News – Page 1095
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HSJ Local
East Kent FT one of most improved trusts for cancer
PERFORMANCE: East Kent University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been named as one of the top 10 most improved trusts for cancer patient experience.
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HSJ Local
Delayed transfers rises at two Warwickshire trusts
PERFORMANCE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust has blamed a rise in delayed transfers of care on a shortage of social workers.
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HSJ Local
Coventry and Warwickshire acute trusts all above average on death rates
PERFORMANCE: All three acute provider trusts in the Warwickshire area are reporting mortality rates significantly above the national average.
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News'Strong claim for constructive dismissal' following Nicholson letter
The Department of Health could face claims for constructive dismissal by senior managers if plans to remove them of their responsibilities go ahead.
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HSJ LocalPlans for pooled budgets in Oxfordshire to fight delayed transfers
Health and social care commissioners in Oxfordshire have agreed in principle to a pooled budget for services used by older patients as the central part of a programme to cut the county’s high rate of delayed transfers of care.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: Delayed transfers of care in Oxfordshire
This HSJ Local Briefing looks at how the health and social care economy in Oxfordshire can control its rate of delayed transfers of care.
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NewsAnalysis: Nicholson triggers shift in control to new system leaders
Power to pass from many primary care trusts to NHS Commissioning Board and NHS Trust Development Authority
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HSJ Local
PCTs predict underspend despite acute over-performance
FINANCE: Milton Keynes and Northamptonshire Cluster of PCTs is reporting it is on target to meet its financial budget this year despite significant over-performance by the region’s acute trusts.
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HSJ LocalMid Staffs in measles infection plea
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has asked patients and visitors who have had contact with someone with measles to stay away from the hospital.
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HSJ Local
James Paget given clean bill of health
A Norfolk hospital has finally been given a clean bill of health by the Care Quality Commission after a concern over record keeping was addressed.
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NewsMuslim man in right-to-die challenge
The family of a Muslim man from Greater Manchester who is in a persistent vegetative state are fighting in the High Court for him to receive - against medical advice - life-saving treatment if his condition deteriorates.
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NewsPlans to ramp up NHS overseas branches
NHS hospitals are to be invited by the government to set up profit-making branches abroad to raise funds for patients at home and raise the international profile of the health service.
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HSJ Local
BSUH reporting deficit after two months of 2012-13
FINANCE: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust is reporting a deficit of £2.4m for June 2012.
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HSJ Local
GP gains role on health and wellbeing board
WORKFORCE: A GP commissioner has been appointed as deputy chair of West Sussex’s emerging health and wellbeing board.
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NewsCommissioning board given default lead role on quality
The NHS Commissioning Board will have default responsibility for leading the response to a quality failure under plans for new quality surveillance groups.
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HSJ Local
Five overdue safety alerts at Aintree University Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The trust had work overdue on five national patient safety alerts in July, latest Department of Health data show.
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NewsPrivate providers in NHS 'likely' to escape toughest regulatory controls
Only a “very small” number of NHS services provided by private firms face the toughest regulatory controls, sector leaders have insisted following the publication of new Monitor guidance.
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NewsNo fault compensation plan examined in Scotland
Patients in Scotland could be able to get compensation payouts on a no-fault basis if they are injured as a result of medical treatment.
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NewsPensioner cancer cases 'to treble by 2040'
The number of pensioners with cancer will treble by 2040, researchers suggest.
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