All North East articles – Page 31
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News
CCGs divided over fines waiver as trusts strive to clear waiting lists
Clinical commissioning groups appear to be split over whether to penalise providers for breaching planned treatment targets as they seek to clear backlogs over the summer with government cash
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News
‘Buddy’ trusts could double their money under bonus scheme
The leading hospitals ‘buddied’ with failing trusts under the special measures regime received some £1.5m to cover their costs last year.
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Supplements
Our foundation trust’s got talent
How the FT piloting the NHS Leadership Academy’s Talent Conversation Guide is fostering skills
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HSJ Knowledge
Cultural change depends on engagement, not political gestures
Case studies show value of engaging staff
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Supplements
HSJ Inspirational Women 2014
HSJ presents its second annual celebration of healthcare’s most inspirational female leaders
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HSJ Local
Monitor intervenes over huge deficit at North East foundation trust
FINANCE: The health sector regulator has taken action at South Tees Hospitals Foundation Trust, which faces a deficit of nearly £35m this year.
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HSJ Local
Acute trust bids for council funded integrated care contract
COMMERCIAL: South Tyneside Foundation Trust is bidding for a 10 year contract to run an “integrated care services hub”, put out to tender by the local authority.
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Supplements
Patient safety case studies: Turning confusion to clarity
How software made two trusts’ systems for hiring temporary staff more efficient
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Supplements
Dalton review roundtable: chains and other choices
Hospital chains are not the only option for new provider models in the acute sector
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HSJ Local
Foundation trust set to start running GP practices
STRUCTURE: Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust is set to take over the “full ownership” of two GP practices, it has said, and is offering to run others.
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News
Revealed: the trusts set to be highlighted for reporting concerns
Six trusts that have been in special measures over the past year are among those set to be named as having a poor culture of reporting patient safety incidents
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HSJ Local
Newcastle CCGs exceed threshold for healthcare aquired infections
PERFORMANCE: Newcastle North and East Clinical Commissioning Group exceeded its threshold for non-hospital related healthcare acquired infections by more than double in 2013-14.
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HSJ Local
Newcastle FT exceeds C Diff threshold in 2013-14
PERFORMANCE: Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust reported 86 cases of C difficile in 2013-14, exceeding its threshold of 66, according to papers discussed at the June meeting of Gateshead, Newcastle North and and East and Newcastle West CCGs.
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HSJ Local
Newcastle FT fails to meet nursing staffing levels
WORKFORCE: Planned nurse staffing levels were not met for 19 per cent of inpatient shifts at Newcastle Upon Tyne Foundation Trust in April, according to a paper discussed at its May board meeting.
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HSJ Local
Approval granted for groundbreaking PFI buyout
FINANCE: A North East trust has received approval from the Treasury and Monitor to buy out its private finance initiative contract with a local authority loan – the first time such a deal has occurred in the NHS.
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HSJ Knowledge
Four hours in A&E: what the target tells us about trusts
Does performance reflect the leadership?
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Comment
'An irreversible shift in power was long overdue': 10 years of FTs
Milburn, Bennett and more review the sector
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News
Uncertain future for Project Diamond funding
The future of funding for highly specialist treatments in various hospitals has been thrown into uncertainty after the Department of Health decided to stop providing a £62m budget that supplements it.