All HSJ Local articles – Page 153
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HSJ LocalSouth West FT breaches licence over finances
FINANCE: Great Western Hospitals Foundation Trust has breached its provider licence following an investigation by Monitor.
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HSJ LocalFirst NHS trust charged with corporate manslaughter
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust has become the first NHS trust to be charged with corporate manslaughter after the death of a 30-year-old patient.
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HSJ LocalLondon trust receives £8.5m bailout to cover unexpected deficit
FINANCE: Lewisham and Greenwich Trust received an £8.5m bailout of public dividend capital from the Department of Health to cover an unexpected deficit for the financial year 2014-15.
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HSJ LocalCornwall non-profit community provider rated ‘good'
PERFORMANCE: The first non-profit provider of NHS services to be examined under the Care Quality Commission’s new inspection regime has been rated ‘good’.
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HSJ LocalAcademic health science centre appoints new director
Manchester Academic Health Science Centre has appointed a new director.
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HSJ LocalMutual’s contract extended to experiment with new care models
COMMERCIAL: Commissioners have extended Bristol Community Health’s contract to provide adult community services by two years, pushing the re-procurement of the services to 2019.
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Community trust enjoys high friends and family score
PERFORMANCE: Derbyshire Community Health Services Foundation Trust has scored highly for patient satisfaction in its first friends and family test responses since the survey was rolled out to community trusts in January.
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HSJ LocalSouth West trust chief executive to leave for Welsh role
WORKFORCE: Weston Area Health Trust’s chief executive is to step down to become chief operating officer of Aneurin Bevan University Health Board in Wales.
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HSJ LocalSpecialist West Midlands trust plans for 'unprecedented' deficit
FINANCE: The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust is planning for a financial deficit for the first time in its history.
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HSJ LocalNorth West trust needs £25m loan to pay staff and suppliers
FINANCE: Tameside Hospital Foundation Trust has said it needs a £25m loan this year to keep paying staff and suppliers.
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HSJ LocalSomerset CCG mulls early end to provider contracts
FINANCE: Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group is considering whether to release itself from contracts with a number of local providers in a bid to reduce financial pressures.
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HSJ LocalMilton Keynes becomes university hospital in medical school plan
COMMERCIAL: Milton Keynes Hospital Foundation Trust has been given university hospital status as part of plans to create the country’s first private medical school.
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HSJ LocalMid Essex rated 'requires improvement' after unregistered staff concerns
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has rated Mid Essex Hospital Services Trust as ‘requires improvement’ following an inspection that found unregistered staff were providing nursing care.
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HSJ LocalMonitor to investigate Cambridgeshire and Peterborough finances
FINANCE: Monitor is probing the financial sustainability of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust – just weeks after it took on an extra 1,400 staff as part of one of the NHS’s biggest, most complex service restructures.
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HSJ LocalJeremy Hunt opposes accidentally leaked hospital reconfiguration proposal
STRUCTURE: A proposal to replace two district general hospitals with a single facility was revealed after consultants hired to investigate the move were overheard discussing it in a conference call on a train.
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HSJ LocalCCG to develop community teams based around GP lists
STRUCTURE: Herefordshire Clinical Commissioning Group is devising a new service model for community healthcare based around GP practice populations.
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HSJ LocalScunthorpe acute ward reopens after norovirus outbreak
PERFORMANCE: A ward at Scunthorpe General Hospital has reopened to new admissions after being hit with an outbreak of norovirus on 2 April.
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HSJ LocalTrial begins for early detection of irregular heartbeats
PRIMARY CARE: GPs in Milton Keynes will start an early detection of atrial fibrillation pilot this month by carrying out screening as part of the patient Health Check programme.
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HSJ LocalResidents moved from care home by commissioners
QUALITY: Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees Clinical Commissioning Group has moved some residents from Admiral Court Care Home in Hartlepool because their nursing needs were not being met there.
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HSJ LocalIsle of Wight C difficile cases rise
PERFORMANCE: The number of C difficile cases reported by Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group had reached 28 by the end of January – eight above the target of 20 for the year with two months still remaining.