All MEDWAY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST articles – Page 6
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NewsRegional stroke plans given the green light
Controversial plans to create three hyperacute stroke units in Kent and Medway have been approved, but could still face a judicial review.
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NewsFormer union boss made interim hospital chair
A former union boss has been appointed interim chair of a London district general hospital.
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News'Unaffordable' urgent care procurement halted
Procurement of urgent treatment centres and GP out-of-hours services across two clinical commissioning groups has been discontinued – because the money on offer was not enough to attract providers.
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HSJ LocalSTP could miss planned deficit by more than £35m
The Kent and Medway health economy is likely to end the year with a net deficit of at least £113m, nearly £36m worse than previously forecast.
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NewsRegional pathology services shake-up revealed
Pathology services in Kent and Medway could be delivered with a private sector partner or outsourced under options being considered by the area’s four acute trusts.
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NewsPlans to relocate stroke services could face judicial review
Controversial plans to halve the number of hospitals admitting stroke patients in Kent and Medway could face judicial review after mounting concerns from councillors about the proposals.
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NewsPerformance data questioned for 51 trusts
Auditors have raised formal concerns over the accuracy of performance data at one in four NHS trusts, according to HSJ analysis.
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NewsExclusive: The highest paid interim managers
An investigation has revealed some of the highest interim manager payments by NHS trusts, including a chief operating officer who cost his trust the equivalent of £700,000 per year.
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NewsTrust considered stopping sick pay for staff refusing flu jab
A foundation trust considered proposals – which it has now abandoned – to deny staff sick pay if they had time off work with the flu after refusing vaccination.
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NewsTrust pulls out of contract as hundreds of cancer patients miss two week target
A foundation trust is to withdraw from a dermatology contract after hundreds of suspected cancer patients had to wait up to five weeks for a first appointment.
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NewsBlood test recall for thousands of patients
Nearly 2,500 patients have been recalled for extra tests after problems with a merged pathology service between Medway Foundation Trust and Dartford and Gravesham Trust.
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Revealed: The slowest invoice payers in the NHS
A third of acute trusts routinely break the law by paying their suppliers late, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsPlans to close three acute stroke units revealed
Proposals to replace six stroke units with three new hyper acute stroke facilities across Kent and Medway have been revealed.
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HSJ LocalTrust set to lose finance director as well as CEO
Medway Foundation Trust is to lose both its finance director and chief executive this autumn – with the medical director also making a sideways move into a different role.
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NewsTrust waiting list soars after review
A specialist trust has seen its waiting list rise by a third – and uncovered an additional 115 52 week waiters – after a review revealed its reported figures were incomplete.
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NewsTrust to offer extra leave to parents of premature babies
A trust which became the first in England to sign up to a pledge to support parents of premature babies has already received queries from other trusts keen to follow suit.
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CCGs in revolt over STP running costs
A clinical commissioning group refused to contribute to its STP’s running costs, HSJ can reveal.
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News'Fantasy' trust debts overtake PFI liabilities
A steep increase in emergency bailouts means NHS trusts’ total borrowing from the Department of Health and Social Care has overtaken their PFI liabilities.
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NewsTurnaround director appointed to troubled health economy
An off-payroll turnaround director has been appointed to one of the most financially challenged health economies, as two of its clinical commissioning groups were placed under legal directions by NHS England.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2018: Quality Improvement Initiative of the Year
Winner Oxford Academic Health Science Network Patient Safety Collaborative and East Berkshire Clinical Commissioning Group: Reducing urinary tract infections through hydration