All West Midlands articles – Page 55
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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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HSJ Local
Trust scraps patient parking fees after petitions
STRUCTURE: East Cheshire Trust has bowed to patient pressure and announced it will maintain free parking for visitors for up to four hours at its hospitals in Knutsford and Congleton.
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HSJ Local
£3.6m set aside for new ambulance base in Stoke
FINANCE: West Midlands Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has allocated £3.6m over two years to build a new ambulance base in Stoke-on-Trent.
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HSJ Local
Lupus unit retains centre of excellence status
PERFORMANCE: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust’s unit treating patients with lupus has retained its national ‘centre of excellence’ status following an analysis of its working practices.
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News
CQC 'shines spotlight' on outstanding care
The Care Quality Commission has said it is ‘shining a spotlight’ on good and outstanding NHS care with a new report.
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News
Leading trusts defy NHS England over 'out of area' referrals
Teaching hospitals are continuing to refuse ‘out of area’ referrals in defiance of new rules from NHS England.
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News
Revealed: Virgin handed £280m Staffordshire contract
Virgin Care has been awarded a £280m, seven-year prime provider contract to manage services in East Staffordshire, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local
Trust to move some services to leisure centre
STRUCTURE: Leicester Partnership Trust and West Leicestershire Clinical Commissioning Group are to relocate community nursing and musculoskeletal services from Ashby and District Hospital to a leisure centre.