All NHS Lincolnshire East CCG articles – Page 2

  • Grantham Hospital
    HSJ Local

    Special measures trust extends overnight A&E closure

    2017-08-01T14:40:00Z

    Grantham and District Hospital’s emergency department will remain closed overnight for at least another three months, United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust has announced.

  • Peter Reading
    HSJ Local

    Exclusive: Special measures trust appoints ex-UCLH boss as new chief

    2017-07-28T10:04:00Z

    A trust in special measures has appointed a former University College London Hospitals boss and private sector consultant as its new chief executive.

  • handshake
    HSJ Local

    CCG and council appoint 'first of its kind' joint chief

    2017-07-14T14:28:00Z

    A CCG and local authority have appointed the council’s chief executive to head a single leadership team across both organisations.

  • baby
    HSJ Local

    Special measures trust brings in Morecambe Bay to tackle maternity concerns

    2017-06-07T12:47:00Z

    Trust served with CQC warning notice over maternity services Requirement notice served to address ‘staff competencies’ over CTG Trust supported by Morecambe Bay to improve maternity care A trust in special measures is working with Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust to improve its maternity services after regulators raised the ...

  • Lincoln one use 26 Feb
    HSJ Local

    CCG chief to lead STP

    2017-06-05T07:00:00Z

    Former chief executive of NHS 24 to lead Lincolnshire STP John Turner accepted responsibility as IT costs soared 73 per cent above business case figure STP aims to achieve a “seismic shift” with £205m service reconfiguration South Lincolnshire CCG chief officer John Turner has been appointed senior ...

  • Grantham Hospital
    HSJ Local

    Struggling A&E to remain shut overnight

    2017-05-09T14:12:00Z

    United Lincolnshire Hospitals extends Grantham A&E overnight closure for at least three more months Trust insists it plans to fully reopen A&E when “safe” to do so Independent Reconfiguration Panel due to announce if it will investigate trust’s decision The overnight closure of a struggling emergency unit has ...

  • United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
    HSJ Local

    Second Keogh review trust goes back in special measures

    2017-04-11T00:01:00Z

    One of the original Keogh review special measures trusts, United Lincolnshire, rated inadequate Concerns raised about quality, safety, leadership and governance Trust waiting for health secretary’s decision on plans for A&E reconfiguration United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust has become the second of the original 11 trusts placed in special ...

  • Grantham Hospital
    HSJ Local

    Hunt wades into A&E closure row

    2017-02-24T15:58:00Z

    Health secretary orders review of Lincolnshire trust’s decision to close hospital A&E overnight Independent reconfiguration panel will make initial assessment of whether full review is needed Trust says remains committed to fully reopening Grantham A&E ‘but only when safe to do so’ Jeremy Hunt has ordered a review ...

  • cyber security
    News

    Cyber attack trust reveals details of ransomware virus

    2016-12-07T12:08:00Z

    Northern Lincolnshire and Goole FT says it was hit by ransomware Trust confirmed it did not pay a ransom as a result of cyber attack Claims the virus entered the trust’s network through a USB stick “have no grounding in fact”, trust director says The cyber attack experienced ...

  • Grantham Hospital
    HSJ Local

    A&E could be downgraded to 'urgent care centre-plus'

    2016-11-16T07:00:00Z

    United Lincolnshire chief executive says trust wants to reopen unit 24/7 but suggested it could lose services One option is for Grantham to become an “urgent care centre-plus” Trust announced “temporary” night time A&E closure was being extended until “at least” February The chief executive of the trust ...

  • Grantham Hospital
    HSJ Local

    A&E night closure sees two patients a night sent elsewhere

    2016-10-04T12:36:00Z

    Early data from controversial move suggests average of just two patients a night needed transporting to alternative A&E, says trust Night closure of Grantham unit resulted in admissions being reduced from 14 to 12 per day, trust says Royal College of Emergency Medicine says trust took “appropriate measures” ...

  • Ambulance
    HSJ Local

    Trust plans night time A&E closure after reaching 'crisis point'

    2016-08-10T00:01:00Z

    United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust to make a decision on temporary reduction of opening hours of Grantham A&E department Trust says services have reached “crisis point” and “patients may be put at risk if we don’t act” Royal College of Emergency Medicine says trust was in an “increasingly common situation” ...

  • Lincolnshire
    HSJ Local

    Lincolnshire sets out plans to tackle £60m deficit and performance

    2016-06-30T16:04:00Z

    RECONFIGURATION: NHS leaders in Lincolnshire will go out to public consultation later this year over plans to radically overhaul key services.

  • Nottingham Tram
    HSJ Local

    East Midlands trusts to share chair

    2016-03-02T17:29:00Z

    APPOINTMENT: United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust has appointed Dean Fathers as its new chair.

  • Operating theatre light
    HSJ Local

    Trust to carry out £2m theatre upgrade

    2016-01-08T09:57:00Z

    FINANCE: Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Foundation Trust is to refurbish two of it trauma and orthopaedics theatres as part of a £1.9m programme of changes.

  • HSJ Local

    Lincs acute trust appoints chief nurse

    2015-10-22T12:44:00Z

    WORKFORCE: Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Foundation Trust has appointed Tara Filby as chief nurse, it has announced.

  • Charity pot
    HSJ Local

    Charitable funds pay for trust’s breast cancer imaging system

    2015-10-08T10:39:00Z

    FINANCE: A £70,000 imaging system has been installed in operating theatres at Scunthorpe Hospital to allow surgeons to X-ray breast tissue during operations.

  • Jan Sobieraj
    HSJ Local

    Leadership Academy boss joins trust as chief executive

    2015-09-15T12:35:00Z

    WORKFORCE: Jan Sobieraj has been appointed chief executive of United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust.

  • Liver
    HSJ Local

    Lincolnshire trust performs ‘deep dive’ into liver disease death rates

    2015-08-17T11:54:00Z

    PERFORMANCE: United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust is performing a ‘deep dive’ review into the deaths of some liver disease patients after mortality rates were found to be much higher than expected.

  • Mobile phone
    HSJ Local

    Commissioners look to extend 111 contracts until moratorium ends

    2015-08-12T11:15:00Z

    COMMERCIAL: Commissioners across the East Midlands are looking to extend their contracts with the region’s biggest providers of NHS 111 services by six months. It follows an NHS England moratorium on procuring fresh contracts until September.