Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust – Page 19
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HSJ Local
A&E performance falls sharply at UHSM
PERFORMANCE: The proportion of University Hospitals of South Manchester accident and emergency patients admitted or treated and discharged within four hours has fallen sharply below national standards, latest commissioner board papers show.
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HSJ Local
CMO opens new clinical research centre at UHSM
CLINICAL RESEARCH: England’s Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies has opened a new £2.45 million clinical research centre at University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Green recognition for UHSM
PERFORMANCE: University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust remains one of the greenest nationally, according to the Environment Agency.
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HSJ Local
East Cheshire, South Manchester and Stockport are collaborative working
STRUCTURE: East Cheshire NHS Trust has formed a working partnership with University Hospitals of South Manchester and Stockport NHS Foundation Trust to establish a collaborative framework ‘ensuring clinical and financial sustainability’ across the three organisations.
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HSJ Local
Manchester cancer 'board' to replace network
STRUCTURE: A cancer providers board is to be set up in Greater Manchester and Cheshire to replace the existing cancer network. All trusts which want to provide cancer services will be expected to belong.
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HSJ Local
Manchester scientists in tumour gene breakthrough
RESEARCH: Scientists from Manchester Biomedical Research Centre at St Mary’s Hospital and the University of Manchester have identified a new gene responsible for causing a common tumour affecting the brain and spine. Although these spinal meningiomas can be removed by surgery, they can reoccur and sometime run in families.
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HSJ Local
Three north west trusts to collaborate on 'sustainability'
STRUCTURE: Three trusts to the south of Manchester are to work more closely together.
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HSJ Knowledge
Why equality is business-critical for the new NHS
Recognise the diversity of our populations to reduce inequality
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HSJ Local
A&E problems at South Manchester FT
PERFORMANCE: A&E performance at the Univerrsity Hospital of South Manchester Foundation Trust slid to below 84 per cent against the four hour target in the early part of January.
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HSJ Local
Walk-in centre changes in Manchester
STRUCTURE: A walk-in centre has opened in Manchester, and another moved, as part of changes to emergency services.
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HSJ Local
Programme board backs reconfiguration of Trafford General Hospital
STRUCTURE: The board overseeing the planned reconfiguration of health services in Trafford has approved proposals to stop emergency surgery at Trafford General Hospital, and to replace its emergency department with an urgent care centre.
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HSJ Local
New £2.45m research facility to open at UHSM
CLINICAL RESEARCH: The country’s Chief Medical Officer will tomorrow (14 December) open a new £2.45 million clinical research centre at the trust’s Wythenshawe Hospital.
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News
District general hospitals top efficiency league
District general hospitals are the most clinically efficient in the NHS, a major study has revealed.
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HSJ Local
University Hospital of South Manchester one of 12 awarded podiatry contract
COMMERCIAL: University Hospital of South Manchester Foundation Trust is one of 12 NHS and private sector providers that have been awarded “any qualified provider” status to provide podiatry services across Greater Manchester.
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HSJ Local
Providers awarded contracts for Greater Manchester hearing services
COMMERCIAL: Sixteen NHS and private sector providers have been awarded “any qualified provider” contracts to provide adult hearing services across Greater Manchester.
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HSJ Local
Greater Manchester awards 'any qualified provider' diagnostics contracts
COMMERCIAL: Twenty three NHS and private sector providers have been awarded “any qualified provider” contracts to offer direct access diagnostics across Greater Manchester.
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HSJ Local
Drop in patients waiting more than a year for Central Manchester FT treatment
PERFORMANCE: The number of patients who had been waiting more than a year for treatment at Central Manchester fell again in July, but remained the highest of any Greater Manchester provider, commissioner board papers show.
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HSJ Local
North west trusts look to improve complaints handling
PERFORMANCE: Four north west hospitals are among a group of ten acute trusts that have come together to work on improving their complaints handling ahead of the publication of the report Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry.
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HSJ Local
Fifteen nurse hours per bed day at Shelford Group trusts
WORKFORCE: Research carried for the Shelford Group, which represents England’s most powerful teaching hospitals, shows each patient bed day accounts for an average of 15 nurse hours.