All HSJ Local articles – Page 129
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HSJ LocalMost challenged STP footprint gets extra support
Neil Modha was named leader of the sustainability and transformation plan for the area, which HSJ has identified as the most financially challenged in England. CCG has now confirmed he will also step down as STP leader when he leaves the group NHS Improvement heavily involved in the STP’s ...
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HSJ LocalNMC's clearance of Morecambe Bay midwives to be reviewed
Professional Standards Authority reviewing decisions by Nursing and Midwifery Council related to two midwives linked to poor care at Furness General Hospital Morecambe Bay inquiry chair questions NMC process and says more contemporaneous evidence was available NMC chief executive Jackie Smith accepts process “not as it should be” ...
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HSJ LocalSuccess regime rejects trust governors' 'absurd' complaints
Success regime rejects governors’ concerns over proposals for community hospital beds Governors at Cumbria Partnership accuse the regime of a “lack of any obvious logic” in its plans and “lack of transparency” Trust chief executive downplays governors’ concerns STRUCTURE: The Cumbria success regime has rejected as “absurd” concerns ...
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HSJ LocalPermanent chief executive appointed at London trust
APPOINTMENT: Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust has appointed Ann Radmore as its substantive chief executive.
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HSJ LocalCCGs to expand seven day services with tendering first
COMMISSIONING: Patient transport services across south Yorkshire are to be put out to tender for the first time in a move to deliver more seven day services.
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Imperial aims for August compliance with RTT target
PERFORMANCE: Imperial College Healthcare Trust plans to hit the 92 per cent target for elective waiting times in August, board papers reveal.
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HSJ LocalSingle bidder kept in race for children’s services contract
Consortium of NHS and social enterprise bidders is single bidder for children’s community services contract in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset University Hospitals Bristols Foundation Trust and Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust are part of bid Commissioners say that consortium was the only bidder that met the ...
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HSJ LocalTrusts at loggerheads over millions in unpaid bills
FINANCE: Two hospital trusts are embroiled in a row over more than £3m of unpaid bills that could significantly affect their year-end financial positions.
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HSJ LocalEvidence of 'bullying and harassment' at under fire CCG
PwC review finds “evidence of a culture of bullying and harassment” at Kernow CCG CCG has been in NHS England legal directions since December, after disclosing a huge deficit when it had been forecasting a surplus Review finds “confusion and dysfunction” on executive team, “failure of governance” and “lack ...
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HSJ LocalCommissioners to expand alternative to QOF
COMMISSIONING: A clinical commissioning group that suspended parts of the GP quality and outcomes framework is planning to expand its alternative payment scheme.
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HSJ LocalLondon trust records £135m deficit
FINANCE: Barts Health Trust ended 2015-16 with a deficit of £134.9m, board papers reveal.
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HSJ LocalMental health trust expands into Abu Dhabi
COMMERCIAL: A leading mental health trust has opened specialist services in Abu Dhabi.
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HSJ LocalTrust blames 'bad behaviour' of neighbouring providers for staff shortage
WORKFORCE: A financially stricken foundation trust has blamed “bad behaviour” of neighbouring trusts breaking agency spending caps for its staff shortages.
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HSJ LocalMental health trust closes adolescent unit after CQC inspection
PERFORMANCE: A mental health trust in London has closed down a unit for adolescent patients after a Care Quality Commission inspection.
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HSJ LocalSTP lead’s trust will miss savings targets
FINANCE: The trust whose chief executive is leading the Kent and Medway sustainability and transformation plan has said it cannot make the savings demanded in the first year.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Clique of midwives prevented staff raising concerns
Cultural review identifies “clique” of midwives whose behaviour went unchallenged by senior managers Some staff have been unwilling to raise concerns and some claim managers don’t listen to them Nursing director taking action to address concerns and improve communication and staffing A “clique” of midwives at a teaching ...
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HSJ LocalEast London FT appoints new chief executive
East London Foundation Trust has appointed Dr Navina Evans as the trust’s new chief executive taking over from Dr Robert Dolan when he retires in July 2016.
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HSJ LocalRegulators install Tim Smart as Southern Health chair
Tim Smart has been appointed by regulators as the new chair of troubled Southern Health Foundation Trust.
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HSJ LocalTop hospital chief takes on leadership of second trust
Panniker becomes latest NHS chief to take over second trust She will become chief of both Basildon and Mid Essex Move follows other senior chief executives taking over leadership of other trusts STRUCTURE: Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust’s well-regarded chief executive Clare Panniker is to ...
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HSJ LocalSouthern Health leaders 'not proactive' in identifying risks to patients
Deputy chief inspector of hospitals says risks and actions to address them “not driving” board’s agenda CQC report raises concerns about risks posed by physical environment, including ligature points Southern Health’s chair, Mike Petter, resigned yesterday afternoon ahead of the report’s publication PATIENT SAFETY: The leadership of Southern ...