology service following an “exodus” of medical consultants following the transfer of their contract to private provider Circle.
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HSJ LocalCCG chair steps down to lead GP 'super-practice'
STRUCTURE: The chair of Corby Clinical Commissioning Group is stepping down from the role to lead a merged GP ‘super-practice’ which aims to become the largest primary care provider in England.
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NewsAspirant FTs could have option to become a mutual
NHS trusts could in future choose between becoming a foundation trust or an independent mutually owned company as the provider sector becomes increasingly ‘fluid and uncertain’, HSJ has been told.
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NewsTwo commissioning support units plan to merge
Two commissioning support units have announced they will formally merge.
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SupplementsGood practice case study: specialist care for confused older patients
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust set up a specialist unit so patients with delirium would not have to be treated in noisy and crowded wards
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SupplementsGood practice case study: making frailty everyone's business
Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust screens all acute admissions for frailty
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SupplementsGood practice case study: setting the course for better elderly care
Leicester’s interface geriatrics program seeks to diminish hospital admissions among the oldest old through comprehensive geriatric assessment
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HSJ LocalOxfordshire better care fund plan 'unrealistic'
Oxfordshire commissioners failed to submit a realistic better care fund plan in part because they were distracted by work on other local integration initiatives, they have admitted.
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News'Challenged' areas recovery plans demand integration and reconfiguration
The creation of new integrated provider models and capitated budgets are fundamental to the visions of the national ‘challenged health economies’, HSJ has been told
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NewsAnalysis: Distressed health economies' leaders doubt books will balance
Senior leaders in several of the NHS’s ‘challenged health economies’ are not confident their area will be in financial balance in five years’ time, even after months of intensive support from national organisations
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HSJ KnowledgeTake the local lead on health inequalities
A new strategic approach to improve public health
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CommentAnalysis: Pressure eases on English waiting times
Waiting times recovered surprisingly well in September
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CommentEnd Game: NHS neigh sayers
Health leaders talk a load of old pony around the five year forward view
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HSJ KnowledgeInnovator case study: New pathway means earlier diagnosis of liver disease
The winners of the 2013 NHS Innovation Challenge Prize are changing lives
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CommentFour hour performance: the decline continues
There’s little sign of it being reversed this year