All HSJ Local articles – Page 291
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Deficit expected at Humber FT
FINANCE: Humber Foundation Trust is forecasting a £2.9m deficit this year – in part due to the cost of redundancies which will enable it to deliver cost improvements next year.
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Leeds & York redesign runs into complications
STRUCTURE: A major redesign of services which treats mental health patients in the community rather than admitting them to hospital has run into some problems.
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Bristol misses reperfusion target
PERFORMANCE: Only around three quarters of reperfusion cases had a ‘call to needle’ time of 150 minutes or less in November - below the 90 per cent standard - University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust board were told.
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South West Yorkshire trust opens new ward
STRUCTURE: A new ward has opened as part of a £12m redevelopment of a mental health secure unit in Wakefield. The new 15-bed Johnson ward is part of Newton Lodge, a medium secure unit which serves the wider Yorkshire and Humber area as well as people from the South West ...
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Yorkshire ambulance service highlights patients late for travel
PERFORMANCE: Patients who require non-emergency transport to hospital with Yorkshire Ambulance Service often arrive early or late for their appointments.
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New vehicle talks at Yorkshire Ambulance Service
FINANCE: Yorkshire Ambulance Service is considering buying additional non-emergency vehicles as 178 of its current ones are judged to be ‘over age.’
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Sheffield trust 'proactively managing' staff with high absence
WORKFORCE: Staff with the highest level of sickness absence are being ‘pro-actively’ managed at Sheffield Health and Social Care Foundation Trust – leading to a number of dismissals.
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Yorkshire Ambulance sees 12 per cent demand growth
PERFORMANCE: A 12 per cent increase in demand on the previous month meant Yorkshire Ambulance Service struggled with ‘red’ responses in December.
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Yorkshire lets ten year GP practice contract
FINANCE: A ten-year contract to provide medical services at Thornton and Denholme Medical Practice has been awarded to a group of Shipley-based doctors who are already providing temporary services at the surgery.
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Sheffield Children’s Hospital struggles with diagnostic target
PERFRORMANCE: Sheffield Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust failed to carry out diagnostic tests on 30 patients within six weeks in January – meaning that it did not meet the 99 per cent target.
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Bradford drops health and wellbeing centre plan
STRUCTURE: Plans to develop a health and wellbeing centre in the Keighley area of Bradford have been dropped in favour of concentrating on an integrated care model.
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Sheffield Hospitals face 5pc efficiency next year
FINANCE: Staff at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust will need to plan for five per cent efficiency savings next year, the board heard.
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Council to seek judicial review over Lewisham downgrade
STRUCTURE: Lewisham Council has voted unanimously to seek judicial review of the trust special administration process that saw Lewisham Hospital recommended for downgrade.
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Royal Surrey looks to cut workforce
WORKFORCE: Royal Surrey County Hospital Foundation Trust is seeking to make around 30 staff redundant as part of efforts to reduce its workforce.
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Second trust pulls out of South West pay consortium
WORKFORCE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has become the second organisation to pull out of the South West Pay Consortium.
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Northern Lincolnshire FT instigates external 'sustainability and quality' review
A foundation trust whose high mortality rates are under review has hired consultants to examine “the sustainability and quality” of its clinical services.
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Monitor advised to downgrade Mid Staffs services
STRUCTURE: A report to Monitor from consultants Ernst and Young has recommended cutting expenditure on Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust by half, as services are moved to other trusts.
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Hike in older patients at Western Sussex Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust has “continued to experience particularly high levels of activity in care for older people”, according to board papers.
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Small deficit predicted by Medway FT
FINANCE: Medway Foundation Trust expects to finish the current financial year with a small £1m deficit, according to a board finance report.
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Brighton and Sussex celebrates orthopaedics improvements
PERFORMANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has claimed its trauma and orthopaedics services are going from “strength to strength”.