All HSJ Local articles – Page 241
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New care model introduced at Berwick maternity unit
STRUCTURE: Low-risk pregnant women will once again be able to give birth at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s Berwick Maternity Unit from 1 July 2013.
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Lewisham reconfiguration decision 'unlawful'
A High Court judge has been urged to overturn an “unlawful” decision to reduce services at a major hospital.
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North Bristol agrees funding for hospital move
FINANCE: North Bristol Trust has agreed an additional £4.5m of non-recurrent transitional funding with NHS England to cover the costs of moving to the new private finance initiative hospital during 2013-14.
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Councils in reconfiguration spat
STRUCTURE: A local authority is to seek a judicial review to prevent a minor injuries unit being moved into a neighbouring council’s area.
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Cambridge University Hospitals recruits leading academic to boost nursing care
WORKFORCE: Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed Professor Christi Deaton to head up a new programme to drive through research projects aimed at improving nursing care for patients.
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Monitor probes Tees Esk and Wear over care failings
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Foundation Trust to determine whether it has broken the conditions of its licence, after concerns were raised over the quality of its care.
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Mass resignations at struggling ambulance trust
PERFORMANCE: The non-executive directors of East of England Ambulance Service Trust have resigned en masse following a barrage of criticism from MPs and a withering report on the trust’s performance and leadership.
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Monitor findings stand on Cornwall competition complaint
COMMERCIAL: Monitor has upheld its ruling that Cornwall primary care trust should have been more transparent in its commissioning of learning disability services.
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Norfolk and Norwich University FT takes step towards paperless stroke records
COMMERCIAL: Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust has begun using a new software to support its drive towards paperless stroke records.
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Ambulance trust NEDs resign amid MPs' attacks
PERFORMANCE: Two non-executive directors are stepping down from the East of England Ambulance Service board following a barrage of criticism from MPs and a withering report on the trust’s performance and leadership.
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Oxfordshire CCG faces 'extremely challenging' year
FINANCE: Oxfordshire clinical commissioning group has already committed all its non-recurrent funding for 2013-14 to address projected rises in acute activity.
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Hundreds of medical students forced to re-sit exam
Hundreds of medical students at King’s College Medical School have been forced to re-sit an exam after it featured questions available on a smartphone revision app designed by an honorary lecturer at the college.
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CQC finds care failings at West Cumberland Hospital
PERFORMANCE: Inspectors have demanded improvements at West Cumberland Hospital after finding its staffing was “at times inadequate” and it was failing to maintain accurate patient records.
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Analysed: The impact of pathology reorganisation
An in-depth look at two major pathology reorganisations in the Midlands and East of England and the wider implications
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CCG appoints head of clinical quality and governance
STRUCTURE: NHS Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven CCG has appointed Stephanie Lawrence as head of clinical quality and governance.
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Princess Alexandra Hospital gets £10.4m 'transitional support'
FINANCE: Princess Alexandra Hospital got £10.4m in ‘transitional support’ from NHS Midlands and East to help it achieve a small surplus at the end of 2012-13.
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Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust chief executive standing down
WORKFORCE: Aidan Thomas, the chief executive officer of Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust, is to stand down from July 1.
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Complaints about children labelled 'overweight'
PERFORMANCE: The Patient Advice and Liasion Service (PALS) for Nottingham and Rushcliffe has received a flurry of complaints about letters sent out to parents about their child’s weight, recent CCG board papers show.
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NUH had five never events last year
PERFORMANCE: Nottingham University Hospitals Trust reported five “never events”, iincluding once case of wrong site surgery, in 2012/13, commissioner board papers show.
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Concern over suicide figures
PEFORMANCE: There were 35 suicide-related patient safety incidents at Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust last year, according to figures in commissioner board papers.