Latest news – Page 1097
-
HSJ Local
Upgrade for independent Worcestershire MRI scanner
PERFORMANCE: The Worcestershire Imaging Centre, based in Droitwich Spa, has successfully completed a £500,000 upgrade of its MRI scanner.
-
HSJ Local
Barts tenders for performance management system
COMMERCIAL: Barts Health Trust has advertised for a supplier to provide it with “clinical benchmarking data and a performance management system that is based on inpatient and outpatient data sets”.
-
HSJ Local
Lincs consultants made responsible for patient flow
FINANCE: Consultants at Pilgrim Hospital in Lincolnshire will be given control over the discharge and admission of patients in an effort to save more than £1million.
-
HSJ Local
Lack of nursing staff at Royal Cornwall, says CQC
PERFORMANCE: Royal Cornwall Hospital has been told to address a shortage of nurses on some wards after a review of care found staff “struggling” to meet the needs of patients.
-
News
New clinical roles announced at top of Health Education England
Two new senior clinical posts have been created at Health Education England in a bid to link quality of care with future education and training.
-
News
Scottish mental health readmission rate attacked
There were more than 1,300 cases where people were readmitted to Scottish mental health hospitals within 28 days of being discharged last year, figures have shown.
-
HSJ Local
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals still in debt
FINANCE: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals FT is still “significantly” off target on financial plans, board papers show.
-
HSJ Local
Cornwall plans energy savings
Energy minister Ed Davey is launching a scheme designed to negotiate cheaper fuel bills in one of the country’s poorest areas which is being backed by local NHS trusts.
-
HSJ Local
CQC gives Mid Staffs clean bill of health
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has now lifted all of its concerns around Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
-
News
Commissioning board: our mandate is too detailed
NHS Commissioning Board directors have criticised the draft “mandate” they have been set by government for being confused, too detailed and over-reaching its main purpose.
-
HSJ Local
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust appoints replacement non executive directors
WORKFORCE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust has appointed three non executive directors to replace the four who stood down at the beginning of the month.
-
HSJ Local
PCT requests explanation of 'disproportionate' referrals from Barnet and Enfield GPs
PERFORMANCE: NHS North Central London requested a report on the high number of Individual Funding Requests made by GPs in Enfield, compared with their peers in other boroughs.
-
HSJ Local
NHS Sussex to establish funding reserve for CCGs
FINANCE: NHS Sussex is set to establish an official reserve to transfer funds between clinical commissioning groups and help implement a two-year plan to get finances back on track.
-
HSJ Local
Plymouth Community Healthcare plans bed closures
STRUCTURE: Plymouth Community Healthcare Trust is consulting on changes to mental health recovery services that could involve the closure of nine beds.
-
News
BME staff at risk in transition, commissioning board warned
Black and minority ethnic NHS staff risk being “significantly disadvantaged” in the transfer of employees to the health service’s new structure, senior NHS Commissioning Board executives have said.
-
HSJ Local
Torbay Hospital robot in worldwide first
CLINICAL: Torbay Hospital, run by South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust, has become the first place in the world to carry out a complex urology procedure as a day case.
-
HSJ Local
Camden 'Right to Request' bid withdrawn over competition concerns
STRUCTURE: The chief executive of NHS North Central London has reported to her board that a “Right to Request” bid to become a social enterprise by staff had been withdrawn after legal advice.
-
HSJ Local
Plans for new North Somerset Hospital unaffordable
FINANCE: Plans for a new £13m community hospital have been shelved due to the “changing financial circumstances” of the NHS, it has been announced.
-
News
Controversial vascular reorganisation referred to health secretary
Local authorities last night agreed to refer plans for a controversial reorganisation of vascular services across Cheshire and Merseyside to health secretary Andrew Lansley.
-
HSJ Local
Plymouth Hospitals chief executive to leave
WORKFORCE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust acting chief executive Helen O’Shea has announced she will be leaving to take up a new role in Jersey.