All West Midlands articles – Page 75
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West Midlands trust set to benefit from new-style PFI
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust is among the first NHS bodies to use the revamped private finance initiative which will be launched tomorrow.
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Warwickshire 40 per cent behind QIPP target
FINANCE: Efficiency schemes fell 40 per cent short of target in the Warwickshire Primary Care Trust area over the first six months of 2012-13.
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Coventry beats surplus plan despite missing QIPP target
FINANCE: Coventry primary care trust reported a better than planned surplus of £3.7m in October.
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Coventry and Warwickshire 'consistently' underachieves on delayed transfers
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire has “consistently underachieved” on delayed transfers since October 2011, primary care trust cluster board papers show.
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Staffordshire surgery mistake is 'never event'
A surgeon began operating on the wrong part of a patient’s back during surgery at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire, it has emerged.
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Hospital could be transferred to community ownership
Monitor has agreed to examine proposals to transfer a hospital site, currently part of the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust, to local community ownership.
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South Warwickshire CCG appoints lay members
WORKFORCE: South Warwickshire clinical commissioning group has appointed two lay members.
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George Eliot death rate drops
PERFORMANCE: George Eliot Hospital Trust’s mortality rate has dropped, latest figures show, although it remains “higher than expected”.
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Warning after seriously ill patients attend minor injuries unit
A hospital trust has been forced to issue a plea to patients not to turn up at its minor injury unit with serious and life-threatening conditions.
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Surgery equipment accolade for Mid Staffs
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has been awarded a gold standard by the Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons in its second National Audit of Theatre Equipment.
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Former Mid Staffs boss working for addiction charity
The chief executive who led Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust when it was engulfed by a scandal of poor care has taken up a senior role at an addiction charity with links to the NHS.
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HSJ Local
Health minister meets campaigners
STRUCTURE: Campaigners fighting plans to review acute services in Worcestershire have had a 45-minute meeting with health minister Dan Poulter.
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'Agreed resignations' to cost Birmingham and Black Country clusters £11m
WORKFORCE: The Black Country and Birmingham and Solihull primary care trust clusters have announced they will spend £11m on voluntary redundancies.
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Mid Staffs recruits extra nurses
WORKFORCE: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has issued an appeal for registered nurses to join its staff.
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Analysed: the friends and family test
HSJ Local Briefing is our in-depth analysis of key issues facing the NHS or major health economies. This week we examine the friends and family test being piloted by NHS Midlands and East.
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Royal Leamington Spa Rehabilitation Hospital to be renamed
STRUCTURE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust is asking staff and its local communities to think of an “innovative” new name for its Royal Leamington Spa Rehabilitation Hospital.
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South Warwickshire FT shifts intravenous therapy into the community
STRUCTURE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust has launched a new intravenous therapy service, which will see patients treated in their own homes rather than in hospital.
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Mid Staffordshire halves waiting times
PERFORMANCE: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has halved the average waiting time for patients waiting for treatment after being referred by their GP.
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Aspirant FT says it has improved following CQC visit
PERFORMANCE: Managers at a Midlands hospital which had its application for foundation trust status deferred for the second time following CQC concerns, have said work has been done to improve.
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University Hospitals Birmingham set to fall 5 per cent short on CIP
FINANCE: University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust is forecasting a five per cent shortfall in its cost improvement plan this year.