All HSJ Local articles – Page 113

  • Ambulance
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    'No evidence of harm' from delayed ambulance response policy

    2016-10-28T14:12:00Z

    South East Coast Ambulance extended response times for some “red two” calls in winter 2014-15 Latest review found no evidence of patient harm as a result of the policy Review was affected by poor data and plans to interview patients were dropped A review into an ambulance trust’s ...

  • Financial spreadsheets
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    New plan for troubled trust assumes £37m financial improvement

    2016-10-28T07:00:00Z

    Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust plans to deliver £37m of financial improvements by March Most of the improvements to be delivered through additional revenue Regulators said trust’s pay bill growth was “excessive” An NHS trust in financial special measures is now planning to deliver £37m of financial improvements ...

  • Wye Valley NHS Trust
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    Minister criticises regulator for 'encouraging' local trust takeover

    2016-10-27T16:51:00Z

    Local MP claims Wye Valley Trust to be taken over by South Warwickshire FT Trade minister Jesse Norman criticises NHS Improvement for encouraging takeover without consultation Wye Valley chief executive and chair likely to be replaced New CQC inspection report likely to be published next week A government ...

  • HSJ Local

    Deficit forecast quadruples at financial special measures trust

    2016-10-27T12:10:00Z

    A leading teaching hospital is forecasting a £60m deficit this financial year – nearly four times its control total.

  • Bristol Children's Hospital
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    Exclusive: Trust guilty of serious service failure over child's death

    2016-10-27T07:00:00Z

    New report exposes systemic failings in care of four year old boy at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children Sean Turner was denied the best possible chance of survival because of failings by doctors and nurses in 2012 Ombudsman report contradicts findings by earlier NHS England commissioned review A ...

  • Bill Kirkup
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    Bill Kirkup to lead review into trust's care failings

    2016-10-26T17:12:00Z

    Dr Bill Kirkup is set to lead a review of care failings at Liverpool Community Health Trust, the MP who helped expose the scandal has said.

  • Child in hospital
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    Children's mental health crisis centre aims to reduce A&E use

    2016-10-26T15:36:00Z

    West Yorkshire mental health trust to provide overnight beds for children and young people suffering a mental health crisis First service of its kind in the region but it is expected to be rolled out across the West Yorkshire STP area Trust says the facility will reduce the number ...

  • North Tyneside general hospital
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    North East walk-in clinics to be replaced by urgent care centre

    2016-10-26T11:33:00Z

    North Tyneside CCG approves plans to replace three walk-in clinics and OOH service with single urgent care centre Governing body to begin procurement for site and provider of the new service Public consultation found preferred site was North Tyneside General Hospital, run by Northumbria Healthcare FT Trust refuses to ...

  • GP_doctor
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    Concerns raised over sustainability of GP social enterprise

    2016-10-26T07:00:00Z

    Internal report says GP provider’s relationship with CCG had “deteriorated to the point where mutual confidence is low and new business contracts become unlikely” Trajectory against an NHS England contract at the start of September would “lead to around a £434,000 deficit” Community interest company says situation has changed ...

  • Cambridge
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    Addenbrooke's £140m IT contract hangs in balance

    2016-10-26T00:01:00Z

    Trust invites bids for £140m contract currently held by Hewlett Packard Enterprise HSJ understands costs are higher than trust originally forecast and are driving deficit Trust says it is “market testing” and supplier is fulfilling contract Cannot comment on finances as “it would impact on potential bids” Cambridge ...

  • nina fraser
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    West Midlands trust hires interim chief nursing officer

    2016-10-25T15:42:00Z

    University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire Trust has appointed Nina Fraser as interim chief nursing officer

  • jonathan parry
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    Updated: Trust chief to appeal 'vindictive' dismissal decision

    2016-10-25T14:58:00Z

    Jonathan Parry had been excluded from work at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust since August 2015 due to allegations made by a whistleblower Trust has never explained the nature of the allegations against him and three other senior officers who were also excluded Panel found evidence on seven counts ...

  • Phone call
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    Trust asked to maintain 111 service with 12 days' notice

    2016-10-25T12:08:00Z

    An ambulance trust has been asked to continue providing NHS 111 services with just 12 days’ notice after plans for a new provider to take over were delayed twice.

  • Ambulance
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    Troubled ambulance trust launches patient harm review

    2016-10-25T11:35:00Z

    An ambulance service in special measures is to review whether any patients have been harmed by problems locating defibrillators during emergency calls.

  • Oxford
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    STP-wide commissioning team to take powers from CCGs

    2016-10-25T10:49:00Z

    “Commissioning executive” covering seven CCGs to be set up to help commission services across Buckingham, Oxfordshire and Berkshire STP Mental health, ambulance services and 111 will be under board’s new remit The executive will also be asked to sign off a single operating plan to cover STP footprint ...

  • The Walton Centre
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    Outstanding rating for 'world class' specialist trust

    2016-10-21T15:29:00Z

    Walton Centre Foundation Trust in Liverpool rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission Specialist spinal and brain service hospital becomes only second specialist hospital to receive top rating Ten out of 19 specialist hospitals have now had inspections published by the CQC The Walton Centre Foundation Trust has ...

  • Peter Homa
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    Chief executive quits shared leadership role

    2016-10-21T13:02:00Z

    Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust

  • Salford Royal Foundation Trust
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    Cancer surgery decision ends decade long dispute

    2016-10-21T11:28:00Z

    Salford Royal Foundation Trust has been chosen as the single site for some specialised cancer services in Greater Manchester, HSJ understands.

  • John Adler
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    Chief executive accuses trusts of poaching patients

    2016-10-21T07:00:00Z

    University Hospitals Leicester chief executive says trusts in the South East are “offering to do clinics for nothing” Criticises consultants for referring “almost a quarter” of patients in catchment area to “providers in the South East” Calls on NHS England to establish referral pathways in line with its recommendations ...

  • Group of clinical professionals talking
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    500 nurses in pipeline for large teaching hospital

    2016-10-21T07:00:00Z

    Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust to hire 500 more nursing staff Chief executive Julian Hartley says £14m recruitment drive is to improve safe staffing levels CQC raised trust’s rating to good but says it requires improvement on safety One of the largest teaching hospitals in the country is planning ...