All THE ROYAL WOLVERHAMPTON HOSPITAL NHS TRUST articles – Page 4
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HSJ LocalHospital trust runs one in five GP practices on its patch
An acute trust in the West Midlands is now running nearly a fifth of GP practices in its area after integrating with its eighth practice.
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NewsLast minute talks fail to stop trust pulling doctors from neighbour hospitals
A major teaching trust is pulling its oncology consultants out of two neighbouring hospitals because of longstanding concerns about their “operational standards” – meaning the service will close this month.
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NewsTrust chiefs staying a little longer in post - but 'need more support'
Chief executives of NHS providers are staying in the post for longer than they were three years ago, analysis by HSJ indicates.
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HSJ LocalFirst NHS inpatient unit fails fire safety tests
A specialist cardiac centre has become the first NHS inpatient unit to fail fire safety tests carried out in the wake of the Grenfell Tower disaster.
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HSJ LocalTrusts need millions in extra funding for Mid Staffs dissolution
UHNM and Royal Wolverhampton trusts both seeking millions in additional funding linked to dissolution of Mid Staffordshire FT UHNM forecasting a year-end deficit of £119m in 2017-18 Mid Staffs trust special administration process ended in March after £300m extra funding Trust leaders in the Midlands are seeking millions ...
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NewsChief exec leaves US-owned NHS procurement partnership
The chief executive of a large NHS procurement partnership, owned by the Hospital Corporation of America, has left the company, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsHSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2017: Improving the Value of Diagnostic Services
Homerton University Foundation Trust: Locomotor Service
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NewsHSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2017: Managing Long Term Conditions
The Royal Wolverhampton Trust: Development of a Nurse-led Paracentesis and Infusion Service within a Gastroenterology Ward.
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HSJ LocalTrusts aim to create single management team for pathology services
New management team could be in place by October 2017 Between £2m - £7m could be saved by running single pathology “hub” Last year’s Carter Review called on trusts to consolidate or outsource pathology services if benchmarks are unlikely to be achieved Four hospital trusts have set out plans to ...
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NewsFlagship £690m cancer procurement abandoned over financial fears
Staffordshire CCGs unable to award £687m cancer prime provider contract Privately led consortium unable to convince CCGs the contract was financially viable Decision follows the collapse of the UnitingCare Partnership contract in 2015 A controversial tender for cancer services in Staffordshire worth £687m has been abandoned after a ...
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NewsDozen trusts named for second consultants turnaround scheme
Regulators have named 12 more NHS trusts that will work with management consultants to improve their finances, as well as setting out a “fee structure” for paying the companies for the work.
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HSJ LocalRegion moves towards contracts to cover whole STP
Clinical commissioning groups in the Black Country have set out a timeline to procure a single acute and single mental health contract across their sustainability and transformation plan area, HSJ has learned.
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NewsAnalysis: The trusts posing the biggest risk to NHS's financial plan
HSJ analysis shows which providers must deliver the biggest improvement in the final three months of 2016-17 If the average performance in the first nine months is projected across the whole year, the sector would report a deficit of £1.14bn, against the £580m control total Hospital trusts with ...
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HSJ LocalPrivate providers back on course to land £1.2bn deal
Staffordshire CCGs to press ahead with £1.2bn cancer and end of life care contracts No stand alone NHS provider is bidding for either contract due to be awarded within months NHS England review prompted by collapse of Cambridgeshire’s £750m UnitingCare contract A major £1.2bn procurement for cancer and ...
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NewsCQC: Fraction of inspection ratings challenged
Only 69 providers challenged final ratings awarded by the CQC from 10,840 inspections Three hospital trusts received changes in service ratings after review, but none had overall rating altered 51 primary medical services inspections were challenged, but only five have had ratings changed Only a fraction of hospitals ...
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NewsProviders and CCGs consider merging back-office
STP looking at options to integrate non-clinical support services across providers and commissioners Potential for sustainability and transformation funding to be used to buy out private finance initiative Wolverhampton CCG to set up an MCP alongside existing PACS model Modality MCP to be established from April 2018 The ...
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Expert BriefingWhat's new in care models: Mobile apps and the vanguard
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View.
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HSJ LocalTrust to take over running of more GP practices
The Royal Wolverhampton Trust is set to partner with two more GP practices, increasing the number involved in its vertical integration programme to five.
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HSJ LocalUpdated: CQC upgrades trust's ratings following inspection appeal
The Care Quality Commission has upgraded nine of its service ratings for The Royal Wolverhampton Trust following an appeal from the provider.
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NewsRevealed: New oversight ratings for every NHS trust
Each trust placed in one of four categories based on the level of support they require from NHS Improvement Trusts will be formally categorised next month as part of the regulator’s new “single oversight framework” Thirty-five out of 238 trusts will have “maximum autonomy” See every rating in the ...