All HSJ Local articles – Page 186
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CCGs vote to centralise maternity and paediatric services in East Sussex
STRUCTURE: Consultant led maternity and paediatric services in East Sussex will be permanently run at Conquest Hospital in Hastings after clinical commissioning groups in the area voted to approve the proposal.
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Delay to merger increases costs by £3m
FINANCE: A proposed merger between Ealing Hospital Trust and North West London Hospitals Trust has been delayed by three months at a cost of £3m.
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Princess Alexandra appoints new chief executive
Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust has appointed a new chief executive, the trust has announced.
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Acute trust bids for council funded integrated care contract
COMMERCIAL: South Tyneside Foundation Trust is bidding for a 10 year contract to run an “integrated care services hub”, put out to tender by the local authority.
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Morecambe Bay placed in special measures
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust has been put into special measures after it was rated “inadequate” by the Care Quality Commission.
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Major incident declared at LAS as demand increases
PERFORMANCE: London Ambulance Service Trust declared a major incident on Monday because of intense pressure on the system.
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A&E closure could result in £3.5m income loss
FINANCE: The closure of Central Middlesex Hospital accident and emergency department may result in a loss to the trust of around £3.5m.
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Exclusive: Stafford Hospital safety review triggered by doctor shortage
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has been called in to inspect Stafford Hospital following concerns its shortage of doctors has spread, causing more services to become ‘fragile’.
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Monitor takes further action against Southend FT
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has instructed an Essex foundation trust to put an action plan in place to fix what it described as “one of the worst performing accident and emergency departments in the country”.
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Sussex Partnership reports deficit despite cutting costs of out of area beds
FINANCE: Despite cutting the cost of out-of-area beds Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust is reporting a year to date deficit of £1.78m against a break-even plan.
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Barking publishes improvement plan to turn around performance
PERFORMANCE: Troubled Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust has published an improvement plan which includes attracting more senior accident and emergency staff by sharing rotas with neighbouring trusts.
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Foundation trust set to start running GP practices
STRUCTURE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust is set to take over the “full ownership” of two GP practices, it has said, and is offering to run others.
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Manchester trust secures £25m loan to support PFI debts
FINANCE: The University Hospital of South Manchester Foundation Trust has secured a £25m government loan to keep on top of its private finance initiative repayments, Department of Health papers have revealed.
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Hurley Group wins south-east London urgent care centre contract
COMMERCIAL: Bexley CCG has awarded a contract to run two urgent care centres to the Hurley Group.
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Trust wins back community services contract via GP partnership bid
COMMERCIAL: Pennine Care Foundation Trust has won one of the first community service contracts to be retendered with a partnership bid involving Age UK and a GP consortium.
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New deputy chief executive for UCLH
WORKFORCE: Neil Griffiths has returned to University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust as deputy chief executive after leaving for a stint at management consultancy McKinsey.
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Fix for elective reporting issues at Barnet and Chase Farm delayed
PERFORMANCE: Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals Trust’s difficulties with reporting waiting list figures could drag on into the autumn, amid signs that a staggering number of patients have waited more than a year for treatment.
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CCG's 'unprecedented' hearing aid charging proposals attacked
FINANCE: An “unprecedented” proposal by a Staffordshire clinical commissioning group to significantly restrict funding for hearing aids has been attacked by charities and labelled the “thin end of the wedge” for wider NHS charging.
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Royal Berkshire appoints chief
Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust has appointed Jean O’Callaghan as its chief executive.