Latest news – Page 662
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HSJ LocalChesterfield Royal misses cancer target
PERFORMANCE: Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust has missed the national target for treating cancer patients within 62 days of screening for the third month in a row.
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HSJ LocalTrusts sells part of hospital site to housing developers
COMMERCIAL: Northumberland Tyne and Wear Foundation Trust has sold land at its Northgate Hospital site for a net £13.7m to housing developers
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HSJ Local£25m mental health hospital opens in Liverpool
MENTAL HEALTH: Mersey Care Trust has opened a £25m, 80 bed hospital for mental health patients providing short stay treatment and a psychiatric intensive care unit.
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HSJ LocalNurse shortages at trust highlighted in 25 incident reports
WORKFORCE: Shortages of ward nurses were recorded in 25 incident reports in January at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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HSJ LocalCass: Neonatal facilities ‘transformed’ by new unit
ACUTE CARE: Bradford Royal Infirmary has opened a £2m neonatal unit complete with ensuite family bedrooms, play area and a counselling suite.
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HSJ LocalTrams to hospital will ease congestion and car parking, says chief executive
ACUTE CARE: Power lines are being tested on tram tracks scheduled to open later this year going to the Queen’s Medical Centre is Nottingham.
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HSJ LocalAiredale surplus better than planned
FINANCE: Airedale Foundation Trust posted a surplus of £393,000 at the end of January, £275,000 more than planned.
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NewsHSJ Live 18.03.15: Budget reaction
Coverage of the budget announcements, plus today’s news and comment.
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NewsBarts placed in special measures after hospital rated 'inadequate'
Barts Health Trust, the largest NHS trust in the country, is to be placed in special measures after a damning Care Quality Commission inspection report rated Whipps Cross University Hospital ‘inadequate’.
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HSJ LocalManchester stroke centralisation could 'save 50 lives a year'
STRUCTURE: The majority of stroke patients in Greater Manchester will be treated at specialist hospitals, under plans to increase the centralisation of services which it is hoped could save 50 lives a year.
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NewsPharma giant strikes deal to save breast cancer drug funding
The Swiss drug giant Novartis has struck a deal with NHS England to prevent one of its breast cancer treatments being axed from the cancer drugs fund.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England drug delay led to ‘absolutely preventable’ deaths
A two year delay in NHS England drawing up a prescribing policy for a licensed drug has led to at least two ‘absolutely preventable’ deaths and more than 30 adults and children left at significant risk, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ Local
New interim chief executive for outer London trust
WORKFORCE: West Middlesex University Hospital Trust has appointed a new interim chief executive.
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HSJ LocalTrust launches campaign to support whistleblowers
WORKFORCE: Tameside Hospital Foundation Trust has launched a campaign to encourage staff to raise concerns.
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HSJ LocalBristol Community Health appoints non-exec director
WORKFORCE: Bristol Community Health has appointed Julie Dovey as a non-executive director.
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HSJ LocalTrust told to improve mental health services
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners have told 5 Boroughs Partnership Foundation Trust to boost its performance in for improving access to psychological therapies services
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HSJ LocalCancer training for London practice nurses to be rolled out
WORKFORCE: A scheme to train practice nurses in managing cancer patients is likely to be rolled out across south west London pending the evaluation of a trial in Wandsworth.
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HSJ LocalTrust forced to place mentally unwell children out of area
MENTAL HEALTH: Some young people with mental health problems have been placed in inpatient units out of the 5 Boroughs Partnership Foundation Trust’s remit because of lack of space in its own child and adolescent mental health services.
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HSJ LocalPhysical activity pilot to be extended
COMMERCIAL: Barnsley Clinical Commissioning Group plans to continue funding pilot physical activity programmes after a review showed there were a range of patient benefits - including better sleep, higher energy levels and improved pain management.