All West Midlands articles – Page 51
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HSJ Local
Hundreds of patients 'excluded' from specialist trust's waiting list
PERFORMANCE: Hundreds of patients waiting to start treatment at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital were excluded from its referral to treatment waiting list on a monthly basis, an independent review has revealed.
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Heart of England to ‘boost efficiency’ by pooling patient data
PERFORMANCE: One of the country’s largest acute trusts is to embark on a research project collecting patient data to improve health outcomes across its patch, HSJ has learned.
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Last Staffordshire trust pulls out of £690m cancer consortium
COMMERCIAL: The main acute provider in Staffordshire has pulled out of a consortium bid to take on a £687m, 10 year prime provider contract for cancer services.
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: NHS England will not stop hearing aid ‘rationing’ plan
NHS England will not intervene in a clinical commissioning group’s attempt to ‘ration’ access to hearing aids, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local
Staffordshire CCGs appoint joint nursing director
WORKFORCE: North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Clinical Commissioning Groups have appointed Jayne Downey as joint director of nursing and quality.
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HSJ Local
Trust that took over Stafford Hospital ‘requires improvement’
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has rated University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust ‘requires improvement’.
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HSJ Local
West Midlands acute chief resigns
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of a struggling West Midlands acute trust has resigned with immediate effect.
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HSJ Local
Trust launches review after agency spend doubles
WORKFORCE: A West Midlands acute trust has launched a review of its agency spending, after figures revealed it spent double the amount on agency nurses in June than it did in the same month in 2014.
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HSJ Local
Trust agrees living wage pay rise for 460 staff
WORKFORCE: A West Midlands acute trust is to increase salaries for its lowest paid staff to ensure they earn the living wage.
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HSJ Local
Staffordshire bodies create ‘commissioning congress’
CONFIGURATION: Commissioners across Staffordshire will come together to create a region-wide transformation programme through the establishment of a ‘commissioning congress’, it has been announced.
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News
TDA 'broadens' support for challenged trusts
The NHS Trust Development Authority has appointed improvement directors to two trusts struggling with performance and leadership issues.
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HSJ Local
Trust signs estates deal to release millions of pounds
A Midlands trust has signed a deal with a private sector consortium to form a joint venture partnership aimed at raising millions for its revenue budget this year.
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News
Analysis: Huge regional variation in NHS financial health
There is wide regional variation in the financial health of the NHS, HSJ analysis of the performance of clinical commissioning groups, providers and specialised commissioners in 2014-15 reveals.
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HSJ Local
New chief executive for West Midlands trust
The chief executive of a North West community trust is to take on the top job at a West Midlands mental health provider.
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News
Updated: US corporation brought in to help improve five trusts
An American healthcare corporation is being brought in to support five trusts in improving quality and clinical engagement.
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News
Exclusive: Midlands trusts to create £1bn turnover alliance
Three West Midlands hospital trusts are to create an alliance with a combined turnover of almost £1bn and a catchment population of more than 1 million, HSJ can reveal.