All UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF NORTH MIDLANDS NHS TRUST articles – Page 6
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NewsA&E survey: Best and worst performing trusts revealed
Five trusts have been identified as offering a poor overall experience to patients in their accident and emergency departments, based on a new Care Quality Commission patient survey.
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HSJ LocalThird of hospital's patients unable to leave as CCGs struggle to fund services
A trust in the West Midlands is unable to discharge 30 per cent of patients from one of its hospitals as commissioners in the region struggle to fund community services, HSJ has been told.
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NewsRevealed: 21 trusts consistently underperforming on A&E
There are 21 trusts whose performance against the four hour emergency target has been consistently below 85 per cent since April, HSJ analysis reveals.
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HSJ LocalGPs oppose 'huge and unwieldy' STP plans
GPs in North Staffordshire have said they want to see a new multispecialty community provider set up for the region instead of the larger organisation covering the whole county outlined in its sustainability and transformation partnership.
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NewsExclusive: 18 'high calibre' leads appointed to major NHS improvement programme
Leading consultants have been appointed to lead 14 national reviews aimed at improving efficiency and reducing unwarranted variation in NHS, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalManslaughter charge for man who started hospital fire
Police have charged a 39 year old man who started a fire at an NHS hospital with manslaughter after the death of an elderly patient.
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HSJ KnowledgeHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2017: Best Patient Safety Initiative in A&E
West of England Academic Health Science Network: The adoption and spread of the ED Safety Checklist across the West of England
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HSJ KnowledgeHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2017: Best Patient Safety Improvement Team
Essex County Council: Quality Innovation Team
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HSJ LocalCCG leader appointed director of troubled STP
Simon Whitehouse to be director of Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent STP Mr Whitehouse was accountable officer for South Cheshire and Vale Royal CCGs Staffordshire STP has struggled to recruit a chair and North Midlands trust faces a £119m deficit this year A commissioning leader from the North West has ...
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HSJ LocalMan charged with starting fire at NHS hospital
Police have charged a 39 year old man with arson and intent to endanger life after a fire was deliberately started at a major Midlands hospital.
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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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HSJ LocalPolice arrest man on suspicion of arson at hospital
A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life following a fire at a major NHS hospital.
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HSJ LocalPatients evacuated in beds last night after hospital fire
Major fire at Royal Stoke University Hospital on Wednesday night Patients were evacuated from the building in their beds until the fire was put out Some patients were still in the hospital and being evacuated an hour after the fire started Patients were evacuated from a hospital in ...
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NewsHSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2017: Emergency, Urgent & Trauma Care
Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust: From the Bottom to the Top
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HSJ LocalTrust chair steps in to lead STP
NHS England has appointed a community trust chair as interim leader for the Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent sustainability and transformation partnership, following failure to recruit a permanent head since November.
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NewsNHS Improvement director appointed to board of struggling trust
A former NHS Improvement director has been made chief operating officer of a cash strapped West Midlands trust.
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NewsUpdated: 48 trusts hit by ransomware attack
Multiple hospital trusts and other NHS organisations are suffering significant IT systems problems following a major ransomware attack.
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NewsFive trusts responsible for over half of year-plus waiters
Highest number of year-plus waiters in England since August 2012 Small number of trusts responsible for majority of long waiting patients Overall performance sees 90 per cent of patients waiting no more than 18 weeks for treatment in February Data released today shows five trusts were responsible for ...
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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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NewsTrust A&E 'hours from closing' as locum pay row deepens
Lincoln County Hospital A&E was “hours from closure” after locums declined work NHS Improvement says it is unacceptable for locums to hold NHS to ransom Eleven doctors did not show up for work at UHNM’s A&E A hospital emergency department was “just hours from closure” last week after ...