All LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST articles – Page 16
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HSJ Local
Leeds Hospitals start year ahead of plan on finance
FINANCE: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust finished the first month of the financial year £1.4m ahead of plan, but has identified risks later in the year.
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HSJ KnowledgeSimple steps in reducing wastage can have serious savings for NHS budgets
The big question in the health service is, where can the NHS make savings without compromising patient care? GS1 UK health sector manager Roger Lamb highlights examples where simple technology is reducing drug and stock wastage
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HSJ Local
Leeds service change group focusing on long term conditions and home care
FINANCE: Leeds Health and Social Care Transformation Board - bringing together the health and social care bodies in the city - has begun leading service change in several areas.
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HSJ Local
Leeds Hospitals working on integrated business plan for FT
STRUCTURE: Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust is focusing on detailed financial planning in order to work towards foundation status.
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HSJ Local
Leeds Hospitals exceeds surplus plan
FINANCE: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust exceeded its planned surplus in 2010-11 by £2.1m.
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NewsTrust issues 18,600 parking fines in 12 months
More than 18,600 parking penalties were issued by three hospitals during 2010, according to consumer group Which?.
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HSJ Local
Yorkshire chief named on 'listening exercise' review panel
WORKFORCE: NHS Yorkshire and Humber chief executive Bill McCarthy is one of a handful of managers, and the only strategic health authority chief executive, to be a appointed a member of the NHS Future Forum review panel.
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NewsTrusts struggling to hit accident and emergency indicators
Fewer than half of accident and emergency departments are on course to meet the new “indicator” for measuring the time taken to treat patients, an HSJ analysis suggests.
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HSJ Local
Leeds Hospitals hoping for hyper acute stroke unit
STRUCTURE: Leeds General Infirmary, part of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, is planning to open a hyper acute stroke unit.
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HSJ Local
Leeds Hospitals looks for 'solid platform' for FT bid
STRUCTURE: Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust is focusing on agreeing a “solid platform of financial assumptions” with commissioners, to move towards foundation status.
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NewsLondon trusts top of patient complaints list
London hospitals are the subject of more serious patient complaints than any other type of secondary care trust, a review by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Ann Abraham reveals.
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NewsTrust appoints interim chief executive
North Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Foundation Trust will see Karen Jackson take over as its acting chief executive, it has been announced.
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NewsHospital parking too expensive, says report
NHS patients and their families are the victims of wheel clamping, fines and excessive costs in hospital car parks, according to a report.
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NewsHospital trust pays out over age discrimination
A hospital trust has had to pay a former member of staff £187,000 in compensation after the manager missed out on a promotion for being too old.
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NewsTrusts told to monitor use of safer surgery checklist
Many acute trusts could be failing to monitor the use of a mandatory patient safety tool, HSJ understands.
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NewsTrust failings allowed nurse to kill, says report
A series of failings at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust in West Yorkshire allowed former nurse Colin Norris to kill four elderly patients, an independent inquiry has found.
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NewsTailored care for cancer survivors
Cancer survivors in Yorkshire and Humber have been chosen to trial a new NHS “survivorship plan” that will provide care and services for those living with and beyond the disease.
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NewsHospitals to replace nurses with lower paid assistants to cut costs
A number of NHS hospitals are planning to replace an increasing number of trained nurses with cheaper, unregistered ‘nurses’ paid at a lower rate.
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NewsMascie-Taylor is NHS Confederation's first medical director
The NHS Confederation has appointed Hugo Mascie-Taylor as its first medical director.
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NewsNHS trusts owed millions by private patients
NHS hospitals could be significantly overstating their private patient income because a substantial proportion of it is either never paid or paid late.