News – Page 1422
-
HSJ Local
Hillingdon Hospitals achieves foundation status
STRUCTURE: The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust has been given foundation status.
-
HSJ Local
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals FT completes community merger
STRUCTURE: North Lincolnshire Community Services officially transferred into Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust on 1 April.
-
HSJ Local
Bassetlaw Hospital manager bows out
WORKFORCE: The manager of Bassetlaw Hospital has retired after nearly 20 years in the role.
-
HSJ Local
Yorkshire ambulance trust faces 9.6 per cent savings
FINANCE: Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust has anticipated the need for a 9.6 per cent cost improvement programme in 2011-12, ahead of final negotiations with commissioners.
-
HSJ Local
Yorkshire ambulance plan to improve response times
PERFORMANCE: Yorkshire Ambulance Service Trust spent the end of the financial year trying to meet its Category A response time target after a winter dip.
-
HSJ Local
TCS deadline hit and miss for NHS Peterborough
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust has successfully migrated its children’s services but similar transfers for adult and social care have been delayed until 1 July.
-
HSJ Local
Over-performance pushes down South Staffs forecast to breakeven
FINANCE: The primary care trust reported a surplus of £46,000 at the end of February, with a forecast outturn of breakeven.
-
HSJ Local
2gether chair reappointed for three more years
WORKFORCE: 2gether Foundation Trust’s council of governors has re-appointed Baroness Rennie Fritchie DBE as chair to the board and chair to the council.
-
HSJ Local
Somerset Partnership FT begins refurbishment of 'serious incident' ward
PERFORMANCE: Work on the refurbishment of Somerset Partnership Foundation Trust’s Rydon ward is due to start this month.
-
HSJ Local
Plymouth Hospitals given all clear by CQC
PERFORMANCE: Plymouth Hospitals Trust has satisfied Care Quality Commission inspectors it is now meeting three essential standards following a highly critical report of its surgical procedures earlier this year.
-
NewsBiggest learning and development cuts in public sector - CIPD
More than two out of three organisations have cut funding for learning and development this year, with the biggest impact hitting the public sector, new research reveals.
-
NewsPFI hospitals 'asset stripping', claims campaign group
Hospitals built under the private finance initiative are closing beds and cutting jobs in a “desperate bid” to balance their books, a campaign group has claimed.
-
NewsUnison poll reveals privatisation unease
A survey of over 2,000 adults by Unison showed that three out of four were opposed to any move to have private companies running parts of the NHS blood and transplant service.
-
NewsMiliband attacks PM on NHS reform
Ed Miliband will seek to turn the screw on David Cameron over controversial NHS reforms today by accusing him of “betraying” Britain’s proudest institution.
-
HSJ Local
London mental health trusts moot IT procurement partnership
COMMERCIAL: Two south London mental health trusts have put forward the idea of a joint procurement of a London-wide patient record system.
-
HSJ Local
Southampton University Hospitals announces contract details
COMMERCIAL: Southampton Univeristy Hospitals is to spend £212,527 on an upgrade of the car park barrier system at Southampton General Hospital and Princess Anne Hospital.
-
HSJ Local
Wakefield District PCT launches social enterprise
STRUCTURE: Spectrum Community Health has launched as a social enterprise providing the community services previously hosted by Wakefield District PCT.
-
HSJ Local
Vertical integration at Barts not due until July
STRUCTURE: The east London hospital trust is due to vertically integrate the provider arm of NHS Tower Hamlets in July, new board papers reveal.
-
HSJ Local
South Tyne PCTs work to address over-performance
FINANCE: South Tyneside, Gateshead and Sunderland PCTs have been working to address elective and non-elective overperformance, but are expecting to end the year in surplus.
-
HSJ Local
Mid Essex acute contract overspending
FINANCE: Mid Essex PCT’s contract with Mid Essex Hospital Services Trust is overspending by £8.6m to date and is forecast to overspend by £9.7m at outturn, according to the primary care trust.