All HSJ Local articles – Page 195
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HSJ LocalCQC to conduct 'urgent' safety review at Stafford Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission is to undertake an “urgent review” of safety at Stafford Hospital after the special administrators of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust raised concerns about the “fragility” of services at the troubled provider.
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HSJ LocalBidder for £800m integrated care contract pulls out at final stage
COMMERCIAL: One of the bidders in the running for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group’s £800m integrated older people’s services contract has dropped out at the final stage.
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Trust requests 'immediate' staffing support from northern providers
WORKFORCE: A North West trust has had to write to acute NHS providers across the north of England to request immediate medical staffing support to maintain its services.
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Extra community nurses for Staffordshire
WORKFORCE: Sixty nine community nurses have been recruited to work in North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.
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Cornwall to design ‘integrated’ out of hours contract
COMMERCIAL: Commissioners in Cornwall are to redesign the region’s out of hours GP service in order to “blur the lines” between in and out of hours care.
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HSJ LocalBirmingham Children's Hospital unveils mental health bid alliance
COMMERCIAL: Birmingham Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust has announced it is leading a consortium of public, private and voluntary organisations in a bid to deliver mental health services for young people in Birmingham.
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HSJ LocalMitie wins controversial hotel services contract
The outsourcing company Mitie has been awarded a £90m contract to take on the management of a South West hospital trust’s hotel services, it has been announced.
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HSJ LocalColchester nurse arrested in connection with alleged drugs theft
A nurse has been arrested on suspicion of stealing drugs from hospitals run by Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust, local police have disclosed.
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HSJ Local18 week waits, April 2014: explore the maps
See all NHS waits around England, with links to the detail by organisation and specialty
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Cambridgeshire Community Services wins second sexual health contract
COMMERCIAL: Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust has won a three year contract to provide sexual health services across Cambridgeshire.
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East Kent CCGs consider merger
STRUCTURE: Two clinical commissioning groups in Kent are considering a merger in a bid to “strengthen clinical involvement” and help manage “future financial risks”.
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HSJ LocalMorecambe Bay chair and medical director stand down
WORKFORCE: The chair and the medical director of a troubled North West trust have resigned.
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HSJ LocalColchester suspends employee over cancer data probe
Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust has begun a disciplinary investigation and suspended a member of staff in relation to alleged wrongful manipulation of cancer patients’ waiting time data.
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HSJ LocalCCGs could be caught out by 'technical' legal challenge
A South West clinical commissioning group has reached an out of court agreement with NHS campaigners who claimed its polices on patient and public involvement were unlawful – in a legal challenge lawyers warn could cause problems for other CCGs.
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Colchester set to downgrade maternity units
An Essex trust which temporarily closed two maternity units sparking outcry from residents and MPs should re-open them but only as “on demand” birthing units, a trust director has recommended.
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HSJ LocalAction against GP practice following CQC inspection
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission is taking action against a GP practice in Kent after an inspection alleged that medicines were not stored safely and patients’ privacy was not protected.
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Oxford trust signs electronic records deal
Oxford Health Foundation Trust has signed a five-year deal with an IT company for the provision of an integrated electronic health record system.
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Lincolnshire trust A&E performance dips
PERFORMANCE: United Lincolnshire Hospitals has failed to meet the four hour accident and emergency target of 95 per cent of admissions for April.
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New medical director for Homerton
WORKFORCE: Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust has appointed a new medical director.
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Salisbury appoints nursing director
APPOINTMENTS: Salisbury Foundation Trust has appointed Lorna Wilkinson as its director of nursing.