All HSJ Local articles – Page 103

  • morecambe bay lancashire
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    NHS England approves creation of new CCG

    2017-03-03T09:55:00Z

    NHS England approves plans to split CCG as part of boundary changes 32 GP practices will separate from Cumbria CCG and merge with Lancashire North CCG to form Morecambe Bay CCG The remaining 41 practices will stay part of the smaller Cumbria CCG NHS England has approved plans ...

  • reconfiguration_puzzle
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    Merger trusts set course for 'significant' service changes

    2017-03-03T07:00:00Z

    Essex mental health trusts plan huge shake-up if merger goes ahead First year would focus on governance changes and back office cuts Trusts hope new clinical model could be in place in April 2018 Two Essex mental health trusts set to merge in April are planning a “significant” ...

  • East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
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    Hospital trust removed from quality special measures

    2017-03-02T15:12:00Z

    East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust is to exit special measures for quality, NHS Improvement announced today. 

  • richard sunley
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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.

  • Bristol Royal Infirmary, University Hospital Bristol NHS FT
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    Bristol foundation trust rated outstanding

    2017-03-02T00:01:00Z

    A trust in the South West has become the first acute provider in the country to jump from requires improvement to outstanding across just two inspections.

  • York
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    CCG faces £50m deficit despite 'radical' savings plan

    2017-03-01T16:05:00Z

    Vale of York CCG publishes medium term financial strategy to address spiralling deficit CCG admits even if it makes £47.7m of savings and achieves an in-year surplus, it will still have a cumulative deficit of £51.5m by 2020-21 Deficit has quadrupled from £6.3m in 2015-16 to a forecast of ...

  • Calculator
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    Struggling CCG bids to resolve 'financial crisis' with service review

    2017-03-01T10:30:00Z

    Shropshire CCG to review clinical and financial sustainability of several services to address “financial crisis” Commissioners to look into why some GP practices have higher levels of emergency admissions than others STP to review MSK and orthopaedic services A financially challenged CCG has announced it will carry out ...

  • Watford hospital
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    Trust to remain in special measures despite rating upgrade

    2017-03-01T00:01:00Z

    West Hertfordshire trust now rated requires improvement, 15 months after it was rated inadequate CQC recommends it remains in special measures as it “was clear” that the trust had benefited from the support regime Concerns raised about emergency care across all three of the trust’s hospital sites but praise ...

  • ambulance
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    Revealed: Under pressure trust raises bar to admit patients

    2017-02-28T17:00:00Z

    Worcestershire Acute Hospital Trust invokes “full capacity protocol” due to surge in ambulance arrivals Trust tells staff it must raise “acuity threshold” for emergency admissions A struggling trust has said it must to raise the “acuity threshold” for emergency admissions and discharge due to a surge in the ...

  • HSJ Local

    Finance woes hold up biggest CCG merger in England

    2017-02-27T15:06:00Z

    CCG’s, set to merge next year, have delayed the appointment of a single accountable officer Birmingham and Solihull CCGs fail to agree combined financial plan Solihull CCG facing a deficit of £2.1m and QIPP savings target of £18m Progress towards a merger creating the biggest clinical commissioning group ...

  • accountable officer, Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group
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    CCGs move to 'single management structure' across STP

    2017-02-27T07:00:00Z

    CCGs across STP patch to create single management structure CCGs will form joint committee in April as part of future integration plans Four clinical commissioning groups in the Black Country are set to move towards a “single management structure”, HSJ has learned.

  • Grantham Hospital
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    Hunt wades into A&E closure row

    2017-02-24T15:58:00Z

    Health secretary orders review of Lincolnshire trust’s decision to close hospital A&E overnight Independent reconfiguration panel will make initial assessment of whether full review is needed Trust says remains committed to fully reopening Grantham A&E ‘but only when safe to do so’ Jeremy Hunt has ordered a review ...

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    Exclusive: NHS England 'told CCG to report £41m deficit as £5m'

    2017-02-24T12:22:00Z

    NHS England asked struggling CCG to under-report its deficit by more than £35m Northumberland CCG’s forecast deficit has grown from £5m to £41m A struggling clinical commissioning group at the heart of a pioneering new care model vanguard was asked by NHS England to under-report its ...

  • Kettering general hospital
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    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 ...

  • 13 liverpool city
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    Community service transfer may be scrapped

    2017-02-24T07:00:00Z

    NHS Improvement has said it could terminate the planned takeover of Liverpool’s community services by Bridgewater Community Healthcare Foundation Trust, and will consider if “a more beneficial transaction” could happen.

  • caseworker social care helping elderly
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    CCG to review £8.5m social care funding withdrawal

    2017-02-23T12:43:00Z

    County council defers decision to ask health secretary Jeremy Hunt to intervene

  • Cambridge
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    CCG rows back on service closures following local backlash

    2017-02-23T07:00:00Z

    Cambridgeshire minor injuries units reprieved following public outcry New model to be piloted in spring involves expanding units to take pressure off A&Es Move comes despite leaked CCG paper last year saying closures represented “only realistic option” Three Cambridgeshire minor injuries units threatened with closure could be reprieved ...

  • surgery
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    CCGs ration hip and knee surgery for obese patients

    2017-02-22T22:00:00Z

    North West CCGs introduce restrictions on hip and knee surgery for obese patients South Cheshire and Vale Royal CCGs have financial problems NICE chair concerned about increase in CCGs rationing elective surgery Commissioners in Cheshire have introduced new restrictions to hip and knee replacements for obese patients, which ...

  • jonathan parry
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    Trust chief loses appeal against sacking

    2017-02-22T14:58:00Z

    A long serving NHS trust chief executive has lost an appeal against his sacking for “gross misconduct”.

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    Accountable officer for inadequate CCG named

    2017-02-21T16:46:00Z

    A clinical commissioning group rated inadequate by NHS England has appointed a permanent accountable officer.