All West Midlands articles – Page 53
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News
Patient Safety Awards shortlist announced
We are recognising and rewarding outstanding practice within the NHS
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HSJ Local
PFI company could ban hospital staff from trust restaurant
Hospital staff could be banned from an NHS foundation trust restaurant under plans by one of the FT’s private finance initiative partner companies, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Midlands trust loses £2m funding for extra nurses
FINANCE: Royal Wolverhampton Trust will not receive £2m earmarked for additional nurses following the arbitration of a dispute with its clinical commissioning group.
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Supplements
Roundtable: Leading the way in developing new care models
The pros and cons of vanguard sites developing new care models
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News
Labour and Tories promise to block reconfiguration plans
Senior Labour and Conservative health figures have committed to blocking reconfiguration plans if their party wins the general election.
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HSJ Local
TDA appoints improvement director at troubled West Midlands trust
PERFORMANCE: The NHS Trust Development Authority has appointed an improvement director in an attempt to turn around a West Midlands trust beset by problems in its accident and emergency department.
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HSJ Local
Heart of England rules out bidding to run urgent care centre
COMMERCIAL: Heart of England Foundation Trust has ruled out bidding to provide the new urgent care centre at Solihull Hospital.
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HSJ Local
West Midlands trust ends year with deficit millions worse than planned
FINANCE: A West Midlands trust finished last year with a deficit £18.7m worse than that it originally planned for, recent board papers reveal.
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HSJ Local
Commissioners dip into reserves to fund trust’s tariff option
FINANCE: Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group has had to raid its reserves in order to cover the costs of implementing its main acute trust’s enhanced tariff option, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local
Trust replaces A&E doctors after en masse resignation
WORKFORCE: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust has managed to fill four out of five vacant accident and emergency consultant posts after a group of consultants resigned en masse in protest at the way a review of acute services was being handled.
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News
More CCGs tendering services due to fear over competition rules
More than 40 per cent of commissioners say their organisations are inviting competition for NHS services due solely to their concerns about controversial competition rules, an HSJ survey has found.
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News
Survey: Third of CCGs consider limiting access amid cash squeeze
More than a third of clinical commissioning groups are considering introducing limits on access or eligibility for services this year amid huge financial pressures, the latest HSJ survey of CCG leaders suggests.
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HSJ Local
Specialist West Midlands trust plans for 'unprecedented' deficit
FINANCE: The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust is planning for a financial deficit for the first time in its history.
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HSJ Local
CCG to develop community teams based around GP lists
STRUCTURE: Herefordshire Clinical Commissioning Group is devising a new service model for community healthcare based around GP practice populations.
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HSJ Local
New £1.3m unit opened at Cannock Hospital
ACUTE CARE: A new £1.3m endoscopy unit is due to open at Cannock Chase Hospital today after investment from The Royal Wolverhampton Trust.
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HSJ Local
West Midlands trust misses backlog clearance deadline
PERFORMANCE: Walsall Healthcare Trust has missed its target to clear an elective care backlog by the end of March, HSJ can reveal.
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Comment
The 18 week target success will only be short lived
Using short term measures means it won’t last
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Supplements
Integration supplement: Seamless synergy takes the right skills
Assembling the skillset for integrated care
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HSJ Knowledge
What the NHS can learn from engineering to improve doctor education
Essential non-technical skills all doctors need