All West Midlands articles – Page 47
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HSJ Local
Chief executive of specialist trust resigns
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust has resigned with immediate effect.
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HSJ Local
Coventry and Warwickshire posts £13m in-year deficit
FINANCE: University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire Trust reported an in-year deficit of £13m in August, according to board documents.
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HSJ Local
Wolverhampton trust drops foundation status bid
STRUCTURE: The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust will no longer pursue a bid for foundation trust status, HSJ has been told.
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Supplements
Value and Healthcare Awards: Value and Improvement in Clinical Support Services
Value in Healthcare Awards winners for 2015
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Value in Healthcare Awards: Value and Improvement in Mental Health
FinalistsNHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit and Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust: Coming Home - Mental Health Repatriation Project – winnerBolton Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service – Raising the Voice of CAMHS Services UsersIeso Digital HealthNorth Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust: Community Triage Team working in partnership ...
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Value in Healthcare Awards: Value and Improvement in Pathology Services
Value in Healthcare Awards winners for 2015
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Value in Healthcare Awards: Value and Improvement through Outsourcing
Value in Healthcare Awards winners for 2015
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Value in Healthcare Awards: Value and Improvement in Acute Service Redesign
Value in Healthcare Awards winners for 2015
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HSJ Local
Cottage hospital beds in North Staffordshire could be cut
ACUTE CARE: A three month consultation has been launched into the future of community hospital beds in North Staffordshire after wards were closed in 2014 amid concerns over staffing levels.
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News
Exclusive: Baby's death case with 'echoes of Morecambe Bay' to be re-examined
The avoidable death of a baby girl six years ago is to be re-examined after an independent national review warned the case had parallels with the Morecambe Bay care scandal.
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HSJ Local
More CCGs mull rationing hearing aids
Four clinical commissioning groups in Staffordshire are poised to follow a neighbouring CCG in ‘rationing’ access to hearing aids.
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HSJ Local
Worcestershire trust faces £58m deficit
FINANCE: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust has revealed it is facing ending the year with a £58m deficit if drastic action is not taken to improve its financial position.
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News
Birmingham CCG removes £4m integration savings from QIPP plan
FINANCE: Commissioners in Birmingham have removed from their annual efficiency plan this year’s expected savings from the better care fund because the financial gains were unlikely to be realised this year.
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News
Midlands trust chief executive joins national A&E support team
The chief executive of South Warwickshire Foundation Trust has joined a new emergency support team set up by the national regulators and the Department of Health.
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HSJ Local
Staffordshire trust served with performance notices over cancer failings
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust has been served with performance notices for failing to hit three cancer pathway waiting time targets.
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News
Revealed: Winners and losers from clinical negligence scheme changes
Seventeen trusts saw a 25 per cent hike in their clinical negligence premiums last year, according to new figures published by the NHS Litigation Authority.
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News
Analysis: Overall CCG surplus plan masks regional disparity
Clinical commissioning groups in England have planned for a combined surplus of £358m in 2015-16, which is less than half the surplus reported last year.
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HSJ Local
Acute referrals to Worcestershire trust suspended
PERFORMANCE: Redditch and Bromsgrove Clinical Commissioning Group has asked GPs to stop referring patients to Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust in an effort to reduce its ‘unmanageable’ outpatient waiting time backlog.
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HSJ Knowledge
Integration: Happening quietly in a place near you
Local approach offers tangible benefits
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News
Vanguards reveal transformation plans and barriers to change
The urgent and emergency care vanguards are overhauling 111 systems and moving activity out of hospital, but the constraints of finance and workforce shortages are a concern, HSJ has been told.