All West Midlands articles – Page 83
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Maternity activity below plan at Birmingham Women's
PERFORMANCE: Maternity activity at the Birmingham Women’s Hospital is below target.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham Women's falls short on CIP
FINANCE: Birmingham Women’s Foundation Trust found efficiency savings worth £796,000 in the first three months of 2012-13 – slightly under its target of £858,000.
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NewsNational authority chief nurse was criticised at Mid Staffs inquiry
The nursing director of the new organisation charged with making sure all NHS providers become foundation trusts was criticised at the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust inquiry, it has emerged.
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Review team meets with Worcestershire campaigners
STRUCTURE: Senior doctors and managers leading a review of acute services in Worcestershire have met with campaigners from the Save the Alex group.
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Upgrade for independent Worcestershire MRI scanner
PERFORMANCE: The Worcestershire Imaging Centre, based in Droitwich Spa, has successfully completed a £500,000 upgrade of its MRI scanner.
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NewsMid Staffs medical director criticises doctors' 'self-preservation'
Doctors are turning a blind eye to poor practice to protect their own jobs, according to Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust’s medical director.
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HSJ Local
Wye Valley gets a new CT scanner
COMMERCIAL: Wye Valley Trust has installed a new CT scanner for patients in Herefordshire with improved quality imaging and reduced exposure to radiation.
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HSJ LocalStroke care overhaul planned in Midlands and East
A major review has been launched into stroke services across the Midlands and the East of England in an attempt to improve survival rates and reduce disability, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: review aims to improve stroke services in the Midlands and East
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of key issues facing some of the major NHS health economies. This week we examine plans to review stroke services across the Midlands region to try and improve the standard of care and save more lives.
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Consultation challenges speech therapy redesign
STRUCTURE: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust has received some “challenging feedback” about cuts to children’s speech and language therapy staff under a planned service redesign.
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West Mercia CCGs choose new support providers
COMMERCIAL: West Mercia clinical commissioning groups have chosen an alternative supplier of commissioning support services after plans to establish a local provider in their area were abandoned.
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HSJ Local
Arden commissioners plan to axe children's services at George Eliot
STRUCTURE: Commissioners in Warwickshire are consulting on plans to close children’s services at the troubled George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton.
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HSJ Local
Queen to open £545m QEHB hospital
The Queen will officially name a new £545 million NHS hospital as she continues the latest leg of her national Diamond Jubilee tour.
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HSJ Local
South Warwickshire in deficit amid overperformance
FINANCE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust ended month two of 2012-13 with a deficit of £457,000 - £517,000 worse than planned.
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HSJ Local
South Warwickshire FT to redesign emergency pathways
STRUCTURE: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust is planning to spend up to £500,000 redesigning its emergency care pathways to ensure services are safe and comply with national standards.
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HSJ Local
George Eliot franchise plan 'disappoints' suitor
STRUCTURE: George Eliot Hospital Trust’s preference for a franchise deal to secure its future has been described as “rather disappointing” by would-be suitor South Warwickshire Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Hospital and paramedic staff suspended after A&E death
WORKFORCE: Eleven NHS staff have been suspended by a Midlands hospital and West Midlands Ambulance service after an A&E patient collapsed and died.
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HSJ Local
Bowel campaign scuppers attempts to cut diagnostic waits
PERFORMANCE: Long diagnostic waits in Birmingham and Solihull have been blamed on the Heart of England Foundation Trust and a national bowel screening drive.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham and Solihull faces £16.9m QIPP shortfall
FINANCE: Commissioners in Birmingham and Solihull have reported a £16.9m gap in their efficiency savings plans, accounting for 29 per cent of the total for this year.
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Ambulance handovers miss target in Birmingham and Solihull
PERFORMANCE: All providers serving the Birmingham and Solihull primary care trust cluster failed to hit the required standard for ambulance handover times.