All ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST articles – Page 8
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NewsGo-ahead imminent for £425m PFI rebuild
NHS North of England this week said it hoped to see final government approvals secured by the end of this month for a £425m rebuild of the Royal Liverpool Hospital, funded largely through the private finance initiative.
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North west trusts look to improve complaints handling
PERFORMANCE: Four north west hospitals are among a group of ten acute trusts that have come together to work on improving their complaints handling ahead of the publication of the report Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry.
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NW midwives volunteer in overseas aid programme
WORKFORCE: UK midwives, largely from the North West, are volunteering to provide training in Africa and Asia UK under a programme run by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
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Signficant reduction in infection at Liverpool and Broadgreen
PERFORMANCE: Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust has made “excellent progress” in reducing MRSA and other infections, according to the trust’s Quality Account for 2011-12.
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NewsTrusts reveal further delays to the FT pipeline
Four more trusts have confirmed delays in their dates for submitting applications to become foundation trusts, HSJ has discovered.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to put great ideas into serious practice
Amazing ideas ran freely through one trust but it did not know how to make them a reality until it embedded innovation as a core value, explains Tony Bell.
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Highest flu jab coverage in North for Royal Liverpool staff
WORKFORCE: There was a higher uptake of the seasonal flu vaccine among staff at the trust than in any other provider in the North of England.
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Detailed bids submitted for Royal Liverpool PFI rebuild
COMMERCIAL: Two bidders - Carillion and Horizon - have submitted detailed proposals for the private finance initiative rebuild of Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
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Royal Liverpool submits planning application for BioInnovation centre
COMMERCIAL: The trust has submitted a planning application for a 70,000 sq ft Liverpool BioInnovation Centre, to provide commercial scale laboratory space to develop new treatments and medical technologies for the market.
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ICO: Former Royal Liverpool employee unlawfully accessed medical records
WORKFORCE: A former health care assistant at the trust has pleaded guilty to unlawfully obtaining patient information, according to a statement from the Information Commissioner’s office.
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NewsRoyal Liverpool innovation centre plans get boost from Heseltine report
A Liverpool trust is to seek Department of Health investment in a “bio-innovation centre” on its site, after a report commissioned by the prime minister endorsed the proposal.
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Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen to lose BRC funding
FINANCE: The trust will lose its biomedical research centre funding at the end of this financial year, after losing out in the competition for the next round of five-year funding, an NHS North West board paper shows.
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PFI deals should be used 'sparingly', Treasury warns
FINANCE: The government is in danger of wasting £175m on the private finance initiative rebuild at Royal Liverpool University Hospital, the Treasury select committee has warned.
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Royal Liverpool could become foundation trust by 1 November
STRUCTURE: Foundation trust regulator Monitor was due to begin assessment of Royal Liverpool’s FT application at the end of June, NHS North West board papers show.
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NewsDH to review FT application process to avoid 'embarrassment'
The Department of Health is overhauling the process for checking whether a trust is ready to apply for foundation status to avoid “embarrassing” the health secretary, HSJ has discovered.
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Capita grabs toehold in HR as preferred supplier for twelve trusts
COMMERCIAL: Capita has been named “preferred supplier” of HR services for 12 north Merseyside NHS organisations. The deal gives the outsourcing firm a toehold in NHS human resources.
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NewsPolice investigate asthma death outside hospital
An asthmatic student died after collapsing outside an A&E department while her friend was told to “call an ambulance”, it has emerged.
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Royal Liverpool increases cleaning and inspection of stairwells after patient falls and dies
PERFORMANCE: The trust has undertaken an “extensive” investigation of its 59 sets of stairs, following the death of a patient who fell down a stairwell.
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NewsTrust counts £8m cost of objections to PFI scheme
A judicial review application against the rebuild of the Royal Liverpool University Hospital has cost the trust £8m in delays so far and is risking operational failures.
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HSJ Knowledge
Patient engagement
The NHS needs a strategy for shared decision-making with patients, here we set out why, for whom, and some evidence for what works.