All HSJ Local articles – Page 56
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Chief exec and chair to take on neighbouring hospital trust
A remote acute and community trust will share a chair and chief executive with its nearest neighbour in a bid to find “long term solutions” to its challenges.
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Southern Health to keep services after divestment plan reversed
Community services will remain at Southern Health Foundation Trust after the new leadership team opted against a proposed divestment.
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Trusts to work around major reconfiguration delay
Two acute trusts are trying to develop a shared on-call rota for vascular surgery after a long awaited reconfiguration was delayed again.
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Trust takes consultancy to court over 'botched' hospital refurbishment
An integrated acute and community trust has taken a construction consultancy to court after an alleged botched refurbishment of a hospital.
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'Significant ambulance delays' caused severe harm but no deaths, review says
Nobody died as “a direct consequence” of significant ambulance delays across the East of England, an external review has concluded.
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Chair steps down at special measures trust
The chair of an acute trust in special measures has announced he will step down at the end of this month.
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Four surgeons disciplined in 'dysfunctional' department
Four surgeons in a “dysfunctional” department were disciplined and raised “tit for tat” concerns about each other’s practice, legal papers reveal.
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Leaders of alliance trusts agree to full merger
Leaders of two acute hospital trusts have agreed to go ahead with plans to merge into one organisation.
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Large CCG's deficit spirals to £42m
One of England’s largest clinical commissioning groups posted a £42m deficit in 2017-18, £26m worse than its control total, according to its May finance report.
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Trust out of special measures targets outstanding rating
An ambulance trust has been moved out of special measures after the Care Quality Commission improved its rating to good.
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CCG to lose powers by joining commissioning partnership
Certain responsibilities are set to be moved from a struggling clinical commissioning group after it joined a partnership of four other CCGs.
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New academy to recruit nurses with 'exceptional academic ability'
A nursing academy designed to attract and retain students with “exceptional academic ability” to improve patient safety is being launched at Exeter University in collaboration with local NHS trusts.
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Trust pays £10,000 after patient death caused by staff shortages
An NHS trust has paid £10,000 to the family of a woman who died after “delayed and inadequate” investigations left her with terminal cancer.
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Teaching trust chief executive to step down after 10 years
The chief executive of York Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust will retire at the end of this month after more than a decade in the role.
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Trust refuses to release governance report despite being 'fundamentally transformed'
A foundation trust has refused to release a governance report after a follow up review showed it had been “fundamentally transformed” from having a “dysfunctional” board.
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HSE investigates patient death as trust admits failings
The Health and Safety Executive is investigating the death of a patient who absconded from a mental health unit and was then killed by an apparent stranger.
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Trusts in separate health economies consider 'stronger collaboration'
Two hospital trusts in separate health economies are looking at the benefits of a “stronger working relationship and collaboration”.
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New ward to eliminate mental health trust out of area placements
A mental health trust in a rural location has opened 15 rehabilitation beds to implement a “unique” model of care which it says will eliminate the need for inappropriate out of n area placements.
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Trust accepts control total after 'grip' warning from regulator
A financially troubled NHS trust has accepted its control total for 2018-19, despite the finance director saying it should be rejected in draft plans.
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Trust receives £53m from land sale to local authority
A mental health trust has received £53m from the sale of a large parcel of land to the Greater London Authority.