All North West articles – Page 54
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HSJ LocalTrust investigation rejects claims of 'over-treatment'
QUALITY: An internal investigation has rejected claims that some patients at a North West trust are being ‘over-treated’.
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HSJ Local'Inaccurate' email sparks row over Manchester hospital reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: Doctors have been accused of distributing ‘inaccurate’ information as part of their campaign to retain emergency and high risk general surgery at a major teaching hospital in Manchester.
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HSJ LocalUpdated: Hospital rebuild set to drive shake up of city's blood cancer services
STRUCTURE: Commissioners have agreed to help fund a £36m extension to a new cancer hospital being built in Liverpool, to make possible a reconfiguration of the city’s fragmented blood cancer services.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Immigration rules derail major nurse recruitment plans
WORKFORCE: A Manchester trust’s plans to draft in 275 nurses from India have been thrown into doubt due to difficulties securing visas.
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HSJ LocalTen patients wait over a year for treatment at Manchester trust
PERFORMANCE: Ten patients have been waiting over a year for treatment at University Hospital of South Manchester Foundation Trust, including one patient who has waited over three years.
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CommentEngage with SMEs: The NHS can contribute to regional growth
It requires proactive leadership
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NewsFirst special measures GP practice to close
One of the first GP practices to be placed in special measures by the Care Quality Commission is to close, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalTrusts continue acute care collaboration despite failed vanguard bid
Four acute trusts in Lancashire will continue discussions about sharing services, despite failing to secure ‘vanguard’ status.
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NewsInvestigation: ‘Unwarranted and unfair’ disparity in elective surgery revealed
Wide variations in elective surgery rates among the most affluent and deprived areas in England raise serious questions about the use of NHS resources, a leading public health expert has warned.
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HSJ LocalDoctors seek judicial review of Manchester emergency surgery shake-up
STRUCTURE: A group of doctors is set to launch a judicial review of the decision to remove emergency and high risk general surgery from Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester.
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HSJ LocalFT secures £30m to upgrade IT system and A&E
FINANCE: A North West trust has secured capital funding of £30m to upgrade its IT system and estate.
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Supplements
Value in Healthcare Awards: Value and Improvement in Acute Service Redesign
Value in Healthcare Awards winners for 2015
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HSJ LocalFormer SHA chief to lead North Cumbria 'success regime'
WORKFORCE: Sir Neil McKay has been appointed chair of the North Cumbria success regime, the NHS Trust Development Authority has announced.
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NewsCCG action on patient choice 'varied', says Monitor
There is a ‘varied picture’ in the way clinical commissioning groups promote patient choice across the country, the regulator Monitor has said.
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HSJ LocalTrust exits special measures but must undergo radical change to save £28m
STRUCTURE: Monitor has lifted a troubled foundation trust out of special measures, after it agreed to make radical changes to achieve savings of £28m by 2020.
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HSJ LocalLeading North West FTs to create 'foundation chain'
STRUCTURE: Work has started to create a ‘foundation chain’ between two leading hospital trusts in the North West, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ LocalKeogh trust to exit special measures after two years
QUALITY: The Care Quality Commission has recommended that Tameside Hospital Foundation Trust comes out of special measures.
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NewsUpdated: Greater Manchester CCGs set up shared support service
Clinical commissioning groups in Greater Manchester have established a shared support service function.
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LeaderThis is the chance to stem GP leaders' frustration
Despite the share of health spending in general practice falling
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NewsAnalysis: GP share of NHS spending falls for third year
The share of the total health budget spent on GP services fell for the third successive year in 2014-15, according to figures from annual accounts. This is despite national NHS leaders’ declared intention to expand primary care.