All HSJ Local articles – Page 318
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HSJ LocalNHS seeks legal advice over Mid Staffs CEO job
NHS bosses in Shropshire and Staffordshire have sought legal advice after it emerged the former chief executive of the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust is working for a charity with NHS contracts.
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Peterborough needs ‘external financing’ from January
Debt-laden Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust expects to require ‘external financing’ from next month to help with its huge deficit, according to board papers.
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Birmingham and Solihull £14.3m behind on QIPP plan
FINANCE: The Birmingham and Solihull quality, innovation, productivity and prevention plan saved £17.1m at month seven against a plan of £31.4m.
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Birmingham and Solihull overspend on main acute provider rises
FINANCE: The Birmingham and Solihull primary care trust cluster’s acute contract overspend with University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust increased by £2.4m between months six and seven this year.
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'Brave' Bristol presses ahead with mental health tender
COMMERCIAL: NHS Bristol’s plans to put mental health services worth about £40m out to tender and award contracts within a year are “brave”, potential providers have warned.
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HSJ LocalNorth Staffordshire facing shock £23m deficit
University Hospital of North Staffordshire has revealed a dramatic deterioration in its finances from a predicted surplus of £2m to a £23.8m deficit by the end of 2012-13.
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Hospital trust chair announces resignation
WORKFORCE: The chair of North Middlesex University Hospital Trust is standing down and has sent a five-page letter to the NHS Trust Development Authority and North Middlesex staff.
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Leicester trust hit with £620k fine for A&E target and never event failures
University Hospitals of Leicester has been hit by two contract penalties by commissioners totalling more than £620,000 after a series of never events and failure to hit accident and emergency targets.
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Leeds & York Partnership chief joins AHSN steering group
STRUCTURE: Chris Butler, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust chief executive, has been made a member of the Yorkshire and Humber Partnership AHSN steering group, which hopes to get the group approved next year.
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Leeds, Bradford and Airedale CCGs take on quality and safeguarding functions
STRUCTURE: Clinical commissioning groups in Leeds and Bradford and Airedale are taking on functions of quality, safety and safeguarding for the area, following the departure of the PCTs’ director of quality and nursing.
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AHSN steering group includes Leeds chief executive
STRUCTURE: Maggie Boyle, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust chief executive, has become a member of the Yorkshire and Humber Partnership AHSN steering group.
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Hull & East Yorks chief is AHSN lead member
STRUCTURE: Phil Morley, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust chief executive, is a member of the Yorkshire and Humber Partnership AHSN steering group.
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HSJ LocalNorth Bristol renews plans to go it alone
A proposal to merge two South West trusts, creating an organisation with a turnover of almost £1bn, appears less likely to proceed after one of the organisations confirmed it was still working on an alternative plan to go it alone.
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North Bristol agrees to look for alternatives to pay consortium
WORKFORCE: Management at North Bristol Trust have promised staff they would explore ideas for reducing the pay bill without gong through the South West Pay, Terms and Conditions forum.
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Chief exec says sorry to bank staff for pay 'boob'
WORKFORCE: Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust chief executive Lisa Rodrigues has apologised to “valued bank staff” after an unsuccessful attempt to move to a monthly payment system.
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Warwickshire 40 per cent behind QIPP target
FINANCE: Efficiency schemes fell 40 per cent short of target in the Warwickshire Primary Care Trust area over the first six months of 2012-13.
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'Significant political risks' to Mid Yorks QIPP
FINANCE: West Yorkshire QIPP schemes - centred on the critical service reconfiguration of Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust - face “significant political and reputational risks”, the area’s QIPP tracker admits.
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Ealing Hospital Trust forced to 25 per cent extra escalation beds
PERFORMANCE: Ealing Hospital Trust was forced to open an average of 60 escalation beds in September against a 47-bed average for July and August, a report reveals.
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Requests for acupuncture at Imperial a large proportion of IFR requests
FINANCE: Requests for acupuncture at Imperial College Healthcare Trust formed a large proportion of Individual Funding Requests in north west London, a report reveals.
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IVF approvals now half the level of rejections in NW London
PERFORMANCE: A report from the individual funding requests board show the number of IVF approvals is now half the number of rejections.