All HSJ Local articles – Page 196
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HSJ LocalKeogh trust's ability to train doctors affected by staffing shortages
WORKFORCE: North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust is launching a recruitment campaign to address a staff shortage which has affected its ability to train junior doctors.
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HSJ LocalSecond proposed FT merger under competition scrutiny
STRUCTURE: The Competition and Markets Authority has begun a review of the proposed merger between Frimley Park Hospital Foundation Trust and its troubled neighbour Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust.
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HSJ LocalTrust's FT bid delayed by CQC findings
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust’s bid for foundation status has been further delayed, following a Care Quality Commission inspection which found the trust “required improvement”.
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CCG plans to jointly commission children’s services with council
STRUCTURE: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group plans to jointly commission children’s services in Cambridgeshire with the local authority.
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Commissioner serves notice on East Sussex contract over quality concerns
COMMERCIAL: A Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group has voted to serve notice on its community services contract with East Sussex Healthcare Trust after flagging concerns with the current offering.
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Staff raise 'racially motivated bullying' concerns at trust
WORKFORCE: Care Quality Commission inspectors visiting Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals were told of “significant tensions” and “racially motivated bullying and harassment” among staff at the trust, a report published this week reveals.
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New chief exec at Dorset Healthcare
WORKFORCE: Dorset Healthcare Foundation Trust has appointed Ron Shields as permanent chief executive.
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HSJ LocalMaternity services at Keogh trust rated "inadequate"
The Care Quality Commission has given Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust a “requires improvement” rating under its new inspection regime.
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Police officers to be based at Royal Blackburn Hospital
WORKFORCE: Police liaison officers are to be based within the accident and emergency department at Royal Blackburn Hospital to help reduce aggression towards staff and unnecessary police attendance.
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CQC warning notices for mental health centres
Central and North West London Foundation Trust has been given three warning notices after CQC inspectors raised concerns at two mental health centres the trust runs.
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HSJ LocalBristol CCG plans £250m community services tender
Bristol Clinical Commissioning Group has approved plans to tender the city’s community health services and said it anticipates “significant” interest in the contract from providers across the country.
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HSJ LocalFour CSUs abandon 'strategic alliance'
Four commissioning support units have abandoned plans to form a single “strategic alliance”.
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Oxfordshire CCG faces two years of deficit
FINANCE: Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group is set to record a £7.6m deficit in 2014-15, following an unplanned overspend this year, and does not expect to deliver a surplus until 2016-17.
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Monitor to send contingency planning team into King’s Lynn
PERFORMANCE: Monitor is to send a contingency planning team to Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn to develop options for securing sustainable patient services at the financially troubled foundation trust.
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Cornwall integration pioneer planning county-wide rollout
A partnership between the NHS and voluntary sector which is credited with reducing emergency admissions by nearly a third is set to be rolled out across Cornwall over the next 18 months.
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Board changes at West Midlands trusts
WORKFORCE: Two West Midlands mental health trusts have announced changes to their boards.
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HSJ LocalCQC highlights quality problems at Tameside
An under-fire hospital foundation trust has been reprimanded by regulators for failing to meet national safety standards.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: University Hospitals Bristol 'inured' to impact of failings
An adviser to the national review of children’s heart surgery has warned recent failings at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children “echo” those which led to a public inquiry almost 20 years ago.
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Friarage maternity downgrade plan referred to health secretary
STRUCTURE: Plans to downgrade consultant led maternity services at South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust’s Friarage Hospital have been referred to the health secretary.
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Large mental health trust appoints chief exec from NHS England
STRUCTURE: One of England’s largest mental health trusts has appointed a chief executive from NHS England.