All West Midlands articles – Page 33
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Inadequate trust to get rating upgrade despite maternity concerns
A trust in the West Midlands is expected to have its overall rating upgraded from inadequate to requires improvement, but will keep the inadequate rating for its struggling maternity services, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalCity's care system puts older people 'at significant risk'
The health and wellbeing of older people in Stoke-on-Trent is being put at “significant risk” by poor joint working between the council and clinical commissioning group, the Care Quality Commission has found.
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HSJ LocalHospital trust runs one in five GP practices on its patch
An acute trust in the West Midlands is now running nearly a fifth of GP practices in its area after integrating with its eighth practice.
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HSJ LocalCCGs appoint joint accountable officer to cover entire county
The six clinical commissioning groups covering Staffordshire have appointed a single accountable officer.
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HSJ LocalTrust cuts nurse numbers to make way for nursing associates
The board of a hospital trust in the West Midlands has agreed to reduce the numbers of registered nurses on its wards replacing them with nursing associates.
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HSJ LocalPatient sleeps on chair for a week as trust runs out of beds
A mental health inpatient was left to sleep on chair for a week in a unit intended to keep people for no more than 12 hours.
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NewsSTPs given targets for GP recruitment
Every sustainability and transformation partnership area has been set a target for the number of GPs it needs to recruit by 2020 by NHS England, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalSpecial measures trust to replace nearly half its executive posts
A struggling trust in the West Midlands is set to replace almost half of its executive board roles.
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NewsBCF 'escalation' process threatens spending plans
Several councils have been placed in a better care fund “escalation” process due to government concerns over their performance on reducing delayed transfers of care, Local Government Chronicle reports.
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HSJ LocalMerger trust appoints new chief executive
The chief executive of an inadequate rated trust has been appointed to lead a neighbouring trust going through a merger.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: CCG resists Virgin Care demands for more money
Virgin Care has demanded more money for a controversial prime provider contract it signed with commissioners in Staffordshire last year, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalTrust spends £2m to convert storage rooms into new bed space
More than £2m is being spent by the University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust to create 45 new hospital beds to help tackle its 133 bed shortage.
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NewsLast 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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HSJ LocalTrust 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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NewsTrust 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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HSJ LocalTrust 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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HSJ LocalRevealed: 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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NewsNHS 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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NewsCSU 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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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.