All West Midlands articles – Page 56
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NewsExclusive: Vanguard areas call for tender moratorium
NHS England and Monitor are facing calls to exempt ‘vanguard’ areas from requirements to tender services, amid fears that procurement processes could undermine efforts to establish integrated primary, community and acute care models.
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HSJ LocalCommunity nurse staffing to be monitored
WORKFORCE: Shropshire Community Health Trust will begin monitoring staffing levels among community nurses each month from April.
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HSJ LocalTrust posts £8m surplus after third quarter
FINANCE: South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare Foundation Trust had a surplus of £8.26m on income and expenditure as of 31 December.
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NewsExclusive: DH agreed extra bailouts for trusts where performance was at risk
The Department of Health arranged at least £39m in extra ‘essential’ capital funding for foundation trusts where patient safety or ‘ongoing operations’ were at risk because of maintenance backlogs, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalMerseyside trust appoints new medical director
WORKFORCE: Aintree University Hospital Foundation Trust has appointed a new medical director.
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SupplementsPaperless NHS supplement: Service improvement – bringing patients into focus
Paperless NHS supplement: Service improvement - bringing patients into focus
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HSJ LocalExclusive: FT to receive £328m as part of takeover of neighbour
The Department of Health has agreed a package of support and capital payments totalling £327.7m with Frimley Park Hospital Foundation Trust as part of its takeover of another trust, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalConsultants' en masse resignation letter exposes rift with trust management
A resignation letter from four accident and emergency consultants has heavily criticised the management of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust and local reconfiguration plans.
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HSJ LocalTDA commissions bullying investigation at Midlands trust
Allegations of bullying and harassment at a troubled West Midlands hospitals trust will be investigated by an independent review commissioned by the NHS Trust Development Authority.
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HSJ LocalCCG becomes first in country to ration access to hearing aids
FINANCE: North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group has become the first CCG in the country to restrict access to NHS funded hearing aids.
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HSJ LocalSolent to sue Hampshire council over tender award
COMMERCIAL: Solent Trust is set to sue Hampshire County Council after the local authority awarded a £41.3m contract for adult substance misuse services to another provider, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ LocalTrust helps pay for barriers at multi-storey car park known for suicides
PUBLIC HEALTH: North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust has contributed to the installation of barriers at a multi-storey car park in Midway, Newcastle-under-Lyme, as part of its public health remit to help reduce suicide attempts.
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NewsLeaked report exposes Staffordshire's 'oppressive culture'
A leaked report has delivered a damning verdict on the NHS leadership in Staffordshire, describing the health economy as beset with an ‘oppressive culture’ and in ‘perpetual crisis mode’.
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HSJ LocalAcute trust warns 2015-16 deficit could hit £23m
FINANCE: Burton Hospitals Foundation Trust is predicting that its deficit could worsen to from £12.7m to £22.7m by the end of 2015-16.
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HSJ LocalCCG to fund genetic testing for high cholesterol condition
PERFORMANCE: Dudley Clinical Commissioning Group has become one of only a small number of CCGs to agree funding for DNA testing of familial hyperlipidaemia, a condition which causes cholesterol levels to be much higher than normal from birth.
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HSJ LocalTrust chief asks staff to trust internal whistleblowing procedures
WORKFORCE: Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Partnership Trust is urging staff to use internal whistleblowing systems for their complaints after the Care Quality Commission conducted an unannounced inspection based on anonymous ‘concerns’.
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HSJ LocalCCG expected to rule on closure of mental health unit
STRUCTURE: Telford and Wrekin CCG is expected to decide next month whether to close a mental health unit in Telford that hosts inpatient facilities and crisis resolution teams.
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NewsMidlands trust launches independent bullying inquiry
A Midlands trust is launching an independent investigation following claims nurses quit the organisation due to bullying.
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NewsSavile inquiry calls for change in law for screening staff
There is ‘very patchy’ management of volunteer schemes in trusts and the law should be changed so that all staff and volunteers in contact with patients should be given a barring list check, the authors of an investigation into Jimmy Savile’s historic sexual abuse have said.
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SupplementsDelivering value supplement: Get hip, pay less
It has been shown that better procurement could quickly release millions of pounds to an NHS organisation. Why is it still underexploited? Jennifer Trueland reports, in association with Inverto