All North West articles – Page 63
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HSJ LocalMid Cheshire rated 'good' by CQC
Mid Cheshire Hospitals Foundation Trust has been rated “good” by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalNorth East trust to shed payroll jobs by outsourcing service
COMMERCIAL: A North East trust has announced it is outsourcing payroll services to a trust in Lancashire, affecting up to 37 members of staff.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Trust launches first self-funded nursing course to tackle shortage
WORKFORCE: A North West trust has partnered with a local university to launch the first degree course to offer student nursing places not commissioned by Health Education England.
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HSJ Partners
New care model gives patients 24/7 access to end of life care
Commissioning end of life care services
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HSJ LocalClatterbridge to reconfigure cancer care after ‘resounding’ public support
STRUCTURE: A specialist cancer trust in Merseyside is pressing ahead with plans to build a new centre in Liverpool.
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NewsWaiting time standards toughened up under contract proposals
Tougher financial penalties will be imposed on trusts that fail to meet waiting time standards and commissioners’ freedom to waive penalties will be curbed under NHS England’s draft standard contract for 2015-16, which was published this week.
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NewsExclusive: Top hospital chief criticises 'out of area' referrals move
An attempt by NHS England to protect patient choice by preventing hospitals closing their doors to ‘out of area’ referrals has been strongly criticised by a leading foundation trust chief executive.
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HSJ LocalMorecambe Bay inquiry to hear from former trust chief
The former chief executive of University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust is due to give evidence today to an independent inquiry examining infant and maternal deaths.
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HSJ LocalNorth West trust approaches council for £10m loan
FINANCE: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust has abandoned its bid to secure a £10m loan from Blackpool Borough Council which it hoped would ease its cash flow problems.
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News
Exclusive: Agency pay variations revealed
Hospitals across the North West paid the highest rates for locum medical staff, an analysis of expenditure on temporary staff in 2013-14 has indicated.
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HSJ LocalFirst inspection report for ambulance trust published
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has published its first inspection report for an ambulance trust.
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HSJ LocalWirral CCG chair and accountable officer step down after long absence
WORKFORCE: Two leaders of a troubled North West clinical commissioning group have formally stepped down following a long period of absence.
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HSJ LocalNew interim chief at troubled North West CCG
WORKFORCE: A troubleshooting commissioning boss is taking over as interim chief officer of Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group.
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HSJ LocalEast Cheshire wins two contracts
COMMERCIAL: A financially strained North West trust has netted itself two contracts worth more than £2m.
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HSJ LocalWhistleblowing review of cancer trust finds no evidence of 'serious failings'
WORKFORCE: A review into whistleblowing concerns at a North West cancer trust has found “no evidence” of serious failings but highlighted areas in need of improvement.
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NewsAspirant FTs could have option to become a mutual
NHS trusts could in future choose between becoming a foundation trust or an independent mutually owned company as the provider sector becomes increasingly ‘fluid and uncertain’, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ LocalManchester redesigns leave staff 'confused' and 'fatigued'
A succession of service redesigns across Greater Manchester has left staff fatigued and confused, according to the chief executive of one foundation trust.
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HSJ LocalManchester trust chair to step down
WORKFORCE: The chairman of University Hospital of South Manchester Foundation Trust has announced she is stepping down.