All UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SOUTH MANCHESTER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST articles – Page 2
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CommentWhy Getting it Right First Time is easier said than done
GIRFT has the potential to improve clinical performance but it must overcome a couple of stumbling blocks first, writes Nick Timmins
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HSJ LocalCompetition authority 'looks to clear' landmark trust merger
The Competition and Markets Authority has accepted that financial pressures on the NHS have “dampened the role of competition”, and says the impact on patient choice of the proposed merger of two large teaching trust in Manchester is “likely to be limited”.
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NewsAnalysis: Patients waiting over four hours in A&E up tenfold over decade
The number of patients waiting more than four hours for admission after a decision to admit to accident and emergency has grown nearly tenfold in a decade, new figures show.
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HSJ LocalMerger probe should consider wider financial context, trusts argue
CMA is examining the planned merger of Central Manchester University Hospital FT and University Hospital of South Manchester FT The trusts argue greater centralisation of control in the NHS has lessened the role of competition CMA blocked the merger of Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals FT and Poole Hospital ...
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HSJ LocalLandmark city hospital merger expects to save £100m
Merger of Manchester’s hospitals expected to deliver savings on workforce, back office and estates costs, as well as activity reduction Plans involve centralisation of elective orthopaedics at Trafford General Hospital and vascular surgery at Manchester Royal Infirmary Project requires £56m of transformation funding Details revealed of significant reconfiguration of ...
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Crashing the devo party
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The £6bn contract
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The unproven case for extended GP access
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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HSJ LocalMajor trust merger faces investigation
The Competition and Markets Authority has launched an investigation into the planned merger of two large acute trusts in Manchester.
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HSJ LocalNew scheme to plug A&E gaps with doctors from India
Scheme would see NHS trusts contribute £16,000 towards training costs for each recruit as well as paying salary Trusts have agreed to host 20 doctors this year but local leaders believe there is potential scheme to be significantly expanded A&E departments under severe strain in recent weeks and medical ...
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CommentEnglish waits top 19 weeks – and all surgical specialties are now in breach
Elective waits passed the 19 week mark, all surgical specialties are now breaching, and only 69 per cent of local specialties are within target. As the waiting list grows this is only going to get worse.
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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 ...
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HSJ LocalCancer surgery decision ends decade long dispute
Salford Royal Foundation Trust has been chosen as the single site for some specialised cancer services in Greater Manchester, HSJ understands.
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HSJ LocalLeaders of CCG trio commit to merger by April
CCG leaders in Manchester committed to merger in 2017 Formal arrangement to be struck with Manchester City Council Plans mirror the merger of city’s hospitals The leaders of the three clinical commissioning groups for Manchester have committed to a formal merger by April 2017, according to an independent ...
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News£400m of uncertainty in financial forecast as trusts reject control totals
Seventeen trusts that have not agreed control totals with NHS Improvement are predicting a combined deficit of more than £400m for 2016-17.
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HSJ LocalManchester to launch single 'out of hospital provider' in April
Health leaders in Manchester will aim to create a single provider of out of hospital services by April 2017 Two major teaching trusts will also aim to merge by the same date The aim is for GPs to be “contractually linked” to the new non-acute provider STRUCTURE: Health ...
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HSJ LocalLandmark reconfiguration held up by capital funding squeeze
Healthier Together reconfiguration delayed due to constraints on capital funding The project in Greater Manchester requires £35m-£61m of capital funding, but only £3m has so far been confirmed Local leaders revisit implementation plan to “send clear message that commissioners are committed” FINANCE: Health leaders in Greater Manchester have ...
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NewsThree trusts set to lose specialist heart surgery
NHS England announces winners and losers in which trusts provide congenital heart defect services Central Manchester, Royal Brompton and Leicester set to have work transferred to other sites Swathe of trust to cease “occasional” procedures after NHS England sets out new standards Work follows 15 years of conflict between ...
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HSJ LocalTrusts look to Salford for electronic patient record system
Bolton FT and Pennine Acute Trust are both preparing to procure a new electronic patient record systems Building integrated patient records between trusts seen as key aspect of the “hospital chain” across north Greater Manchester Digital landscape in city of Manchester could be less uniform TECHNOLOGY: Two more ...
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Expert BriefingWhat's new in care models: Chains are where the action is
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View, by integration reporter David Williams.