All North West articles – Page 40
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HSJ LocalVanguard extends training programme into neighbouring regions
Vanguard expands mental health crisis simulation training from North East into two more regions North East and North Cumbria Urgent and Emergency Care Network invested £200,000 to create the training The scheme will now be rolled out in north Yorkshire and Cumbria for £10,000 An urgent and emergency ...
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HSJ LocalLong-running contract row settled by trust and CCGs
Mid Cheshire Foundation Trust and CCGs were unable to agree a deal on 2016-17 or 2017-18 contracts Expert determination, organised by regulators, ruled in April over the dispute The agreement has not been released but the trust described the result as “satisfactory” The dispute over a multimillion pound ...
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Expert BriefingVAT risk for major Manchester contract
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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HSJ Local'Outstanding' finance director joins teaching trust
A finance director who turned around the fortunes of a struggling foundation trust is to join a teaching trust with a turnover of more than £1bn.
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NewsRouse: Manchester NHS recently tested terror attack response
Manchester’s emergency services practised dealing with a scenario “not too dissimilar” to last night’s terror attack about one month ago, Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership’s chief officer Jon Rouse has said.
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HSJ LocalPolice investigating 15 baby deaths at hospital
Police launch investigation into series of baby deaths at Cheshire hospital Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust alerted police after unexplained deaths The investigation is focused on the trust’s neonatal unit which will remain open Detectives are investigating a spate of baby deaths at a general hospital in ...
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HSJ LocalHospital director resigns amid 'irregular' payoff deal scrutiny
Roger Wilson, HR director at Warrington and Halton Hospitals Foundation Trust, has resigned He signed a deal with Morecambe Bay midwife which allowed her to avoid misconduct investigation Mr Wilson’s resignation comes ahead of trust investigation into “irregular” payoff deal A hospital director who is under scrutiny for ...
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HSJ LocalSingle trust accounts for nearly a quarter of 'trolley waits'
Pennine Acute Hospital Trust reported 786 cases last year where patients waited more than 12 hours to be admitted to a ward Continuing high number of breaches have prompted NHS England to raise the issue with Devo Manc team Serious concerns were raised about the trust’s emergency services by ...
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HSJ LocalLandmark city hospital merger expects to save £100m
Merger of Manchester’s hospitals expected to deliver savings on workforce, back office and estates costs, as well as activity reduction Plans involve centralisation of elective orthopaedics at Trafford General Hospital and vascular surgery at Manchester Royal Infirmary Project requires £56m of transformation funding Details revealed of significant reconfiguration of ...
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Crashing the devo party
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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HSJ LocalTrust busts locum cap after overspending on GPs
A community trust has breached its agency spending cap for 2016-17 by more than £300,000 following staff shortages in its GP out of hours’ service.
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NewsRevealed: Trusts selected to run new mother and baby service
NHS England has told four trusts they are the preferred providers of four new mother and baby units The successful bidders were notified last month, but final contracts are still being negotiated The MBUs are part of a £40m investment in inpatient perinatal care The preferred providers of ...
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HSJ LocalNHSI blocked contract despite repeated assurances, says city mayor
Leaders in Liverpool were twice given assurances that inspection concerns about a community provider would not stop it taking over a major contract, before regulators changed their mind, HSJ has been told by the city’s mayor.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The £6bn contract
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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HSJ LocalOut of hours service first to be rated outstanding
North West out of hours GP service given highest rating by CQC Cumbria Health on Call rated outstanding following inspection last year The social enterprise is the first out of hours doctors service to get the top rating An out of hours GP service in the North West ...
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NewsNHS will not be 'subsumed' by Greater Manchester Combined Authority
A “significant amount” of health and care commissioning in Greater Manchester will be done by provider organisations in future, the new chief executive of the region’s combined authority has said.
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HSJ LocalTrust chief: Hunt referral won't stop hospital tackling staffing problems
North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust will continue with maternity services overhaul plans despite pending reconfiguration decision from Jeremy Hunt Trust chief Stephen Eames says the decision will not stop the organisation tackling recruitment problems in west Cumbria Cumbria CCG’s decision to keep two consultant led units at the trust ...
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HSJ LocalGreater Manchester trust chief to retire
A hospital trust in Greater Manchester is preparing for leadership changes after its chief executive and chief nurse said they will retire at the end of the year, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local'Incompetent' regulator cancels troubled services takeover
NHS Improvement stops takeover of Liverpool community services Bridgewater Community Healthcare was the preferred bidder but the transfer was paused in February after trust was rated requires improvement Alder Hey Children’s FT will provide the services on a short term management arrangement until an “alternative option” is found ...
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HSJ LocalFinal Keogh review trust removed from special measures
North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust to come out of the special measures The trust was one of 11 placed in the regime following Sir Bruce Keogh’s 2013 review into organisations with high mortality rates CQC rates the trust requires improvement The final trust from the first wave of ...