All North West articles – Page 9
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HSJ Local
BMA ‘rate card’ wipes out elective recovery gains, claims trust
A struggling acute trust says its failure to hit its elective care targets is directly linked to doctors’ demanding overtime rates in line with the British Medical Association’s new rate cards, as national tensions around the issue intensify.
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Comment
The changing roles of NHS trust chairs
Donna Hall gives a glimpse into the lives of the leaders of trusts and elaborates the complexity of working in partnership with social care, housing, the community and voluntary sector, and other local providers
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News
‘Territorial’ foundation trusts must be scrapped, says Hewitt review member
Foundation trusts must be scrapped to truly change the culture and behaviours within local systems, says an FT chair who is working on a government-commissioned review of integrated care systems.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Flory tasked with getting a grip
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News
Delayed discharges rise in 17 ICSs despite Barclay’s £250m fund
A high-profile £250m government intervention to free up hospital beds has so far failed to deliver any significant reduction in delayed discharges – with multiple systems instead reporting large increases.
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HSJ Local
Free coffee for delayed ambulance crews paused after £20k bill
Trust chiefs have paused a scheme which enabled ambulance crews facing long accident and emergency handover delays to get a free tea or coffee, after receiving a £20,000 bill for a single month.
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HSJ Local
Details of 14,000 salaries shared by mistake
A spreadsheet containing the personal information of nearly 14,000 staff, including their salaries, has been mistakenly emailed to hundreds of people at a major trust, HSJ has learned.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Takeover and a makeover
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HSJ Local
Ex-national finance chief drafted in to chair troubled trust
A former national finance and performance director has been appointed to chair Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust for 12 months.
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HSJ Local
‘Massively reduced’ length of stay emerging at much criticised new hospital, says CEO
The CEO of a troubled trust has said evidence is emerging of ‘massively reduced’ length of stay in a new hospital criticised for being too small.
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News
‘Truly integrated’ service model scrapped after failure to improve care
A contract aimed at achieving a ‘truly integrated’ health and social care service is set to be terminated after six years, following concerns about accountability and performance.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Liverpool promises to change
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HSJ Local
Trust merger ‘bedevilled with problems’, says key proponent
One of the key proponents of a major trust merger has told HSJ its implementation has been “bedevilled with problems”, and that leaders have so far failed to deliver its benefits.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Your failing hospital
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HSJ Local
Doctors ‘embarrassed and ashamed’ by care at new hospital
A clinical director and 30 senior medics have told trust executives they are ashamed of the ‘dreadful conditions’ faced by patients after moving into a ‘chaotic’ new emergency department.
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News
Two full days of ambulance strikes announced for January
Unison has announced two 24-hour ambulance worker strikes in January, adding it will start balloting members for further strikes in the spring.
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HSJ Local
Trust drops from ‘outstanding’ to ‘requires improvement’
A teaching hospital that was lauded for its culture and championed by ministers has been downgraded from ‘outstanding’ to ‘requires improvement’ by the Care Quality Commission.
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News
NHS leaders fear ambulance strike ‘calm’ will not last
The first NHS ambulance strike for 32 years appears not to have had any major impact so far.
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HSJ Local
Chair forced to step down after ‘intervention from London’
The chair of a struggling acute trust has been forced to step down after national leaders blocked her reappointment, HSJ has learned.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Accountants take back control
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