All West Midlands articles – Page 70
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HSJ Local
Monitor to investigate South Warwickshire Foundation Trust
PERFORMANCE: Persistent performance breaches have caused Monitor to open a formal investigation into South Warwickshire Foundation Trust.
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News
NHS Direct confirms 111 withdrawal
NHS Direct has confirmed it is seeking to pull out of all 11 of its contracts to provide NHS 111 as they have proved “financially unsustainable”.
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HSJ Knowledge
How charities can ease the stress on the NHS
NHS organisations are unaware of what charities can offer them
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HSJ Local
CCG spends revenue funding on IT amid capital confusion
FINANCE: Warwickshire North clinical commissioning group has committed revenue budgets to pay for IT equipment amid confusion over how capital resources would be made available.
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HSJ Local
Keogh review highlights Dudley staffing concerns
PERFORMANCE: The Dudley Group Foundation Trust has said it is to carry out a review of staffing levels after concerns raised by the Keogh mortality review panel.
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HSJ Local
Burton in 'special measures' over staffing and engagement concerns
PERFORMANCE: Burton Hospitals Foundation Trust has been placed in “special measures”, and agreed to a series of improvement actions.
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HSJ Local
George Eliot’s mortality reporting ‘unsatisfactory’ says Keogh review
George Eliot Hospital Trust must address concerns around its “unsatisfactory” reporting of quality and mortality and around patient safety, Sir Bruce Keogh’s mortality rates review team has said.
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HSJ Local
Monitor launches investigation at West Midlands hospital
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has announced it is launching an investigation into governance at Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust due to persistent failure to meet waiting time targets.
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HSJ Local
Three Birmingham trusts consider co-location
STRUCTURE: A specialist trust in Birmingham is considering moving onto the site of a major local acute hospital as part of a programme of closer working between providers in the city.
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News
Exclusive: Senior NHS Direct leaders warned 111 was unsafe but were overruled
Senior directors at NHS Direct warned it was not safe to go live with one of its biggest NHS 111 contracts but were overruled, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Hundreds of jobs to go at Walsall
WORKFORCE: Walsall Healthcare Trust has announced plans to shed nearly 300 full-time equivalent posts over the next five years.
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HSJ Local
UH Birmingham win patient approval on A&E
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust has been given strong ratings from patients on its emergency services.
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HSJ Local
Walsall delays FT bid over Mid Staffs
PERFORMANCE: Walsall Healthcare Trust has delayed applying for foundation trust status while it awaits the outcome of decisions over Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Heart of England sub contracts elective work to private sector amid A&E pressure
PERFORMANCE: Heart of England Foundation Trust sub contracted more than 100 operations to a private provider after “extreme emergency pressures” caused it to cancel all elective surgery for five days.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham mental health trust misses therapies target
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust missed its target for access to psychological therapies for quarter three.
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HSJ Local
Retained cannulas reported at Burton Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Burton Hospitals Foundation Trust continues to see incidents of retained cannulas in patients, according to the latest performance report from East Staffordshire CCG.
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News
Hundreds of Mid Staffs deaths examined by police
A review of deaths at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust by Staffordshire Police has identified 200-300 cases in which alleged neglect may have contributed to the death.
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News
£560m foundation trust dumps payment by results
One of England’s biggest foundation trusts has agreed a contract outside of the national tariff system for the past two years, its chief executive has revealed.
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HSJ Local
Monitor defers trust's foundation trust application
STRUCTURE: Monitor has deferred and Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust’s application for foundation status.
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HSJ Local
A&E plans to be developed following West Midlands 'crisis' letter
PERFORMANCE: Clinical commissioning groups and hospital trusts across the West Midlands are drawing up plans to manage peaks accident and emergency demand after clinical leads at 18 emergency departments said they could not guarantee safe patient care.