All HSJ Local articles – Page 93
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HSJ LocalCCG leader appointed director of troubled STP
Simon Whitehouse to be director of Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent STP Mr Whitehouse was accountable officer for South Cheshire and Vale Royal CCGs Staffordshire STP has struggled to recruit a chair and North Midlands trust faces a £119m deficit this year A commissioning leader from the North West has ...
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HSJ LocalLargest ever CCG merger paused for at least a year
The biggest ever proposed clinical commissioning group merger has been paused for at least a year, the three Merseyside CCGs involved have said.
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HSJ LocalOutstanding trust extends overnight urgent care closures
Northumbria Healthcare extends overnight closure of its three urgent care centres for three more months The trust had said the opening hours of the centres would reduce from 24 to 16 hours over the winter period The trust has now extended the overnight closure until September A foundation ...
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HSJ LocalCorrected: Trust cancelled operations to hit financial targets
A trust in the West Midlands cancelled elective operations for three weeks in March in a bid to meet its financial targets set by NHS Improvement.
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HSJ LocalNew NHS-private partnership wins £48m contract
Acute trust forms part of consortium which wins contract CCG “delighted” with integrated nature of group’s bid Recent improvements made to 111 service after ‘inadequate’ rating in 2016 Commissioners have awarded a £48m contract for out of hours GP and 111 services to a consortium of public and ...
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Three trusts set to merge by October
Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust to merge with two other trusts Chief executive Tracy Taylor to lead one of the biggest mental health and community trusts in the country New organisation is expected to be formed by 1 October Three trusts in the West Midlands are set to merge ...
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HSJ LocalTrusts could lose acute beds in stroke services shake-up
Proposal to centralise acute stroke services at Coventry and Warwickshire University Hospital George Eliot and South Warwickshire trusts would lose acute beds but gain rehabilitations beds First reconfiguration proposal by STP that is also looking at changes to maternity, paediatrics and A&E services Strokes services in Coventry and ...
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HSJ LocalCCG abandons controversial rationing plan after trust's warning
CCG abandons plans to ration access to hearing aids Rethink came after foundation trust warned plan was “incredibly damaging” Commissioners approve restrictions on procedures of “limited clinical value” Commissioners have abandoned plans to restrict access to hearing aids after a foundation trust warned they could be breaching their ...
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HSJ LocalSeven CCGs consider single leader across STP
Mapped: The changing CCG landscape Seven clinical commissioning groups across London are considering appointing a single accountable officer, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalTribunal rejects clinical manager's race discrimination claim
Employment tribunal rules Peter Hale was not discriminated against on racial grounds and he was not unfairly dismissed Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has a troubled history of race relations Trust has another employment tribunal outstanding with a discrimination claim A senior medical manager has lost his ...
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HSJ LocalSingle leader to be appointed across four CCGs in ACS area
A single leader will be appointed to drive health service commissioning across the greater Nottingham health economy, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalSTP director appointed to lead trust's turnaround
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust referral to treatment performance drops sharply to the worst of any specialist trust Intervention being handled regionally with STP involved in appointing an interim chief operating officer to oversee RTT recovery at the trust NHS Improvement expected to issue trust with formal undertaking to ...
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Teaching trust in talks over estates payout with Bahamas registered company
A major teaching hospital trust is in legal negotiations with a company registered in the Bahamas over a land deal.
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HSJ LocalTrust fills top finance job after almost two years
A finance director has been appointed at a trust where the role has been filled by interims for almost two years.
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HSJ LocalTrust stays in special measures after being rated inadequate again
CQC rates Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust inadequate with concerns over patients in corridors and unstable leadership Recommends trust remains in special measures for at least three months, with support needed for “foreseeable future” Regulator suggests NHS neighbours need to step up support A trust where patients died in ...
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HSJ LocalTop FT challenges CCG over 'unsafe' urgent care procurement
Northumbria Healthcare FT launches legal challenge over urgent care centre procurement process Trust says the cost savings required by North Tyneside CCG during the procurement as “unsafe and unsustainable” for the service CCG says the challenge meant a new contract with the preferred provider could not be signed Commissioners ...
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HSJ LocalCommissioners challenge CQC over 'discrepancies' in GP ratings
A commissioning group has challenged Care Quality Commission ratings after a quarter of its GP practices were listed as requiring improvement or inadequate.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Social care boss to lead vanguard CCG
Northumberland CCG appoints interim accountable officer after sudden departure of Steven Mason last month Vanessa Bainbridge took up the role at the beginning of the month alongside her position as Northumberland County Council’s adult social care director The joint council-CCG role is intended to pave the way for creating ...
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HSJ LocalCompetition authority 'looks to clear' landmark trust merger
The Competition and Markets Authority has accepted that financial pressures on the NHS have “dampened the role of competition”, and says the impact on patient choice of the proposed merger of two large teaching trust in Manchester is “likely to be limited”.
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HSJ LocalTrust's financial position £60m worse than expected after audit judgement
Auditors said land sale by the Royal Free London Foundation Trust should not register in the accounts for 2016-17 Decision does not change underlying position but means the trust misses out on incentive payments worth £14m Provider sector position for 2016-17 will also worsen by £47m A large ...