All HSJ Local articles – Page 116

  • Demonstration in Lewisham
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    Trust agrees block contract for A&E

    2016-07-21T07:00:00Z

    FINANCE: A south London acute trust has agreed a block contract with its commissioners for the first half of this financial year.

  • Money
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    Lewisham and Greeenwich Trust sets £20.2m deficit plan

    2016-07-20T17:17:00Z

    FINANCE: Lewisham is aiming for a deficit of roughly four per cent for 2016-17, board papers reveal.

  • Manchester
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    Manchester to launch single 'out of hospital provider' in April

    2016-07-20T12:31:00Z

    Health leaders in Manchester will aim to create a single provider of out of hospital services by April 2017 Two major teaching trusts will also aim to merge by the same date The aim is for GPs to be “contractually linked” to the new non-acute provider STRUCTURE: Health ...

  • GP_doctor6
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    Vanguard CCG to take on alliance contract from 2017

    2016-07-20T07:00:00Z

    COMMISSIONING: The lead commissioner for a multispecialty community provider in Yorkshire has said it will work create an alliance contract from next year before going on to establish a “single big entity”.

  • IVF
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    More South East CCGs plan cuts to IVF services

    2016-07-19T13:00:00Z

    Ipswich and East Suffolk CCG and West Suffolk CCG consult on whether to decommission NHS funded IVF treatment Infertility charity claims Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG reduced IVF services without a public consultation COMMISSIONING: Ipswich and East Suffolk and West Suffolk clinical commissioning groups have announced plans to cut ...

  • Ambulance
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    CQC warning notice to embattled ambulance trust

    2016-07-18T15:14:00Z

    NHS 111 calls not responded to quickly enough by South East Coast Ambulance Staffing shortages not handled efficiently, CQC finds Trust has until 10 September to respond to CQC QUALITY: The Care Quality Commission has issued a warning notice to South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust telling ...

  • Manchester central
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    CCGs and council consider 'formal integration'

    2016-07-18T07:00:00Z

    STRUCTURE: A consultancy firm has been commissioned to consider the benefits of formally integrating Manchester’s three clinical commissioning groups and commissioners of social care services.

  • Katrina Percy
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    FT governor resigns over 'farcical' response to deaths report

    2016-07-15T16:43:00Z

    John Green tendered his resignation from Southern Health Foundation Trust’s council of governors on Wednesday His resignation follows the departure of chair Mike Petter and governor Mark Aspinall earlier this year HSJ understands Mr Green resigned because he felt the trust’s response to the Mazars report was “farcical” ...

  • University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
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    NMC suspends Morecambe Bay midwife linked to baby deaths eight years apart

    2016-07-15T09:27:00Z

    Midwife Lindsey Biggs, linked to death of Joshua Titcombe in 2008, suspended by NMC Cumbria police reviewing NMC findings after evidence given to fitness to practise panel NMC launches an external review of its handling of the case, which has taken seven years PATIENT SAFETY: A Morecambe Bay ...

  • law
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    CCGs halt service closure plan ahead of legal challenge

    2016-07-14T14:52:00Z

    CCGs stop closure of several mental health services ahead of judicial review The closures will be examined as part of a wider consultation Cuts were confirmed in March amid protests from local campaigners MENTAL HEALTH: Commissioners in Greater Manchester have halted the closure of several mental health services, ...

  • Liverpool seafront
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    Serious failings at Liverpool trust to be investigated further

    2016-07-14T14:26:00Z

    Damning report detailed a catalogue of governance and care failings at Liverpool Community Health Trust between 2011 and 2014 Rosie Cooper MP calls for “independent investigation” into actions by the TDA, NHS England and CCGs Health minister Ben Gummer says NHS Improvement will be commissioned to undertake a review ...

  • Stockport
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    Landmark reconfiguration held up by capital funding squeeze

    2016-07-14T07:00:00Z

    Healthier Together reconfiguration delayed due to constraints on capital funding The project in Greater Manchester requires £35m-£61m of capital funding, but only £3m has so far been confirmed Local leaders revisit implementation plan to “send clear message that commissioners are committed” FINANCE: Health leaders in Greater Manchester have ...

  • Marcel Levi
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    Major teaching trust appoints top Dutch chief executive

    2016-07-13T14:30:00Z

    Professor Marcel Levi to take over at University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust Sir Robert Naylor will step down in September and Professor Levi will start in January Deputy chief executive Neil Griffiths will cover the top role from September APPOINTMENT: A new chief executive has been announced ...

  • Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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    Hospital trust takes on fourth GP practice

    2016-07-13T07:00:00Z

    STRUCTURE: Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust has taken on the management of a fourth GP practice.

  • Mother and baby
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    Trust forced to close unit for three months due to staff shortage

    2016-07-13T07:00:00Z

    Wycombe birth centre to close between 25 July and 31 October due to midwife shortage Forty shifts a month unfilled with 24.8 full-time equivalent midwives having resigned or retired in recent months Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust says it is confident birth centre will re-open WORKFORCE: A shortage of midwives ...

  • Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
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    North London Trusts merge lung cancer teams

    2016-07-11T15:18:00Z

    Whittington Health Trust has merged is multidisciplinary lung cancer team with its counterpart at neighbouring University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust.

  • Queen's Hospital Romford
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    Trust to spend £12m on clearing waiting list backlog

    2016-07-07T12:29:00Z

    PERFORMANCE: A teaching hospital is to spend £12m clearing its backlog of elective patients who have waited more than a year.

  • A&E
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    CQC: North Middlesex A&E 'has turned a corner'

    2016-07-06T00:01:00Z

    Trust’s A&E rated “inadequate” But Sir Mike Richards says it has ”turned a corner” Chief executive on “emergency leave” PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has rated a trust’s accident and emergency department ‘inadequate’ but said it had ”turned a corner” and made improvements since April.

  • merger
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    Royal Free chief appointed accountable officer at neighbouring trust

    2016-07-06T00:01:00Z

    STRUCTURE: The chief executive of a hospital chain has become the accountable officer for a struggling neighbouring trust.

  • Katrina Percy
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    Hampshire GP leaders declare backing for Katrina Percy

    2016-07-04T17:02:00Z

    Three GP leaders of the Hampshire multispeciality community provider vanguard have formally backed Katrina Percy, the under-pressure chief executive of Southern Health Foundation Trust.