All HSJ Local articles – Page 197
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Bath hospital delivers maternity services after 22 years
PERFORMANCE: Royal United Hospital Bath Trust has taken back the provision of maternity services after 22 years of the services run by other NHS providers.
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Joint closure date for London emergency departments
STRUCTURE: The accident and emergency departments at Hammersmith Hospital and Central Middlesex Hospital are due to be downgraded on the same day in September under a joint plan between Imperial College Healthcare Trust and North West London Hospitals Trust.
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Ealing reports a £1.5m deficit
FINANCE: Ealing Hospital Trust is reporting a £1.5m deficit for this financial year to date.
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Troubled mental health unit 'improving'
PERFORMANCE: Regulators have told the trust running an inpatient mental health centre where an 18-year-old man avoidably died last year that it is “improving”, following an unannounced inspection.
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HSJ LocalAintree maintenance staff go on strike
WORKFORCE: Maintenance staff at Aintree University Hospital Foundation Trust have gone on strike in a dispute over pay.
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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals exceeds target on cancelled operations
PERFORMANCE: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust exceeded its target for the number of operation missed for non-clinical reasons in 2013/14, according to papers discussed at its May board meeting.
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Lancashire Care secures new probation work
COMMERCIAL: Lancashire Care Foundation Trust has secured extra funding to deliver specialist mental health services to offenders, the trust’s latest board papers state.
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HSJ LocalPaula Vasco-Knight resigns
The chief executive of South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust - who was suspended after being accused of nepotism – has resigned.
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HSJ LocalBirmingham CCG closes end of life care service
COMMERCIAL: Birmingham CrossCity Clinical Commissioning Group has closed a support service for palliative care patients following concerns it failed to reduce hospital admissions and did not provide value for money.
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Second challenge to Mid Staffs downgrade
STRUCTURE: A second attempt to challenge in court the government’s decision to downgrade services at Stafford Hopsital has been launched this week.
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North Staffordshire CCG appoints new clinical accountable officer
WORKFORCE: North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group has appointed a new clinical accountable officer.
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Colchester probe held up by legal issues
Publication of an investigation into alleged wrongful manipulation of cancer patients’ waiting time data at Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust is being held up by legal issues, HSJ understands.
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HSJ LocalMental health provider appoints chief from neighbouring trust
Solent Trust has appointed a senior manager of a neighbouring trust as its chief executive.
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HSJ LocalInvestigation launched into maternal deaths
PERFORMANCE: Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust is to appoint a panel of external experts to investigate four maternal deaths at the hospital in the past ten months after an internal review found they shared no common features.
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Cambridge University Hospitals mulls children's service shake up
STRUCTURE: Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has unveiled plans to reshape children’s services across the East of England after identifying an “urgent need” for extra bed and theatre capacity.
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HSJ LocalNew medical director for Imperial College Healthcare Trust
WORKFORCE: Imperial College Healthcare Trust has appointed a new medical director after Professor Nick Cheshire stepped down from the role.
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HSJ LocalBristol mental health contracts awarded
COMMERCIAL: Bristol Clinical Commissioning Group has approved plans to award contracts for its community mental health services to 18 organisations under a “system leadership” model thought to be the first of its kind in the UK.
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HSJ LocalHunt backs maternity reconfiguration in North Yorkshire
STRUCTURE: The health secretary has given the go ahead for a controversial shake-up of maternity services in North Yorkshire which was opposed by a cabinet colleague, according to local councillor.
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HSJ LocalUrgent call for clarification on commissioning rules
COMMERCIAL: A row between commissioners and a private midwifery service in Leeds has sparked calls for “urgent clarification” around commissioning rules.
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HSJ LocalTwo CCG leaders step aside amid NHS England probe
WORKFORCE: The chair and accountable officer of Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group have temporarily “stepped away” from their posts while NHS England conducts a probe into the group’s leadership, the CCG confirmed this afternoon.