Latest news – Page 1204
-
HSJ Local
Buckinghamshire reconfiguration consultation begins
STRUCTURE: Consultation has begun on a proposed reconfiguration programme in Buckinghamshire.
-
NewsLansley defends reforms from 'unfair and out-of-date' report
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has defended his reorganisation of the NHS, describing a highly critical report by MPs as “out of date” and “unfair” to the health service.
-
NewsLess than half of DH staff 'proud' to work there
Fewer than half of Department of Health staff are proud to work there, survey results published today reveal.
-
HSJ Local
GPs approach hospital consultants directly because of 'lack of trust'
PERFORMANCE: A strategic health authority report said there was evidence of a “lack of trust” between GPs and trusts in outer north east London, which meant “some GPs were now approaching trust consultants directly as a result”.
-
HSJ Local
High HSMR highlighted by SHA at Dartford and Gravesham
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust is one of three NHS organisations in the south reporting higher than expected death rates.
-
HSJ Local
Medway FT’s high HSMR one of three highlighted by SHA
PERFORMANCE: Medway NHS Foundation Trust is one of three NHS organisations in the south reporting higher than expected death rates.
-
HSJ Local
Ashford and St Peter’s passes latest hurdle in Epsom merger plan
STRUCURE: Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has met the criteria needed to move to the next stage in its bid to take over Epsom hospital.
-
HSJ Local
St George's £4.5m deficit at month eight
FINANCE: St George’s Healthcare Trust was predicting a deficit of £5,000 by this point in the financial year but the south London acute trust has overshot by more than £4m.
-
HSJ Local
Non-execs appointed to single BNSSG cluster board
WORKFORCE: The Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire primary care trust cluster has appointed non-executive directors to its single board.
-
HSJ Local
'Concern' at Nottinghamshire Healthcare's 22 serious incidents
PERFORMANCE: There are 22 serious incidents currently under investigation at Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust.
-
HSJ Local
Southern Health appoints new chair
WORKFORCE: Governors at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust have appointed Simon Waugh as the organisation’s new chair.
-
HSJ Local
New chief executive for Ridgeway Partnernship
WORKFORCE: Andrew Hall has taken over as chief executive at the Oxfordshire Learning Disability NHS Trust, also known as the Ridgeway Partnership.
-
HSJ Local
Devon hospital trust chair announces departure
WORKFORCE: The chair of Plymouth Hospitals Trust has announced he is stepping down to spend more time on his work as a military strategist.
-
HSJ Local
SHA draws attention to high Isle of Wight death rate
PERFORMANCE: The Isle of Wight primary care trust is one of three NHS organisations in the south reporting higher than expected death rates.
-
HSJ Local
Emergency patient transport firm wins £130m contract in Nottinghamshire
COMMERCIAL: Following a 10-month competitive tendering process by East Midlands Procurement and Commissioning Transformation (EMPACT), all non-emergency patient transport in Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire is set to be operated by Arriva Passenger Services Ltd from summer 2012.
-
NewsOrgan donation target 'will be missed'
The head of a kidney charity has launched an attack on the government over organ donation, saying it will miss a target to boost donor rates by 50 per cent.
-
HSJ Local
NHS Cornwall suffers 'teething problems'
FINANCE: NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly suffered “teething problems” after it transferred its financial processing and ledger operations to NHS Shared Business Service.
-
HSJ Local
North Yorkshire and York telehealth units underused
COMMERCIAL: An internal audit report found 2,000 telehealth units bought by NHS North Yorkshire and York have been significantly underused.
-
HSJ Local
Newham University Hospital £2.2m behind finance plan, report says
FINANCE: Newham University Hospital Trust is £2.2m behind its finance plan for 2011-12, an NHS London finance report said.
-
HSJ Local
Nottinghamshire starts first phase of out of hours procurement
COMMERCIAL: Engagement with the public has begun on the current out of hours (OOH) services provided by Nottingham Emergency Medical Services (NEMS) in the City and South and Central Nottinghamshire Clinical Services (CNCS) in the north of the county.