All HSJ Local articles – Page 99
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HSJ LocalTrust gets cash for staff standing up in long meetings
Bedford Hospital Trust “requires” people to stand once a meeting runs over 60 minutes Step is to comply with indicators in staff health CQUIN worth £900,000 to the trust NHS England regional team says it “does not set out” activities trusts must do to receive the funding A ...
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HSJ LocalSuccess regime will not solve region's problems, warn senior medics
Essex success regime proposals will not address workforce or sustainability problems, warn senior medics East of England Clinical Senate said a “bolder” plan and extended timescale is needed Success regime said it was “delighted” the senate agreed with its “direction of travel” Plans for a major acute reorganisation ...
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HSJ LocalConcerns over future of pioneering heart failure unit
First of its kind heart failure unit opened in 2015 Waits of up to five days for admission to unit due to limited capacity Trust spokesman says “we need to ensure the service is sustainable” “Significant” concerns have been raised over the sustainability of a pioneering heart failure ...
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HSJ Local'Lives at risk' unless ambulance trust cuts waiting times
East of England Ambulance Service “does not have capacity” to meet response time targets, chief executive admits Coroner warns of patients waiting up to four hours for a vehicle response Inquest heard Brian Mills waited more than two hours for emergency responder The chief executive of East of ...
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HSJ LocalEight CCGs could be 'taken over' under council proposals
PwC report proposes “integrated commissioning authority” to hold a single budget in Lancashire Also suggests social care and public health provision should transfer to NHS trusts, creating five integrated care providers described as “wellbeing corporations” Senior NHS sources in the region told HSJ it appears to set out a ...
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HSJ Local'Inadequate' trust secures £40m support package
Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust was rated inadequate last year and has severe problems in its maternity services Sir David Dalton said the additional funding would be “enough in the short term to get us on the right trajectory” There have been calls for the Department of Health to provide ...
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HSJ LocalRevealed: Pioneering 'accountable care organisation' delayed
Northumbria accountable care organisation vanguard’s go live date delayed Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has repeatedly maintained the new care model will go live in April 2017 Board papers from Northumberland CCG reveal a “number of milestones” still need to be achieved No date given for when the ACO will ...
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HSJ Local'Special measures' CCG group hires STP lead as joint chief officer
Single chief officer hired across three CCGs Follows instructions from NHS England, with two of the CCGs in financial special measures MP questions move to joint chief officer Three clinical commissioning groups – two of which are in financial special measures – have recruited a joint chief officer ...
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HSJ LocalUrgent plea issued for GPs to work in A&E
An NHS trust has asked for local GPs to work in its accident and emergency department because of the “significant pressure” it is facing.
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HSJ LocalHarassment cover-up chief executive takes role at neighbouring FT
A former mental health trust chief executive, who resigned last year after helping to cover up the sexual harassment of a HR director, is being paid £60,000 to work two days a week as a private consultant at a neighbouring trust.
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HSJ LocalFive CCGs appoint single chief officer to cover STP patch
Five north London clinical commissioning groups have appointed a single chief officer to cover their entire sustainability and transformation footprint.
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HSJ LocalMajor acute trust to lose services under CCG plans
Commissioners reveal plans to put up to seven Nottingham trust services out to tender Plans have been scaled back from December proposal to decommission 13 services CCGs believe changes will deliver better value care and patient outcomes Five services at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust will be put out ...
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HSJ LocalNew chief executive revealed for financially troubled trust
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals has promoted its nursing director to chief executive.
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HSJ LocalHospital trust names new chief executive
Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn Foundation Trust has appointed Jon Green, the executive chief operating office at nearby West Suffolk Foundation Trust, as its new chief executive.
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HSJ LocalMore leadership turnover at major hospital trust
The chair of Nottingham University Hospitals Trust, Louise Scull, has said she will step down later this year. The news comes just weeks after chief executive Peter Homa announced his retirement.
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust cancels planned operations for first time 'in four years'
University Hospitals Leicester puts 12 day restriction on elective work It cites high demand, bed occupancy and delays on discharging patients Restrictions will cover school half-term week One of the NHS’s largest trusts has been forced to restrict elective activity for the first time in “at least four ...
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HSJ Local'High' risk to patients due to regional bed shortage, CQC warns
CQC warns the risk of a mental health patient taking their life in the West Midlands is “high” due to bed shortages Damning coroner’s report said patient “unlikely” to have died had she been admitted to hospital CQC will re-inspect Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health FT in March Regulator ...
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HSJ LocalTrust set to miss financial target by £20m
The trust was set a financial control total of £8.6m deficit for 2016-17 £10m deterioration in December due to expected income from commissioners not being realised, as well as unexpected charges A major centralisation of acute services has reduced the number of beds at the trust, but failed to ...
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HSJ LocalTrust chief executive appointed for six weeks
A trust with high leadership turnover has appointed a new acting chief executive just two months after the previous one was appointed.
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HSJ LocalMajor trust merger faces investigation
The Competition and Markets Authority has launched an investigation into the planned merger of two large acute trusts in Manchester.