All HSJ Local articles – Page 104

  • angel of the north
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    Struggling CCG first to be taken out of special measures

    2017-03-13T07:00:00Z

    A struggling clinical commissioning group has become the first in the country to be taken out of financial special measures.

  • Workforce
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    NHS trust replacing qualified nurses with nursing associates

    2017-03-10T11:29:00Z

    East and North Hertfordshire Trust to replace 21 nurse posts with nursing associates Royal College of Nursing warns the move is worrying and will short change patients Nursing associate role is being developed by Health Education England The Royal College of Nursing has criticised plans by an NHS ...

  • St George’s Hospital
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    Patients come to 'severe harm' after teaching trust data failure

    2017-03-09T11:09:00Z

    Two patients came to “severe harm” after their data was not completed properly at a teaching hospital.

  • Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
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    Former civil servant appointed chair at acute trust

    2017-03-09T10:50:00Z

    A former civil servant with experience at the highest levels of government has been appointed as chair of a Yorkshire acute hospital trust.

  • board_2
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    Chief finance officer at £71m deficit trust resigns

    2017-03-08T13:40:00Z

    Interim chief finance officer leaves after four months Trust says arrangements for an interim cover will be announced in a few days Permanent chief officer will be appointed shortly with interviews scheduled for early April, trust says The chief finance officer at a major teaching hospital has resigned ...

  • Ambulance
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    NHS England could take over ambulance service commissioning

    2017-03-08T11:31:00Z

    NHS England launches “external review” of ambulance commissioning in London Review will make recommendations for new commissioning model to start in April Options include commissioning the contract centrally or STP-wide National body says London Ambulance Service contract has “proved challenging to manage across 32 CCGs” Clinical commissioning groups ...

  • surgery
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    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 ...

  • St George’s Hospital
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    Two million patient records cross-checked by London trust

    2017-03-07T10:58:00Z

    Two million “incomplete patient records” need to be cross-checked 129,000 people have been identified as having incomplete patient records but more are to follow Validation process will be finished in August 2018 at the earliest Two million patient records have been cross-checked by a major London trust following ...

  • Warrington Hospital
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    Ex-Morecambe Bay HR director suspended from his current role

    2017-03-07T10:24:00Z

    NHS director who agreed “irregular” exit deal for Morecambe Bay midwife suspended from current role Mr Wilson has been suspended pending investigations into his actions The deal allowed midwife to leave without facing investigation An NHS director who agreed an “irregular” exit deal for a senior midwife ...

  • Queen's Hospital Romford
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    Long underperforming trust exits special measures

    2017-03-07T00:01:00Z

    A trust dogged by performance and financial problems for more than a decade has moved out of special measures.

  • 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 ...