All HSJ Local articles – Page 97
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HSJ Local'Festering' pay dispute is 'alienating workforce'
East of England Ambulance Trust faces deepening pay row with frontline staff Local MP and former health minister Norman Lamb says dispute is becoming a ‘festering sore alienating workforce’ Row centres on how soon paramedics can move to pay band 6 and compensation for delays to training East ...
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HSJ LocalCircle contract win means trust 'risks going in special measures'
PwC report says trust could lose up to £6.6m of income and risk being put into financial special measures Patient safety could be put at risk if Circle subcontracts MSK services to another provider, report says CCG says it is taking action to prevent the trust being destabilised ...
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HSJ LocalMajor trust appoints new medical director
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has announced Keith Girling as its new medical director to replace Stephen Fowlie, who is due to retire at the end of May.
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HSJ LocalThree-way merger to create largest CCG in England
Three clinical commissioning groups in Merseyside have announced plans to merge, after NHS England “paved the way” for discussions to start.
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HSJ LocalStruggling CCG first to be taken out of special measures
A struggling clinical commissioning group has become the first in the country to be taken out of financial special measures.
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HSJ LocalCCG to pool majority of its budget with councils
City and Hackney CCG to pool £335m of its budget with two local councils Two joint commissioning boards will oversee health and social care budgets for Hackney and the City of London A London clinical commissioning group is set to pool the majority of its budget with two ...
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HSJ LocalNHS trust replacing qualified nurses with nursing associates
East and North Hertfordshire Trust to replace 21 nurse posts with nursing associates Royal College of Nursing warns the move is worrying and will short change patients Nursing associate role is being developed by Health Education England The Royal College of Nursing has criticised plans by an NHS ...
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HSJ LocalPatients come to 'severe harm' after teaching trust data failure
Two patients came to “severe harm” after their data was not completed properly at a teaching hospital.
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HSJ LocalFormer civil servant appointed chair at acute trust
A former civil servant with experience at the highest levels of government has been appointed as chair of a Yorkshire acute hospital trust.
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HSJ LocalChief finance officer at £71m deficit trust resigns
Interim chief finance officer leaves after four months Trust says arrangements for an interim cover will be announced in a few days Permanent chief officer will be appointed shortly with interviews scheduled for early April, trust says The chief finance officer at a major teaching hospital has resigned ...
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HSJ LocalNHS England could take over ambulance service commissioning
NHS England launches “external review” of ambulance commissioning in London Review will make recommendations for new commissioning model to start in April Options include commissioning the contract centrally or STP-wide National body says London Ambulance Service contract has “proved challenging to manage across 32 CCGs” Clinical commissioning groups ...
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HSJ LocalDoctors 'attempted to disguise' surgery delays after patient died
Coroner says doctors attempted to “disguise” delays to appointments Delays played a “clear and direct part” in patient’s death, coroner concludes Nottingham University Hospitals Trust says its systems have been improved Months of delays at one of the country’s largest teaching trusts “contributed directly” to the death of ...
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HSJ LocalTwo million patient records cross-checked by London trust
Two million “incomplete patient records” need to be cross-checked 129,000 people have been identified as having incomplete patient records but more are to follow Validation process will be finished in August 2018 at the earliest Two million patient records have been cross-checked by a major London trust following ...
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HSJ LocalEx-Morecambe Bay HR director suspended from his current role
NHS director who agreed “irregular” exit deal for Morecambe Bay midwife suspended from current role Mr Wilson has been suspended pending investigations into his actions The deal allowed midwife to leave without facing investigation An NHS director who agreed an “irregular” exit deal for a senior midwife ...
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HSJ LocalLong underperforming trust exits special measures
A trust dogged by performance and financial problems for more than a decade has moved out of special measures.
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HSJ LocalNHS England approves creation of new CCG
NHS England approves plans to split CCG as part of boundary changes 32 GP practices will separate from Cumbria CCG and merge with Lancashire North CCG to form Morecambe Bay CCG The remaining 41 practices will stay part of the smaller Cumbria CCG NHS England has approved plans ...
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HSJ LocalMerger trusts set course for 'significant' service changes
Essex mental health trusts plan huge shake-up if merger goes ahead First year would focus on governance changes and back office cuts Trusts hope new clinical model could be in place in April 2018 Two Essex mental health trusts set to merge in April are planning a “significant” ...
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HSJ LocalHospital trust removed from quality special measures
East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust is to exit special measures for quality, NHS Improvement announced today.
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HSJ LocalTrust names successor to chief executive on NHSI secondment
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole FT appoints Richard Sunley as interim chief executive He succeeds chief executive Karen Jackson who has been seconded to NHS Improvement A struggling hospital trust has appointed an interim chief executive after its previous leader was seconded to NHS Improvement.
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HSJ LocalBristol foundation trust rated outstanding
A trust in the South West has become the first acute provider in the country to jump from requires improvement to outstanding across just two inspections.