All NHS Shropshire CCG articles – Page 3
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NewsTrust's poor culture and defensive attitude criticised after baby death
Independent report heavily criticises culture and defensiveness at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals Trust Kate Stanton-Davies died in March 2009 after failings at Ludlow midwifery led unit The trust to hold an extraordinary board meeting to discuss the report’s findings A hospital trust’s poor safety culture and defensive attitude ...
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HSJ LocalSpecial measures CCG appoints first GP chair
Shropshire CCG appoints first clinical chair Challenged commissioner also begins process to recruit substantive accountable officer Organisation was first CCG to be placed in special measures following financial problems WORKFORCE: Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group has appointed Julian Povey as its chair.
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NewsExclusive: Baby death investigation uncovers systemic failings at trust
New investigation exposes how vital documents never existed and policies were out of date Midwives routinely ignored policies and guidelines as part of the “culture” in midwifery led unit Trust to review historical incidents and deaths to ensure no wider problems A midwife who retrospectively altered the clinical ...
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HSJ LocalControversial out of hours shake-up faces delay
Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin CCGs expected to extend GP out of hours service after public opposes tender plans Commissioners say changes needed to comply with NHS England standards for commissioning integrated urgent care Regional out of hours services have not been subject to competition for 20 years ...
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HSJ LocalThousands of patients adrift on specialist trust waiting lists
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt FT has identified 14,500 follow-up patients beyond their due date More than 1,200 planned patients had no date or a date that had been missed Monitor to appoint improvement director to oversee recovery plan PATIENT SAFETY: Thousands of patients at a specialist acute ...
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NewsExclusive: GP groups cover most of England but ‘lack ambition and priorities’
Large scale GP provider groups operating in 82 per cent of England’s CCG areas There are 268 federations up and running, HSJ research suggests It is estimated that these organisations cover 41 million patients Four fifths of clinical commissioning groups have at least one large scale GP provider ...
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HSJ LocalFirst CCG is placed in special measures
Shropshire CCG placed in special measures Group will have to agree new 2015-16 forecast financial outturn No legal directions placed on CCG PERFORMANCE: Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group has become the first CCG placed in special measures by NHS England.
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HSJ LocalShropshire GPs have ‘no capacity’ to take on rural urgent care work
RECONFIGURATION: GP leaders in Shropshire have raised fears that a proposed reorganisation of emergency care in the region would see an increase in GP workloads for which they say there is no more capacity.
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NewsRevealed: London CCGs dominate requests for consultancy spending over £50k
More than half of permissions sought by CCGs for consultancy spending of over £50,000 from London No requests rejected by NHS England as of October Explore the data More than half of the requests from clinical commissioning groups for management consultancy contracts worth more than £50,000 have come ...
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NewsExclusive: NHS England U-turn over national midwifery audit
NHS England reverses decision to keep national midwifery investigations audit secret Decision follows criticism from the parents of baby Kate Stanton-Davies who died in March 2009 Review of her death highlighted multiple failings and similarities with Morecambe Bay NHS England has reversed a decision to keep secret a ...
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HSJ LocalShropshire CCG chief resigns
WORKFORCE: Caron Morton has resigned as accountable officer of Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England to carry out secret audit of midwifery investigations
NHS England will not publish the results of a national audit into the quality of investigations into maternity incidents prompted by the death of a baby girl, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ KnowledgeIntegration: Happening quietly in a place near you
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HSJ LocalSnap inspection triggered by staffing concerns at Staffordshire hospital
WORKFORCE: Staff shortages at St George’s Hospital in Stafford have raised concerns that it is unable to provide care that adequately meets patients’ needs, a Care Quality Inspection has found.
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HSJ LocalCCGs widen access to IVF treatment
FINANCE: Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin clinical commissioning groups will increase the age at which women can be eligible to NHS funded IVF treatment from 37-and-a-half to 40.
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HSJ LocalHundreds of patients 'excluded' from specialist trust's waiting list
PERFORMANCE: Hundreds of patients waiting to start treatment at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital were excluded from its referral to treatment waiting list on a monthly basis, an independent review has revealed.
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HSJ LocalMonitor probes Shropshire trust over waiting times and data concerns
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into a Shropshire orthopaedic hospital over excessive waiting times and the accuracy of its reporting.
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HSJ LocalTrust appoints Warrington deputy as new chief executive
WORKFORCE: Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital has appointed Simon Wright as its new chief executive.
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HSJ LocalCommunity nurse staffing to be monitored
WORKFORCE: Shropshire Community Health Trust will begin monitoring staffing levels among community nurses each month from April.
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HSJ LocalTrust posts £8m surplus after third quarter
FINANCE: South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare Foundation Trust had a surplus of £8.26m on income and expenditure as of 31 December.
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