All UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST articles – Page 18
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CommentEast Midlands trusts aiming to clamp down on A&E underperformance
Scrapping the national target to keep accident and emergency waits below four hours has failed to ease the pressure on trusts and commissioners in the East Midlands.
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HSJ Local
University Hospitals of Leicester placing health economy's A&E target at risk
PERFORMANCE: Long waits at University Hospitals of Leicester Trust’s A&E unit could lead to Leicester’s whole health economy missing its target.
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HSJ Local
PCTs hand University Hospitals Leicester £15m productivity fund
FINANCE: University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has been given £15m of top-sliced funds to spend on improving productivity.
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NewsJoint pathology venture fairly awarded, CCP decides
A foundation trust did not breach competition principles in selecting a public/private partnership for its pathology services, the NHS market regulator has found.
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HSJ Local
Concerns raised over children's waiting times at University Hospitals of Leicester
PERFORMANCE: Concerns have been raised over the length of time children are having to wait for elective treatment at University Hospitals of Leicester Trust.
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HSJ Local
'Contract query' over University Hospitals of Leicester stroke performance
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners have sent a “contract query” to University Hospitals of Leicester Trust over its stroke performance.
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NewsCompetition panel to rule on pathology deal
A foundation trust’s £300m deal with another trust and a private company to outsource pathology services has been challenged under procurement rules.
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HSJ Local
University Hospitals Leicester Trust fails to improve A&E times despite PCT warning
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals Leicester Trust has failed to achieve the terms set out in an A&E performance notice.
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HSJ Local
University Hospitals of Leicester struggling on 18 weeks and stroke
PERFORMANCE: The 18 week referral to treatment target at University Hospitals of Leicester Trust is being impeded by the non availability of critical care beds or normal beds.
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HSJ Local
Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT reports cancer target red risk
PERFORMANCE: NHS Leicestershire County and Rutland is reporting a red risk for a target to treat 90 per cent of cancer patients within 62 days of a screening referral.
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HSJ Local
University Hospitals of Leicester hit with performance notice for A&E performance
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has been issued with a performance notice due to its failure to consistently hit the accident and emergency target.
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NewsPCT chiefs help drive new structure
Five primary care trust chief executives have left their organisations for full time roles developing the new commissioning infrastructure.
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NewsMidlands trusts plan joint pathology service
The 2008 Lord Carter of Coles review of NHS pathology services was the trigger for a steady reconfiguration of the market and consolidation of providers.
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NewsQuality vascular surgery ‘requires centralisation’
Vascular surgery should be centralised before strategic health authorities and primary care trusts are abolished, the president of the Vascular Society has argued. Cliff Shearman’s comments follow the publication of an audit calling for greater centralisation to improve quality.
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NewsPoor hospital communication criticised in coroner's report
Communication between doctors and nurses treating a 21 month old boy who later died was “poor”, a coroner’s report says.
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NewsUniversity Hospitals of Leicester names new finance chief
University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has appointed Andrew Seddon as its new finance director.
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NewsDH sued over scrapped £921m PFI project
A Laing O’Rourke-led consortium has this week launched a £20m lawsuit against the Department of Health and University Hospitals of Leicester Trust over a cancelled £921m hospital project, Construction News has reported.
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HSJ Knowledge
Patient safety interventions
The University Hospitals of Leicester trust was one of the first large acute trusts to sign up to Patient Safety First in June 2008. Representatives from the hospital heard about the campaign from networking events they had attended and since they had recently introduced a new patient safety strategy, ...
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HSJ Knowledge
Patient safety
The University Hospitals of Leicester trust was one of the first large acute trusts to sign up to Patient Safety First in June 2008.
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NewsCQC names high death-rate NHS trusts
NHS trusts with unusually high death rates that have sparked alerts have been revealed today for the first time in a move aimed at promoting accountability and patient safety.