All West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust articles – Page 5
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HSJ LocalFirst ambulance trust rated outstanding
West Midlands Ambulance Service has become the first ambulance trust in the country to be rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalTrust sought millions in compensation for 'horrendous' handover delays
In 2017-18 contract negotiations West Midlands Ambulance Service requested compensation from CCGs for handover delays Trust and 22 CCGs entered mediation over the request for compensation Despite mediation the trust said it did not get the agreement it wanted An ambulance trust sought millions of pounds in compensation ...
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HSJ Local'No evidence of harm' from delayed ambulance response policy
South East Coast Ambulance extended response times for some “red two” calls in winter 2014-15 Latest review found no evidence of patient harm as a result of the policy Review was affected by poor data and plans to interview patients were dropped A review into an ambulance trust’s ...
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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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NewsAmbulance trusts struggle with rise in most serious calls
Ambulance service performance has slumped over the past year as trusts struggle to cope with an 18 per cent rise in the most serious cases.
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HSJ KnowledgeInto the great wide open: looking beyond your organisation
At the first of three events linked to HSJ’s Top Chief Executives list, healthcare leaders gathered to discuss the need for collaboration across organisations
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NewsRevealed: First digital maturity index scores in full
This is a full list of trusts’ scores on the new digital maturity index, based on HSJ analysis of NHS England data.
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HSJ LocalMidlands ambulance trusts could share chief executive
East Midlands Ambulance Service in talks which could see West Midlands chief executive “working with” them EMAS rules out merger as a way to solve performance problems WORKFORCE: East Midlands Ambulance Service Trust has been in discussions with NHS Improvement to “strengthen” its leadership arrangements since the struggling ...
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NewsRevealed: Failed Cambridgeshire provider asked for £34m bailout after just one month
Audit of older people’s contract details £34m dispute one month after go-live UnitingCare planned to negotiate on income after the contract was awarded Significant shortcomings in the tender process identified Advisers from Strategic Projects Team failed to secure guarantees from winning bidders The controversial Cambridgeshire older people’s services ...
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HSJ LocalAmbulance trust wins back patient transport contract
COMMISSIONING: North West Ambulance Service has won back a contract for non-emergency patient transport in Greater Manchester, after the current private provider admitted “misreporting” its performance data.
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HSJ Local
Cannock Chase CCG reports £2m in-year deficit
FINANCE: Cannock Chase Clinical Commissioning Group has reported a deficit of £2.06m in the financial year to July, £12,000 lower than planned.
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HSJ LocalParamedic struck off over 'offensive' Stafford Hospital Facebook posts
A West Midlands paramedic has been struck off after posting on Facebook that he hoped Julie Bailey, who helped expose poor care at Stafford Hospital, would suffer ‘a life threatening illness’.
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SupplementsHSJ Clinical Leaders 2015
The Clinical Leaders for 2015 highlights 100 individuals whose clinical background is shaping the work that they do
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HSJ LocalStaff petition for chief executive to remain in post
WORKFORCE: More than 300 staff at East of England Ambulance Service have signed a petition to the health secretary calling for its departing chief executive to remain in his position.
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NewsMidlands paramedic sentenced after hospital death
A West Midlands paramedic has been handed an eight month suspended sentence after failing to examine and start resuscitation on a man who collapsed outside a hospital emergency department.
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HSJ LocalParamedic to be sentenced over Midlands patient death
A West Midlands paramedic will be sentenced next month after pleading guilty to failing to discharge his duty of care to a man who collapsed and died outside a hospital emergency department in 2012.
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HSJ LocalDual trust chief defends role
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of two ambulance trusts has defended his ability to carry out both roles adequately amid criticism from prominent local MPs.
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HSJ LocalSingle re-procurement planned for West Midlands NHS 111
COMMERCIAL: NHS 111 services are set to be re-procured for nearly all the West Midlands under a single large exercise, clinical commissioning group papers reveal.
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SupplementsHSJ Top Chief Executives roundtable: The here and now
Identifying the short term challenges facing the sector