All West Midlands articles – Page 32
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Last minute talks fail to stop trust pulling doctors from neighbour hospitals
A major teaching trust is pulling its oncology consultants out of two neighbouring hospitals because of longstanding concerns about their “operational standards” – meaning the service will close this month.
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Trust criticised over maternity culture ran 'normal birth' campaign
A trust that was recently criticised over the “oppressive” culture within its maternity department ran a “normal birth” campaign earlier this year, HSJ can reveal.
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Trust declares 'never event' after clinician operates on wrong patient
A trust is conducting an urgent safety review after a clinician operated on the wrong patient.
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Trust warned by regulator over 'oppressive' culture
A trust in the West Midlands has been issued with enforcement action by the Care Quality Commission following concerns about an “oppressive” culture in its maternity department.
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Revealed: Triple trust merger delayed
A merger between three West Midlands trusts to create one of the biggest community and mental health providers in the county has been delayed, HSJ can reveal.
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NHS leaders chant 'we can do this' at A&E improvement summit
NHS chief executives were led in a chant of ‘we can do this’ at a nationally convened meeting about the need to improve emergency performance, HSJ has been told.
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CSU blunder leads to hundreds of missed continuing healthcare alerts
Alerts for hundreds of continuing healthcare patients went undetected because an IT system was left “unmanned” for months.
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Third 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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Landmark hospital merger to lead to major service reshuffle
A merger to create one of the country’s largest acute trusts will lead to some specialist services being shifted between hospitals, an NHS Improvement report reveals.
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Regulator clears new hospital venture between trust and US provider
The Competition and Markets Authority has today cleared a major acute trust to partner with a US company to build a new hospital, after finding the region would benefit from more competition between private providers.
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Major hospital merger cleared by regulator
A merger of Birmingham’s two biggest providers has been cleared by the Competition and Markets Authority, which said the benefits clearly outweighed the reduction in patient choice.
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Watchdog flags concerns about private health firms' merger
The competition watchdog has raised concerns about the merger of two private mental health providers.
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Leading vanguard will not procure contract as it 'would take longer'
One of the most advanced national vanguard projects has decided to form a multispecialty community provider through an alliance agreement rather than go out to procurement as it “would take longer”.
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Exclusive: Trust to sell land to quango
A trust in the West Midlands has signed a deal to transfer its surplus land to the Homes and Communities Agency.
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Exclusive: GPs back CCG shake up despite 'no confidence' vote
Commissioners in Staffordshire have received endorsement from members for their plans to appoint a single accountable officer, despite GPs previously submitting a vote of no confidence in the CCGs.
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Chief executive denies trust merger rumours
The chief executive of a mental health trust in the West Midlands has quashed rumours that her organisation plans to merge with major community and mental health providers.
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Pressure on trust’s A&E staff 'unsustainable', regulator warns
Staff working in the emergency department of a trust at the centre of a controversial emergency care reconfiguration plans have told inspectors the pressure on them is “unsustainable”.
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Vanguard launching first bed management system across trusts
The country’s only mental health vanguard is preparing to launch the first bed management system across multiple trusts, to halve the number of patients being sent out of area.
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CQC warns trust over 'bullying' culture
A struggling trust in the West Midlands was threatened with enforcement action over the staffing levels and culture in its maternity service, HSJ has learned.
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Providers chosen for first comprehensive MCP contract
Four trusts in partnership with GPs are on course to win a multibillion pound new care model contract.