All NHS Medway CCG articles – Page 4

HSJ Local

Patient transport service fails to improve

2014-07-25T09:34:00Z

PERFORMANCE: Clinical commissioning groups in Kent and Medway may be forced to continue using a patient transport service that is failing to hit its targets because of the terms of its contract.

HSJ Local

Patient transport firm may face 'action' over performance

2014-07-16T10:11:00Z

COMMERCIAL: A company which runs a major patient transport service in Kent and Medway is likely to face “further actions” from commissioners after failing to meet targets in its first year.

News

Analysis: Elderly prioritised in spend of £250m A&E fund

2013-12-02T12:28:00Z

HSJ analysis of the 53 trusts due to receive a share of the Department of Health’s £250m winter pressure fund shows many are prioritising improvements to the care of the frail elderly.

HSJ Local

Below par PLACE scores for Medway social enterprise

2013-09-26T00:44:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The social enterprise Medway Community Healthcare scored below average for all of the four standards in the new patient-led ward inspection regime.

HSJ Local

NHS 111 ‘fully up and running’ in Medway

2013-09-17T16:15:00Z

STRUCTURE: NHS 111, the much-maligned new non-emergency phoneline service, will be “fully up and running” in Medway from 17 September, according to commissioners.

HSJ Local

Go-ahead for Kent acute mental health reconfig

2013-08-05T12:34:00Z

STRUCTURE: Proposals to increase the number of acute beds and develop three centres of excellence in Dartford, Canterbury and Maidstone have been agreed.

HSJ Local

Below average sickness absence at Medway community provider

2013-07-30T14:28:00Z

WORKFORCE: Medway Community Healthcare had the best average sickness absence rate for the first three months of 2013 among community providers in the South East Coast region.

HSJ Local

Medway CCG records very low staff absence rate

2013-07-30T13:20:00Z

WORKFORCE: NHS Medway Clinical Commissioning Group achieved an average sickness absence rate of 1.31 per cent during March.

HSJ Local

New Medway orthotics pathway cuts patient waits

2013-07-10T12:35:00Z

PERFORMANCE: The orthotics department at Medway Maritime Hospital has dramatically reduced waiting times, according to Medway Foundation Trust.

HSJ Local

New patient transport contract begins in Kent

2013-07-08T15:29:00Z

COMMERCIAL: Patient transport services in Kent and Medway have been delivered by NSL Care Services from 1 July. 

HSJ Knowledge

Clinical commissioning groups: the story so far

2013-02-20T15:40:00Z

The criteria failed by CCGs show their strengths and weaknesses

HSJ Local

Medway CCG handed 24 authorisation conditions

2013-01-29T19:28:00Z

STRUCTURE: Medway Clinical Commissioning Group has been authorised by the NHS Commissioning Board – but with 24 conditions and one direction.

HSJ Local

Analysed: the integration of health and social care in Kent

2013-01-08T11:07:00Z

This week’s HSJ Local Briefing looks at the Kent and Medway health economy, which is in the process of integrating its community health and social care services.