Latest news – Page 904
-
HSJ Local
Western Sussex launches fresh bid to rid itself of unwanted hospital block
STRUCTURE: Local public sector organisations are being formally notified that the Harness Block at Southlands Hospital is available for them to take on.
-
HSJ Local
Manchester care trust staff feel unable to innovate without permission
WORKFORCE: A series of workshops on Compassion in Practice has highlighted how staff at Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust felt unable to make even small changes without permission.
-
HSJ Local
Live patient feedback system at East Surrey Hospital
PERFORMANCE: Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has introduced a new patient experience management programme, which its manufacturers claim is “set to take patient feedback to a new level”.
-
HSJ Local
Greater Manchester AHSN makes key appointments
CLINICAL RESEARCH: Greater Manchester Academic Health Science Network has appointed a managing director and interim chair.
-
News
A&E performance tracker: Improvement continues at end of May
Accident and emergency performance has again improved on the previous week’s position, the latest data shows.
-
News
BME applicants 'less likely to win NHS jobs'
Black and minority ethnic applicants are discriminated against in NHS recruitment processes, the author of a new report has claimed.
-
HSJ Local
Five untoward incidents in one month at Cumbria trust
PERFORMANCE: Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust reported five serious untoward incidents to its commissioners in April – including one unexpected death, a fire and the destruction of health records.
-
HSJ Local
Mersey Care Trust self-reports after data breach
PERFORMANCE: Mersey Care Trust has reported itself to the Information Commissioner after patient identifiable data was sent to the NHS Information Centre.
-
HSJ Local
Cumbria falls down on dental decontamination
PERFORMANCE: Half the dental facilities run by Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust do not meet the requirements for dental decontamination, the board has been warned.
-
HSJ Local
Manchester trust launches audit into missed staff sickness target
WORKFORCE: Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust is to audit its sickness absence process after it missed targets for the percentage of staff off sick.
-
HSJ Local
Mental health trust capacity issues driving up Manchester A&E waits
PERFORMANCE: Nearly 70 patients waited longer than four hours in A&E departments in April because of issues with mental health services, the board of Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust heard.
-
HSJ Local
Concerning staff sickness rate at Manchester mental health trust
WORKFORCE: Staff sickness rates continue to be a concern for Greater Manchester West Mental Health Foundation Trust.
-
HSJ Local
Norovirus on the rise at Manchester mental health trust
PERFORMANCE: Greater Manchester West Mental Health Foundation Trust saw a “significant” increase in norovirus cases in 2012-13 – in line with the national trend.
-
HSJ Local
Cinema ad used by 5 Boroughs to highlight young people's issues
STRUCTURE: A new website for young people with mental health problems is being publicised through a cinema advert – starring an 18-year-old who received support from a mental health trust for anxiety and depression.
-
HSJ Local
Bed closure concern for Cheshire mental health trust
STRUCTURE: A consultation on a planned redesign of learning disability services across Cheshire and the Wirral has uncovered some concerns about closure of beds.
-
HSJ Local
Expert praises Western Sussex for care of patients with fractured hips
PERFORMANCE: Western Sussex Hospitals Trust has been described as “an exemplar” of what modern hip fracture care should look like by a nationally-renowned surgeon.
-
HSJ Local
Failure to meet 18 week target in Cumbria
PERFORMANCE: Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust failed to meet the 18 week referral to treatment target for several clinical areas in April – including diabetics, community paediatrics, neuroscience and restorative dentistry.
-
HSJ Local
Lancashire trust responds to issue of young people on adult wards
PERFORMANCE: Young people have been placed on adult wards 18 times since March 2012, the board of Lancashire Care Foundation Trust was told.
-
HSJ Local
East of England Ambulance Trust received 99 complaints in one month
PERFORMANCE: Struggling East of England Ambulance Service Trust received 99 complaints in February 2013, according to board minutes published in May.
-
News
Farrar issues rallying cry
The NHS has got to raise its game and get away from thinking that patching together the service is enough to keep it going, Mike Farrar has said.