All UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (formerly HEFT) articles – Page 4
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HSJ Local
Winners of five Midlands commissioning support contracts named
Seven CCGs across Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country award five contracts to two commissioning support units £54m deal includes business intelligence, medicines management, IT and “end to end” support services Arden and Greater East Midlands CSU and Midlands and Lancashire CSU will provide services from April COMMERCIAL: ...
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News
Push for private sector to tackle endoscopy backlog delayed
Accreditation issues slow the take-up of independent sector endoscopy services Mobile private capacity could be used in areas where there is no existing capacity Five trusts responsible for four-fifths of long waiters, latest quarterly data shows NHS providers’ attempts to deal with an endoscopy backlog by putting work ...
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HSJ Local
Staffs CCG to reduce minor injury unit opening times
FINANCE: South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula Clinical Commissioning Group is to reduce the opening hours of two minor injury units to “free up” approximately £300,000 a year, it has announced.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham FT risks £63m deficit due to ‘lack of financial control’
FINANCE: A ‘lack of rigorous financial control’ at Heart of England Foundation Trust will lead to a £63m deficit this year unless a new recovery plan can improve its position, its latest reports show.
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Leader
Julie Moore will need years, not months, to turn Heart of England around
She needs time to make real changes
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News
Julie Moore to run second FT: What does it mean?
One of England’s most influential NHS chief executives, University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust’s Dame Julie Moore, has been appointed to simultaneously run its neighbouring acute trust. David Williams considers the implications.
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News
Exclusive: Julie Moore to run two Birmingham FTs
Dame Julie Moore, the chief executive of University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust, is to take over the leadership of its troubled neighbour Heart of England FT, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
FT chief executive appointment delayed amid Monitor investigation
WORKFORCE: A troubled foundation trust has delayed appointing a chief executive after Monitor launched an investigation into its finances.
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HSJ Local
Monitor: Heart of England £30m deficit ‘not acceptable’
FINANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into the finances of one of the country’s largest acute trusts after it reported a £29.5m deficit in the first five months of the financial year.
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HSJ Local
Heart of England opens £3.5m dermatology centre
STRUCTURE: Heart of England Foundation Trust has opened a £3.5m dermatology unit at Solihull Hospital, it has been announced.
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Supplements
Value in Healthcare Awards: Value and Improvement in Acute Service Redesign
Value in Healthcare Awards winners for 2015
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News
Birmingham CCG removes £4m integration savings from QIPP plan
FINANCE: Commissioners in Birmingham have removed from their annual efficiency plan this year’s expected savings from the better care fund because the financial gains were unlikely to be realised this year.
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HSJ Local
Staffordshire transformation body appoints chair
WORKFORCE: The new body in Staffordshire created to draw up a region-wide transformation programme has appointed an ‘independent’ chair to oversee its work.
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HSJ Local
Heart of England to ‘boost efficiency’ by pooling patient data
PERFORMANCE: One of the country’s largest acute trusts is to embark on a research project collecting patient data to improve health outcomes across its patch, HSJ has learned.
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News
Value in Healthcare Awards 2015 shortlist announced
Book your table for the ceremony on 22 September.
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Comment
Finish with a bang: Target smashed as 'managed breach' ends
Record numbers of long waiting patients admitted
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News
'Record breaking' number of long waiting patients admitted
Trusts have admitted a ‘record breaking’ number of patients waiting over 18 weeks for treatment, according to the latest data.
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HSJ Local
Heart of England rules out bidding to run urgent care centre
COMMERCIAL: Heart of England Foundation Trust has ruled out bidding to provide the new urgent care centre at Solihull Hospital.
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HSJ Local
External improvement director appointed at Heart of England
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has appointed an improvement director to help turn around Heart of England Foundation Trust.