All West Midlands articles – Page 92
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HSJ Knowledge
Making the boardroom the place to improve patient experience
Research by the Institute for Employment Studies conducted among NHS board members across the West Midlands gave insights into how boards can really make the patient quality, safety and experience agenda work, write Alison Carter and Sandra Gray.
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HSJ Local
Coventry and Warwickshire deficit hits £8.5m
FINANCE: University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust has run up a deficit of more than £8.5m, with cost improvement plan savings falling behind schedule.
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HSJ Local
Amber-red rating for Coventry and Warwickshire over C difficile and waiting times
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust has given itself an amber-red performance rating after falling short on seven Monitor standards.
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HSJ Local
South Warwickshire FT eyes community assets
STRUCTURE: South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust is “confident” it will be allowed to take ownership of community hospitals in its area.
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HSJ Local
C difficile and A&E improvements for South Warwickshire FT
PERFORMANCE: South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust is reporting a “general improvement in performance” for the second quarter of 2011-12.
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HSJ Local
Worcestershire Acute's radiotherapy unit one step closer
STRUCTURE: Worcester City Council Planning Committee has agreed outline planning permission for a new radiotherapy unit at Worcestershire Royal Hospital.
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HSJ Local
Midlands announces cluster chairs
WORKFORCE: NHS Midlands and East has announced the appointment of four chairs to the newly created primary care trust cluster organisations across the region and two new trust chairs.
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HSJ Local
George Eliot loses £1m of capital resources to bail out another trust
FINANCE: The West Midlands strategic health authority is to take £1m of capital funds out of George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust to another provider.
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HSJ Local
George Eliot recruits more nurses to improve skill mix
WORKFORCE: Twenty-two new band five nurses started work at George Eliot Hospital in October, with at least another four expected to start in November.
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HSJ Local
Estate puts maternity services at risk at George Eliot
STRUCTURE: Maternity services at George Eliot Hospital are at risk of closure due to the condition of the building they are based in, and “plumbing issues”.
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HSJ Local
George Eliot £1.2m behind finance plan
FINANCE: George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust is forecasting a break-even position for the end of 2011-12, £1.2m worse than planned.
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Comment
'A new procurement model could fall foul of inertia'
Despite talk of opening up NHS procurement, the same old system looks unlikely to be phased out just yet, writes Noel Plumridge.
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Comment
Massive Midlands cluster faces a big foundation status challenge
The giant Midlands and East strategic health authority cluster held its first full board meeting as a monolith last week.
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News
Ombudsman names doctor in swearing row
The Health Service Ombudsman has taken the unusual step of publicly naming a GP who has refused to compensate a patient for causing her distress.
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News
Major reconfiguration plans emerging across England
Details on a wave of reconfigurations are emerging as regions follow London’s example by concentrating services into a smaller number of specialist units.
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HSJ Local
East of England failing to cut outpatient activity
PERFORMANCE: The NHS in the East of England has failed to cut the number of people attending outpatient hospital appointments, while other regions have succeeded, according to a board report.
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HSJ Local
Plans approved for three trauma centres in West Midlands
STRUCTURE: Plans to reconfigure major trauma care in the West Midlands around three centres in Birmingham, Stoke and Coventry have been approved.
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News
Exclusive: equality concern as eight in 10 CCGs led by men
An HSJ analysis has revealed the great majority of emerging clinical commissioning groups are led by men.
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HSJ Local
Nottingham cluster appoints chief exec
Workforce: NHS Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County have appointed Derek Bray to be their chief executive.
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HSJ Local
New chair for Birmingham Community
WORKFORCE: Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust has announced the appointment of Tom Storrow as chair..