All West Midlands articles – Page 74
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News
Private sector and trusts vie for £500m pathology contracts
A radical shake-up of community pathology services which will see NHS trusts compete with private firms for contracts worth £500m has taken a major step forward after commissioners started a procurement process.
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HSJ Local
Consultants speak out over 'scapegoat' chief executive
Leading consultants at University Hospital of North Staffordshire have spoken out in support of their “scapegoat” chief executive who resigned in the wake of a financial crisis.
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HSJ Local
Interim CEO to cost trust more than £800 a day
FINANCE: The University Hospital of North Staffordshire will pay its new interim chief executive £211,000 a day.
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HSJ Local
Text message reminders saves trust £84,000
FINANCE: A text message service reminding patients about their outpatient appointments at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has saved more than £84,000 in eight months.
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Wealthy south set to gain from public health funding boost
The Department of Health has almost doubled some councils’ public health allocations, according to research which reveals authorities in the relatively wealthy south and east are among the biggest winners.
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HSJ Local
New CEO announced for Sandwell and West Birmingham Trust
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust has announced the appointment of Toby Lewis as new chief executive.
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HSJ Local
Cancer waiting times slip in Birmingham and Solihull
PERFORMANCE: The Birmingham and Solihull primary care trust cluster has reported a dip in performance against a cancer waiting time target.
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News
Ian Kennedy to review Solihull breast surgery conduct
A leading health expert is to head an independent inquiry into how concerns over breast cancer surgery were handled by trust managers.
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HSJ Knowledge
Neighbourhood watch could prevent another tragedy
Could the peer review model be adopted around the NHS?
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News
Chief executive resigns at Midlands trust
The chief executive of University Hospital of North Staffordshire Trust has resigned after six years in the post.
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HSJ Local
New chief executive for mental health FT
John Short, interim chief executive at Leicestershire Partnership Trust, has been appointed head of Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham A&E performance dips
PERFORMANCE: Accident and emergency performance in Birmingham and Solihull declined in September, and is rated as amber.
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HSJ Local
Norovirus closes two wards at Mid Staffs
PERFORMANCE: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has closed two wards due to an outbreak of norovirus at the trust.
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HSJ Local
Five NHS staff arrested following A&E death
Four ambulance staff and a hospital worker have been arrested by police after a man collapsed and died outside an accident and emergency department.
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HSJ Local
Second trust given permission to tender for a private management franchise
COMMERCIAL: George Eliot Hospital Trust has been given permission to go to market to seek a “strategic partner” to secure its long-term future.
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HSJ Local
Heart of England changes ward leaders after CQC visit
PERFORMANCE: Heart of England Foundation Trust has replaced the leadership team in one of its wards following a Care Quality Commission inspection.
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HSJ Local
NHS seeks legal advice over Mid Staffs CEO job
NHS bosses in Shropshire and Staffordshire have sought legal advice after it emerged the former chief executive of the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust is working for a charity with NHS contracts.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham and Solihull £14.3m behind on QIPP plan
FINANCE: The Birmingham and Solihull quality, innovation, productivity and prevention plan saved £17.1m at month seven against a plan of £31.4m.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham and Solihull overspend on main acute provider rises
FINANCE: The Birmingham and Solihull primary care trust cluster’s acute contract overspend with University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust increased by £2.4m between months six and seven this year.
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HSJ Local
North Staffordshire facing shock £23m deficit
University Hospital of North Staffordshire has revealed a dramatic deterioration in its finances from a predicted surplus of £2m to a £23.8m deficit by the end of 2012-13.