All HSJ Local articles – Page 169
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HSJ LocalHeart of England chief executive secondment 'in line' with Dalton review
STRUCTURE: The chief executive being seconded to turn around Heart of England Foundation Trust has said his appointment is an example of the recommendations of the Dalton review into the provider sector being put into practice.
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HSJ LocalHuge rebuilding project begins at Chase Farm
STRUCTURE: Work has begun at Chase Farm Hospital on a large scale demolition project, which will include the creation of a new urgent treatment centre and paediatric emergency department.
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HSJ LocalKing’s A&E waits linked to bed capacity and repatriation delays
PERFORMANCE: Issues with bed capacity, patient acuity and repatriation delays are among the causes of excessive accident and emergency waits at King’s College Hospital, commissioner board papers state.
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HSJ LocalHuge increase in A&E attendance rates hit Hillingdon Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Major rises in A&E attendance numbers are ‘”overwhelming” the physical capacity of Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust, its board papers state.
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HSJ LocalWhittington predicts £7.4m shortfall in 2014-15 accounts
FINANCE: Whittington Hospital is expecting a year end deficit of up to £7.4m due in part to overspends in acute medicine, surgery and cancer care divisions.
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HSJ LocalNine complaints against South West trust elevated to ombudsman
PERFORMANCE: South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust has disclosed that nine complaints made against it have been elevated to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman since December 2013.
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HSJ LocalUpdated: Competition regulator to probe NEW Devon £100m contract award
COMMERCIAL: Competition regulator Monitor has opened an investigation into a Devon clinical commissioning group’s plan to award a community services contract without a tender, a decision one trust has called “wrong” for patients.
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HSJ LocalWrightington, Wigan and Leigh chief seconded to lead Heart of England
WORKFORCE: Andrew Foster, the chief executive of Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Foundation Trust, is to be seconded to Heart of England Foundation Trust as interim chief executive.
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Midlands trust chief executive to retire
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust has announced she will retire later this year.
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HSJ LocalNHS consortium challenges NHS England £80m contract decision
A consortium of NHS trusts have lodged a formal challenge against NHS England following its decision to hand a 10 year, £80m contract for PET CT scanning to a private company.
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HSJ LocalMidlands trust spends £13.5m on Portakabin units
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust has placed a £13.5m order for temporary buildings to expand its ward and operating theatre capacity, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Barts Health turnaround consultancy spend revealed
FINANCE: Barts Health Trust spent more than £7m on five consultancy firms in the 14 months to December as part of its financial turnaround project, HSJ can reveal. The turnaround programme began at the start of the 2013-14 financial year.
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HSJ LocalKent trust and CCGs called to joint performance meeting
East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust and its neighbouring clinical commissioning groups have been called to a meeting with NHS England and Monitor because of poor performance against cancer, accident and emergency, elective and diagnostic targets.
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HSJ LocalParamedic to be sentenced over Midlands patient death
A West Midlands paramedic will be sentenced next month after pleading guilty to failing to discharge his duty of care to a man who collapsed and died outside a hospital emergency department in 2012.
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HSJ LocalSingle board to share risk across Cambridgeshire health economy
STRUCTURE: Providers and commissioners across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough have created a joint board for strategic planning which they hope will ultimately share financial risk across the health economy.
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Sheffield CCG accountable officer steps down
WORKFORCE: The accountable officer of Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group has announced he is stepping down.
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HSJ LocalCCG leader steps aside after being charged with assault
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of Norwich Clinical Commissioning Group has stepped aside from his position after being charged with assault.
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HSJ LocalRelations between Devon health organisations 'strained', TDA chief admits
COMMERCIAL: Relations between a Devon trust and its local clinical commissioning group are ‘strained’, the chief executive of the NHS Trust Development Authority has said.
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HSJ LocalMid Cheshire rated 'good' by CQC
Mid Cheshire Hospitals Foundation Trust has been rated “good” by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalPeterborough and Stamford franchise decision delayed
STRUCTURE: A hospital chief executive has confirmed that the decision to have his trust taken over by a Hinchingbrooke style private management franchise will be deferred until after the general election.