All HSJ Local articles – Page 174
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Shrewsbury and Telford set to breach deficit target
FINANCE: Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust looks set to exceed its deficit target as it struggles with higher than expected staff costs, its board papers reveal.
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Liverpool CCG funds hospital GPs
FINANCE: Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group has approved new funds to put GPs in two local hospitals in an attempt to alleviate pressure on accident and emergency services.
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18 week waits, September 2014: explore the maps
See all NHS waiting lists around England by provider, CCG or specialty
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CCG delays decision on hearing aid charging proposals
FINANCE: A West Midlands clinical commissioning group has delayed a decision on controversial proposals to cut funding for hearing aids.
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Addenbrooke's A&E performance slumps to record low
Cambridge University Hospital Foundation Trust has recorded the worst weekly accident and emergency waiting time performance by any NHS provider for three and half years, a statistician has calculated.
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NEW Devon presses ahead with procurement plans
COMMERCIAL: A South West clinical commissioning group has agreed to award community services contracts worth more than £90m without going out to tender.
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Bedford refuses to sign Circle MSK contract
An NHS hospital has pledged to compete with Circle Partnership, the private provider appointed to run Bedfordshire’s £120m integrated musculoskeletal service, after refusing to become its subcontractor, HSJ can reveal.
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Hinchingbrooke finance director steps down
WORKFORCE: The chief financial officer of Hinchingbrooke Healthcare Trust has stepped down from her position.
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Kent organisations step in to relieve pressure on Medway
STRUCTURE: Medway Foundation Trust could see some of its work moved to a neighbouring trust to relieve pressure on the struggling organisation.
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South west trusts pay course fees in exchange for contracts
WORKFORCE: A group of five acute south west trusts have agreed to pay the course fees of physician associate trainees in return for two years’ service as part of a drive to ease workforce pressures.
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Exclusive: Private provider admits 'human error' in NHS eye procedures
NHS patients who underwent eye surgery at a private hospital suffered complications because of an overdose of an antibiotic used during their cataract procedures, an investigation has found.
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Somerset trust waiting times prompt Monitor probe
PERFORMANCE: The regulator Monitor has launched an investigation into a south west acute trust due to concerns over the number of patients waiting longer than 18 weeks for elective treatment.
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Bedfordshire CCG appoints lay member
WORKFORCE: Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group has appointed a local supermarket manager as a lay member on its governing body.
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Cambridge Hospitals fined in face of 'unrelenting demand pressure'
PERFORMANCE: Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has highlighted that it has been fined by commissioners over the trust missing the accident and emergency waiting target, while it is facing “unrelenting demand pressure”.
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Maternity unit to close at Ealing
STRUCTURE: The maternity unit at Ealing Hospital Trust will close “as soon as possible” following agreement by local commissioners.
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Controversial MSK contract award to be checked
FINANCE: A controversial £235m musculoskeletal contract awarded to private provider Bupa as part of a joint venture is to be independently scrutinised following concerns from Western Sussex Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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Integration pioneer criticised for poor relationships
A health economy designated as one of the government’s integration pioneers has been warned its poor relationships with social care are putting patients at risk, HSJ has learned.
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Cumbria mental health review will report on trust suicides
A review of mental health services in Cumbria will examine an apparent trend of patient suicides in connection to the local mental health trust, HSJ has learned.
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Further senior leadership changes at Medway
WORKFORCE: A member of University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust’s senior leadership team has taken a permanent post at Medway Foundation Trust in one of several changes to the troubled trust’s management.
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Morbidly obese patients face restrictions under new Devon cost cutting plan
FINANCE: A cash strapped clinical commissioning group plans to limit access to routine surgery for obese patients and suspend funding for some non-urgent procedures in a drastic bid to find £26m of in year savings.