All Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust articles – Page 4
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HSJ LocalACS commissioning group re-enters special measures after seven months
A large clinical commissioning group – which is part of a proposed accountable care system – has been put back in financial special measures, less than a year after coming out of the regime.
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NewsAnalysis by trust: Large majority provide less consultant access at weekends
The majority of trusts continue to provide patients with less access to consultants at the weekend compared to a weekday, new data reveals.
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HSJ LocalTrusts plan 'ambitious' merger in under six months
Two Bedfordshire hospital trusts intend to merge by April – a timeframe that both organisations admit is “ambitious”.
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NewsExclusive: Hospital seeks 'joyful' merger with teaching trust
Bedford Hospital Trust is seeking a formal merger with Luton and Dunstable University Hospital Foundation Trust, HSJ has learnt.
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NewsJeremy Hunt to announce digital trust 'buddies'
The government will distribute £181m to a second wave of digital trusts, the health secretary is expected to announce tomorrow.
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NewsExclusive: Trust bailouts rise to £2.7bn as more rely on loans
NHS trusts were forced to draw down £2.7bn of emergency cash bailouts from the government last year – with two-thirds of hospital providers now relying on government loans to maintain payments to staff and suppliers.
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HSJ LocalCCG abandons controversial rationing plan after trust's warning
CCG abandons plans to ration access to hearing aids Rethink came after foundation trust warned plan was “incredibly damaging” Commissioners approve restrictions on procedures of “limited clinical value” Commissioners have abandoned plans to restrict access to hearing aids after a foundation trust warned they could be breaching their ...
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NewsWorkforce app targets agency fees costing NHS up to £600m
A social networking app is aiming to cut into the hundreds of millions of pounds NHS trusts pay to temporary staffing agencies.
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NewsFirst nine 'accountable care systems' revealed
NHS England identifies the first nine likely “accountable care systems” NHS Improvement and NHS England to adopt “one stop shop” approach to regulation Developing accountable care organisations will “not be a focus of activity” for most places Individual organisations will not be allowed to hold up progress NHS ...
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NewsNHS bed occupancy hits record high
Latest NHS bed occupancy rates are highest ever recorded for a third quarter since data collections began in 2010 HSJ analysis reveals hospital trusts with highest occupancy Six acute trusts had general and acute bed occupancy rates over 99 per cent The latest NHS bed occupancy figures are ...
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NewsRevealed: 24 A&Es could be closed or downgraded
Twenty four emergency departments - around 15 per cent of the national total - could be closed or downgraded in the next four years, analysis shows HSJ has identified and mapped those most likely to be affected in an unprecedented analysis Twenty four emergency departments - around 15 ...
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NewsMidlands STP plans 'unified leadership' for three hospitals
Bedford, Milton Keynes and Luton and Dunstable hospitals will have “unified leadership, management and operations” under a “joint governing vehicle” A&E configuration decision in next two months Accountable care system planned The STP for Luton, Bedford and Milton Keynes reveals plans for “unified leadership, management and operations across ...
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NewsRevealed: New oversight ratings for every NHS trust
Each trust placed in one of four categories based on the level of support they require from NHS Improvement Trusts will be formally categorised next month as part of the regulator’s new “single oversight framework” Thirty-five out of 238 trusts will have “maximum autonomy” See every rating in the ...
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HSJ LocalMayor calls for new approach to Bedford reconfiguration
COMMISSIONING: A “flawed” review of health services should be rejected in full rather than become part of sustainability and transformation plan for health and social care integration, according to the elected mayor of Bedford Borough Council.
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HSJ LocalLocal A&E review scrapped in favour of STP
Standalone review of A&E services at Bedford and Milton Keynes hospitals merged into regional STP Decision made between NHS England and CCGs after draft STP submitted at end of June Bedford Hospital appeared unaware review was ending just two weeks prior to announcement ACUTE CARE: A standalone review ...
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HSJ LocalCash-strapped council plans funding cuts to joint NHS discharge project
Northamptonshire County Council looks to axe £650,000 from joint NHS discharge project Council also plans £4m of cuts to adult social care and a review of menta health services for children Cabinet papers reveal Treasury advised “self-help” under the government’s austerity drive A county council struggling to make ...
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: How to tackle unwarranted variation
How to reduce unwarranted variation in the NHS was the focus of HSJ’s latest roundtable
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HSJ LocalCCGs: Hospital trust should lose major services
Bedford should be stripped of obstetrics and majority of emergency surgical care, review recommends Senior figure says Bedford clinicians have “mixed feelings” about removal of obstetrics Proposal is latest stage of protracted efforts to reconfigure services across Bedford and Milton Keynes If proposals are rubberstamped they would go to ...
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NewsTrusts named for consultancy turnaround programme
NHS Improvement has revealed the 16 trusts in the first wave of its £25m turnaround programme.
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Expert BriefingThe Commissioner: Who wants to be a combined authority?
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West