All West Midlands articles – Page 22
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Trust merger set back by NHS Improvement concerns
Plans to merge two mental health trusts in the West Midlands have suffered a set back after proposals were queried by NHS Improvement, HSJ can reveal
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Teaching trust launches first-of-its-kind degree for new NHS role
A university and a teaching trust have launched a degree designed to train people for a new digital healthcare scientist role within the NHS.
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Finance director of struggling CCGs resigns
The chief finance officer for six clinical commissioning groups facing financial difficulties has resigned.
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More STPs being 'milked' to bail out neighbours
More health systems are being asked to bailout their neighbours after national regulators introduced new regional financial targets, HSJ has learned.
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Three CCGs vote to merge to form single STP commissioner
Three clinical commissioning groups in the West Midlands are planning to merge, forming a single commissioner across the sustainability and transformation partnership.
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Merger lead appointed CEO of acute trust
Chesterfield Royal Hospital Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive who has been responsible for a major merger project in her current job.
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Four CCGs to merge by next year
Four clinical commissioning groups in the West Midlands are planning to merge by April next year.
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Trust's plans to takeover city's primary care 'truly frightening'
The chief executive of the teaching trust serving the UK’s second city has declared it must drive the integration of primary and secondary care to prevent waiting lists returning to 1990 levels and specialist services being “crowded out” by emergency demand – sparking a furious reaction from local GPs.
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Major trust opens talks with Babylon, claiming GPs unable to stem demand
One of the country’s biggest hospital trusts has entered talks with digital health company Babylon Healthcare after concluding local GPs were unable to support its “painful” transformation efforts, HSJ can reveal.
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Former national medical director to chair teaching trust
A former NHS Improvement national medical director has been appointed chair of a Midlands teaching trust.
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Sir David Nicholson to chair STP
Sir David Nicholson has been appointed the chair of a West Midlands sustainability and transformation partnership, HSJ can reveal.
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Online GP service suspends appointments for children
An online GP consultation service has suspended all appointments for under-18s.
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'Outstanding' trust blocks GP referrals to under pressure service
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Foundation Trust has stopped all new referrals to one of its paediatric specialities due to capacity problems, local GPs have been told.
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Exclusive: Private provider pulls out of contract with cash-strapped CCG
Virgin Care has pulled out of a controversial contract with a financially-challenged clinical commissioning group in the West Midlands, HSJ has learned.
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Trust appoints interim chair following MPs' criticism
A trust in the West Midlands has appointed an interim chair, after facing criticism from MPs over the reappointment of its previous chair.
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Commissioners reject funding request for in demand service
Commissioners in the West Midlands have rejected a request for additional mental health funding, despite an increase in case loads and concerns raised over patient safety.
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Trust challenges 'perplexing' CCG boundary proposal
West Birmingham GPs are being encouraged to break away and join a new CCG, despite strong opposition from the local hospital trust, which has described the proposal as “perplexing”.
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NHSE regional director shifts to trust
NHS England’s medical director for the West Midlands has left to take up a role at a hospital trust.
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Super partnership prepares to lead GP networks nationally
A GP super partnership is setting itself up to run the bank and back office services for new primary care networks in England, its chief executive has told HSJ.