All UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF MORECAMBE BAY NHS TRUST articles – Page 17
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Morecambe Bay inquiry can begin before police investigation finishes
PERFORMANCE: Cumbria police have given the go ahead for an independent inquiry into care failings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay’s maternity services to begin without waiting for the on-going police investigation into the same failures to be completed, the foundation trust has announced.
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Morecambe Bay denies service closure claims
SERVICE DESIGN: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust has denied that the oncology and haematology services at the Furness General Hospital are set to be closed.
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Morecambe Bay redesigns oncology services
STRUCTURE: Oncology and haematology services at Furness General Hospital are being redesigned – but are not being closed, the trust which runs them has said.
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Staffing problems put pressure on diagnostic waits at Morecambe Bay
PERFORMANCE: Nearly one in 30 patients at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust is having to wait more than six weeks for diagnostic investigations.
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Morecambe Bay reports £22.5m deficit in January
FINANCE: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust had a deficit of £22.5m at the end of January – just ahead of the plan of £22.7m. The trust had received £2.5m of transitional support from North Lancashire PCT.
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Morecambe Bay reveals former chief’s compromise agreement
WORKFORCE: The foundation trust today released details of the ‘compromise agreement’ it reached with former chief executive Tony Halsall, who stepped down last February amidst a care quality scandal.
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Morecambe Bay FT reports suspected norovirus outbreak
PERFORMANCE: The foundation trust has reported a suspected outbreak of norovirus at its Furness General Hospital.
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HSJ LocalMorecambe Bay Inquiry chair revealed
PERFORMANCE: The independent inquiry into poor care at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust will be led by Dr Bill Kirkup CBE, local MPs have revealed.
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NewsMinister reveals plans for Morecambe Bay inquiry
An independent inquiry is to be set up to investigate poor care at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust.
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NewsCommissioners intervene to prevent Furness maternity transfer
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has dropped plans to temporarily shut maternity and neonatal services in Furness after commissioners intervened to resolve its staffing crisis.
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Staffing crisis prompts transfer of troubled maternity unit
WORKFORCE: The troubled Furness General Hospital’s consultant-led maternity services are to be temporarily moved to a neighbouring county in a bid to avert potentially dangerous levels of understaffing.
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Morecambe Bay mulls judicial review bid over vascular row
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has warned it may seek judicial review of a decision to transfer its inpatient vascular services to a neighbouring trust.
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NewsOmbudsman to investigate more care failures
Hospitals and other health services are likely to face more investigations by the parliamentary and health services ombudsman after a review called for a change in its approach.
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UHMB records £15m deficit to end of October
FINANCE: The trust recorded a deficit of £15.2m for the first seven months of 2012-13, against a planned deficit of £14.6m, its latest finance report shows.
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NewsInvestigation to probe relationship between CQC and ombudsman
The Care Quality Commission is investigating a claim its former chief executive Cynthia Bower tried to discourage the health service ombudsman from investigating concerns about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust.
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NewsFTs 20pc short of savings target
Monitor will today reveal that foundation trusts missed savings targets by nearly 20 per cent in the first quarter of 2012-13.
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NewsNHS North West faces fresh probe over Morecambe Bay scandal
PERFORMANCE: NHS North West is facing formal investigation over allegations that it failed to respond adequately to a series of infant and maternal deaths at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust, HSJ understands.
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HSJ LocalVascular controversy spreads to Lancashire
Discontent over the Cheshire and Merseyside vascular reconfiguration has spread across the North West
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: North West’s vascular controversy spreads to Lancashire and Cumbria
Discontent over the Cheshire and Merseyside vascular reconfiguration has spread across the North West
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Paediatric review suggests changes at Morecambe Bay maternity unit
STRUCTURE: Restricting University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay’s troubled Furness General Hospital maternity unit to low-risk births could help take pressure off of its stretched paediatric services, an external review has advised.