All North West articles – Page 94
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HSJ Local
Steep fall in long-waiters at Tameside Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust has achieved a steep fall in the number of its patients who have been waiting more than a year for treatment, commissioner board papers show.
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HSJ Local
Steep fall in long-waiters at Salford Royal
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust has achieved a steep fall in the number of its patients who have been waiting more than a year for treatment, commissioner board papers show.
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NewsMorecambe Bay faces loss of vascular services
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust could lose up to £2m a year through commissioner plans to transfer its complex vascular surgery work to another trust, its board was warned last week.
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HSJ Local
North Cumbria midwives warn staffing changes could harm care
WORKFORCE: Proposed changes to maternity staffing at North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust could harm patient care and prompt an exodus of skilled midwives, unions have warned.
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NewsHigh Court stops Alder Hey taking action against 'whistleblower'
A High Court injunction has been issued to prevent Alder Hey Children’s Foundation Trust from staging a meeting which could have led to the dismissal of a paediatric surgeon who had raised concerns about safety.
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HSJ Local
NW ambulance service hits 'red' call target for first time
PERFORMANCE: The North West Ambulance Service has hit a target for responding swiftly to the most urgent calls for the first time since the service was established, says a report to the Lancashire PCT cluster.
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HSJ Local
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals still in debt
FINANCE: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals FT is still “significantly” off target on financial plans, board papers show.
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News
Controversial vascular reorganisation referred to health secretary
Local authorities last night agreed to refer plans for a controversial reorganisation of vascular services across Cheshire and Merseyside to health secretary Andrew Lansley.
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HSJ Local
Mersey Care appoints two new board members
WORKFORCE: Two new members have been appointed to the Mersey Care board, to oversee the trust’s strategic direction and statutory obligations as it bids to make foundation trust status by April 2014.
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HSJ Local
Walton Centre misses 90 per cent waiting target in April
PERFORMANCE: The trust was one of just seven across the North of England to miss the national waiting target for admitted patients in April, latest strategic health authority board papers show.
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HSJ Local
Jackie Daniel to take Morecambe Bay chief exec job
WORKFORCE: Jackie Daniel, the chief executive of Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust, is moving to troubled foundation trust University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay from the start of August.
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HSJ Local
WWL misses 90 per cent waiting target in April
PERFORMANCE: The trust was one of just seven across the North of England to miss the national waiting target for admitted patients in April, latest strategic health authority board papers show.
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NewsCQC criticises emergency care and leadership at Morecambe Bay
Regulators have called for improved standards and leadership at the troubled University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
CCP begins review of Northumbria-North Cumbria merger
STRUCTURE: The NHS Cooperation and Competition Panel has begun its investigation of the proposed takeover of the trust by Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
St Helens and Knowsley FT bid red rated for 2nd month running
STRUCTURE: The trust’s progress towards foundation trust status was red rated in June for the second month running, latest NHS North of England board papers show.
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HSJ LocalNHS North moves to downgrade Trafford General A&E
NHS North of England has approved plans to remove accident and emergency services and all inpatient surgery from Trafford General Hospital, known as the “birthplace of the NHS”.
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HSJ Local
DH due to reconsider NWAS foundation trust bid this week
STRUCTURE: The Department of Health was due to reconsider the trust’s bid for foundation status yesterday (11 July), latest NHS North of England board papers show.
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HSJ LocalBurns details plans to close Trafford General A&E
PERFORMANCE: NHS North of England will this week consider proposals to remove accident and emergency services, acute surgery and inpatient surgery from Trafford General Hospital, health minister Simon Burns said today.
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HSJ Local
NCUH reports £60,000 surplus for first two months of 2012-13
FINANCE: The trust reported a surplus of £60,000 for the first two months of 2012-13, but noted that this included “strategic support funding” of £4.1m.
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HSJ Local
Christie surplus £54,000 below target at end of May
FINANCE: The cancer specialist foundation trust recorded a surplus of £699,000 for the first two months of 2012-13, which was £54,000 behind its plan for the year to date, its latest finance report states.