All HSJ Local articles – Page 172
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NEW Devon imposes widespread restrictions on smokers and obese patients
Morbidly obese patients in most of Devon will have to lose up to 5 per cent of their weight before undergoing any elective surgery, under plans confirmed by the country’s largest clinical commissioning group.
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Investigation of London A&Es follows department closures
PERFORMANCE: A probe into poor accident and emergency services in north west London has been commissioned by four London local authorities following the controversial closure of two departments.
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Mental health hospital stops accepting new patients following CQC concerns
A mental health hospital in Sussex has stopped accepting new routine patients following concerns raised by the Care Quality Commission during a recent inspection
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Monitor launches investigations at two East Anglian trusts
Monitor has launched investigations into both Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals and Norfolk and Suffolk foundation trusts, it has been announced.
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North Bristol sees further emergency performance dip
PERFORMANCE: North Bristol Trust has seen its performance against the four hour accident and emergency standard dip to 80.7 per cent last month.
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Cornwall trust appoints Bill Shields as interim chief
WORKFORCE: Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust has appointed Bill Shields as its interim chief executive.
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Wiltshire CCG uses £4.3m winter pressure cash for service redesign
FINANCE: Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group is to use the £4.3m it has been allocated from the government’s winter pressures funding to support service redesign schemes to halt unnecessary hospital admissions.
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Proposed merger between Kent CCGs dropped
STRUCTURE: A proposed merger between two clinical commissioning groups in Kent has been dropped following indications from NHS England that CCG mergers will not be supported.
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Solent blames agency costs for unplanned deficit
FINANCE: A community and mental health provider has blamed increased agency spending and difficulties delivering its cost improvement plan for a £7.1m unplanned deficit halfway through the financial year.
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CQC to inspect Heart of England
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission is to inspect Heart of England Foundation Trust following concerns about its accident and emergency services and ‘management issues’, HSJ has learned.
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East Cheshire wins two contracts
COMMERCIAL: A financially strained North West trust has netted itself two contracts worth more than £2m.
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CCG chief to lead acute hospital
WORKFORCE: The leader of a well respected clinical commissioning group has been appointed to the chief executive post of an acute trust under investigation by Monitor.
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CCG to create two urgent care centres at hospitals
STRUCTURE: Scarborough and Ryedale Clinical Commissioning Group has awarded a £15m integrated urgent care service contract to Northern Doctors Urgent Care.
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Whistleblowing review of cancer trust finds no evidence of 'serious failings'
WORKFORCE: A review into whistleblowing concerns at a North West cancer trust has found “no evidence” of serious failings but highlighted areas in need of improvement.
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Beds could go under Somerset community services plans
STRUCTURE: Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group is planning a major overhaul of its community services which will see a significant reduction in hospital beds and the potential procurement of an integrated service for patients with long term conditions.
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PF2 approvals process 'not fit for purpose', hospital chief warns
COMMERCIAL: The Treasury’s approval process for the private finance 2 programme has been criticised by a hospital chief executive whose trust was forced to halt plans to build a new hospital.
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Strict conditions imposed on Medway following multiple inspections
PERFORMANCE: Stringent conditions have been placed on Medway Maritime Hospital following a third CQC inspection of its struggling accident and emergency department.
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'Major incident' declared for flagship IT project
Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has apologised to local GPs after ‘a significant number of problems’ with the implementation of its new electronic records system.
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Isle of Wight Trust signs estates partnership
COMMERCIAL: Isle of Wight Trust has established a ‘strategic estates partnership’ with a private company to help modernise its site in line with a recently developed clinical strategy.
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Cashflow problems cause trust to delay payments
FINANCE: Cashflow problems at Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust have forced the provider to delay payments to some suppliers and apply for extra central funding.