All Yorkshire and the Humber articles – Page 22
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NHS England gives £75m back to CCGs after tariff row
NHS England has agreed to soften the impact of changes to clinical commissioning group budgets next year by agreeing to add £75m back into their allocations, HSJ understands.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: CCG challenged after 'inadequate consultation' on MCP
Local GPs say there has been “inadequate consultation” from Wakefield CCG over MCP development GPs fear “automatic” progression to fully integrated MCP model Concerns raised that GPs will be forced to participate in MCP due to funding issues Wakefield CCG has applied to expand MCP coverage to whole district ...
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NewsRegional leaders plan hospital contract shake-up
Regional health leaders are drawing up plans to abandon payment by results based on national tariffs and move to a cost and risk based contract for acute providers, along with an STP-level control total.
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HSJ LocalHigh profile NHS 'cyber attack' may have 'come from USB stick'
“Cyber attack” virus may have come from a USB stick rather than an intentional outside attack “Zero day” viruses are difficult to protect against and “pose the same problem through industry” A high profile “cyber attack” on a foundation trust appears to have been the consequence of poor ...
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HSJ LocalTrust launches High Court challenge over contract loss
Humber Foundation Trust launches a legal challenge after losing out on a multimillion pound, five year contract Trust asks High Court to investigate the criteria used by commissioners to award the contract to another provider East Riding of Yorkshire CCG confirms legal action has been taken but not who ...
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HSJ LocalSTP sets publication date after MPs appeal for openness
Health leaders in the north have set a date for publishing their sustainability and transformation plan, following calls for transparency from the region’s MPs.
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NewsSeven councils reject STP submissions
Hammersmith and Fulham, and Ealing councils reject north west London STP Both local authorities say they oppose the downgrade of Charing Cross Hospital assumed in the plan Leaders of the five west Yorkshire councils say they have not been given proper scrutiny of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate plan ...
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HSJ LocalFirst successful major cyber attack on NHS causes widespread cancellation of operations
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole FT confirms it has been hit by a cyber attack The attack is believed to be the first to have caused major service disruption Trust cancels routine operations, outpatient appointments and diagnostics for third day Trust confirms attack just hours after the chancellor announced £1.9bn ...
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HSJ LocalUpdated: Computer virus forces trust to cancel operations for two days
Struggling trust cancels appointments for two days following computer virus Northern Lincolnshire and Goole FT said it will turn away people arriving for planned operations, outpatient appointments and diagnostic procedures A&E open as normal but trust tells people to only come if it is an emergency A computer ...
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HSJ LocalChildren's mental health crisis centre aims to reduce A&E use
West Yorkshire mental health trust to provide overnight beds for children and young people suffering a mental health crisis First service of its kind in the region but it is expected to be rolled out across the West Yorkshire STP area Trust says the facility will reduce the number ...
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HSJ Local500 nurses in pipeline for large teaching hospital
Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust to hire 500 more nursing staff Chief executive Julian Hartley says £14m recruitment drive is to improve safe staffing levels CQC raised trust’s rating to good but says it requires improvement on safety One of the largest teaching hospitals in the country is planning ...
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HSJ LocalShortlist for new hospital site revealed
CCG announces three possible sites for new mental health hospital in York Possible locations include Bootham Park, Clifton Park and Haxby Road Shortlist announced as trust opens temporary ward for adult mental health patients Three sites have been shortlisted to be the location for a new mental health ...
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HSJ LocalIT crash trust had tech problems in pathology service since March
Automated pathology system suffered faults from March, letter reveals Problems led to 400 samples not being tested and a backlog of 2,000 tests at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust says the issue was unrelated to major hardware fault last month IT problems at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust’s blood sciences ...
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HSJ Local'Outstanding' CCG to make smokers and obese patients wait six months for surgery
Harrogate and Rural District CCG announces new measures to help it make £8.4m of savings Proposals include getting obese patients and smokers to lose weight or quit for six months before being considered for operations The CCG was one of 10 rated “outstanding” by NHS England in July ...
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HSJ LocalTrusts establish 'first of its kind' regional pathology venture
Two trusts have formed an innovative digital pathology partnership designed to secure sustainable, high quality services for the whole of east and south Yorkshire.
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HSJ LocalCommissioners plan children's surgery shake-up
Two district hospitals would stop providing hyper-acute stroke care and reduce access to paediatric surgery under a proposed shake up of services in Yorkshire.
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HSJ LocalHospital IT crash won't be resolved until end of the week
Leeds and Bradford trusts cancel 132 operations IT system may not be fully restored until the end of this week Other hospitals in Yorkshire now providing pathology services to Bradford hospital and Leeds GPs Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust has said it has now successfully cleared a backlog of ...
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HSJ LocalIT failure leaves teaching hospital with 10,000 tests backlog
Leeds and Bradford trusts cancelling non-urgent operations IT system may not be up and running until the end of next week Test results are being hand delivered but some are going to the wrong place with incorrect patient information One of the country’s largest teaching hospitals faces a ...
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HSJ LocalGPs told to cancel blood tests after teaching trust's IT failure
CCGs tell all GPs in Leeds to cancel routine blood tests after hardware fault at Leeds Teaching Hospital GPs expect to have to recall some patients for testing as samples become unviable Fault is also affecting Bradford Teaching Hospitals and caused “critical” internal incident at Leeds All routine ...
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HSJ LocalIT crash causes 'critical incident' at major teaching hospital
Operations and appointments have been cancelled after a “critical” fault with Leeds Teaching Hospitals’ pathology IT system Test results are having to be hand delivered to clinical teams with significant impact on patient flow Fault is also affecting Bradford Teaching Hospitals and local GPs who use the trust’s pathology ...