News – Page 968
-
News
West Cumberland Hospital in manslaughter probe
A Cumbrian hospital is at the centre of a manslaughter investigation after a 40-year-old patient died while in its care.
-
NewsCommissioners barred from using patient data
The new NHS commissioners are unable to carry out analysis of sensitive patient information because they have not yet received urgently requested legal permission to do so, HSJ has learned.
-
News
Almost 900 consultants receive excellence awards
Almost 900 medical consultants in England and Wales have been awarded clinical excellence awards for 2012, it has been announced.
-
HSJ Local
Wolverhampton trust reports record attendances
PERFORMANCE: The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust has recorded a record number of ambulance attendances on Wednesday, 27 March.
-
HSJ Local
Trust bucks trend in norovirus outbreaks
PERFORMANCE: Despite a national increase in the number of norovirus cases Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has reported a significant reduction in outbreaks over the winter period.
-
NewsBowel cancer drug funding in danger
As many as 6,500 bowel cancer patients could be denied access to life-extending drugs when a cash pot to pay for them ceases to exist at the end of the year, a charity has warned.
-
HSJ Local
Royal Surrey medic wins NICE scholarship
WORKFORCE: Dr Matthew Rogers a year-five specialty trainee in haematology has been awarded a scholarship by the National Insitutute for Health and Care Excellence.
-
HSJ Local
QVH nursing director made NICE fellow
WORKFORCE: Amanda Parker, director of nursing, Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been made a NICE Fellow for 2013-16.
-
HSJ Local
Northumbria seeking 50 new apprentices
WORKFORCE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust is to recruit 50 new apprentices in the next few months and hopes to expand the number of apprentives it employs to 300 over the next two years.
-
HSJ Local
Savile affair disrupts Newcastle patient experience checks
PERFORMANCE: The Jimmy Savile affair and the need for a protocol for visits to wards has affected how a working group assessing patient experience in Newcastle’s hospitals has worked.
-
HSJ Local
Bidder pulls out of North Tees hospital project
COMMERCIAL: A new hospital serving the North Tees and Hartlepool area is likely to be built by one of two companies – after a third bidder pulled out.
-
HSJ Local
Tees spinal expert becomes NHS England tsar
WORKFORCE: A spinal expert from The James Cook University Hospital has been appointed to the NHS Commissioning Board as the national clinical director for spinal disorders.
-
HSJ Local
Newcastle ahead of plan in Jan
FINANCE: Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust had made a surplus of £23.3m at the end of January – £13.7m ahead of plan.
-
HSJ Local
South Tees warns of A&E target breach risk
PERFORMANCE: South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust could miss the A&E four hour target for quarter four, the board has been warned.
-
HSJ Local
Doncaster FT aiming for £20m savings
FINANCE: Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust is aiming to make savings of £20m in the new financial year – equivalent to 6 per cent of its turnover.
-
HSJ Local
Wrong tooth removed by Doncaster and Bassetlaw
PERFORMANCE: A patient had the wrong tooth removed in February at Doncaster and Basssetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust – which is reported as a never event.
-
HSJ Local
Doncaster faces FT authorisation breach threat
PERFORMANCE: Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust could be found in breach of its authorisation by Monitor after poor performance.
-
HSJ Local
Increase in safeguarding demand at South Tees
PERFORMANCE: South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust is having to deal with more children under safeguarding procedures – with rates of children with child protection plans in some areas being considerably higher than the national average.
-
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.
-
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.