All HSJ Local articles – Page 162
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Solent to sue Hampshire council over tender award
COMMERCIAL: Solent Trust is set to sue Hampshire County Council after the local authority awarded a £41.3m contract for adult substance misuse services to another provider, HSJ has been told.
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New chief executive for beleaguered acute trust
WORKFORCE: Medway Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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Monitor investigates major London trust
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust because of ‘long standing problems’ at Princess Royal University Hospital.
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Trust revises infection control after suspected Ebola case
PERFORMANCE: Warrington and Halton Hospitals Foundation Trust has bolstered its infection control policies following the treatment of a suspected Ebola patient.
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Trust helps pay for barriers at multi-storey car park known for suicides
PUBLIC HEALTH: North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust has contributed to the installation of barriers at a multi-storey car park in Midway, Newcastle-under-Lyme, as part of its public health remit to help reduce suicide attempts.
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London CCGs to combine 111 and GP out of hours care
STRUCTURE: A consultation has begun on proposals to integrate NHS 111 and GP out of hours services across five clinical commissioning group areas in north London.
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Construction of new mental health facility underway
STRUCTURE: Building work has begun on a mental health facility in Leigh as part of 5 Boroughs Partnership Foundation Trust.
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Two more trusts reach foundation status
STRUCTURE: Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust and Kent Community Health Trust have been granted foundation trust status by Monitor.
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NEW Devon accused of conflict of interest in £100m contract award
COMMERCIAL: A community services provider has accused the country’s largest clinical commissioning group of a conflict of interest in its decision to award a £100m contract without a tender.
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Discharge procedures under the microscope at Arrowe Park
QUALITY: Wirral University Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust is to review its discharge procedures next month in response to patient concerns that prompted a Care Quality Commission inspection.
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Acute trust teams up with GP-led provider on care pathways
COMMERCIAL: Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust is developing a memorandum of understanding with a GP-led provider on pathways of care linked to community services.
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Acute trust warns 2015-16 deficit could hit £23m
FINANCE: Burton Hospitals Foundation Trust is predicting that its deficit could worsen to from £12.7m to £22.7m by the end of 2015-16.
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Wirral submits five-year plan as part of FT status bid
STRUCUTRE: Wirral Community Trust has moved a step closer to foundation status after giving the NHS Trust Development Authority a five-year integrated business plan.
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CCG restructure to create four streams of work
STUCTURE: South Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group plans to restructure of its ways of working to achieve more efficient delivery of ‘commissioning intentions and transformation projects’.
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Monitor to review finances at Basildon and Thurrock
FINANCE: Monitor is to review the finances of Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust, after an investigation by the regulator found ‘shortcomings’ in the trust’s financial management.
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Fifth maternal death at east London hospital
PERFORMANCE: There has been another maternal death at Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust.
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Three-quarters of trust’s wards short of nurses, review finds
WORKFORCE: Only five of 22 wards at Northampton General Hospital Trust have sufficient numbers of nurses, an investigation into staffing levels has found.
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CCG to fund genetic testing for high cholesterol condition
PERFORMANCE: Dudley Clinical Commissioning Group has become one of only a small number of CCGs to agree funding for DNA testing of familial hyperlipidaemia, a condition which causes cholesterol levels to be much higher than normal from birth.
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Trust chief asks staff to trust internal whistleblowing procedures
WORKFORCE: Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Partnership Trust is urging staff to use internal whistleblowing systems for their complaints after the Care Quality Commission conducted an unannounced inspection based on anonymous ‘concerns’.
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CCG expected to rule on closure of mental health unit
STRUCTURE: Telford and Wrekin CCG is expected to decide next month whether to close a mental health unit in Telford that hosts inpatient facilities and crisis resolution teams.