All Yorkshire and the Humber articles – Page 24
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HSJ LocalUrgent plea issued for GPs to work in A&E
An NHS trust has asked for local GPs to work in its accident and emergency department because of the “significant pressure” it is facing.
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NewsSTP 'guerrilla marketing' campaign to fight public perception of cuts
Humber, Coast and Vale STP invites expressions of interest to develop a £10,000 “social media and guerrilla marketing” campaign to promote its proposals The STP is looking for design and marketing agencies to help create the strategy One of the goals of the campaign is to “turn down the ...
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HSJ LocalNew chief executive revealed for financially troubled trust
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals has promoted its nursing director to chief executive.
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NewsNational audits 'drain' NHS resources
Local audit network criticises increasing burden of national audit programme The annual survey of audits finds negative perception outweighs positive for the first time Concerns include lack of timely data reporting, poor methodology and incompatible IT infrastructure The national audit programme is a “drain” on hospital trusts’ resources ...
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HSJ LocalHospital achieves teaching trust status
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals Foundation Trust has achieved teaching trust status today following a public consultation.
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HSJ LocalCCGs to impose temporary ban on prescribing expensive treatments
CCGs agree 18 month moratorium on individual funding requests as part of £1m savings package Greater Huddersfield and North Kirklees CCGs have approved the proposal, which is expected to save £750,000. Plans to stop prescribing products such as gluten free foods are expected to save a further £283,000 a ...
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HSJ LocalChief executive of struggling trust takes NHS Improvement role
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole FT chief executive Karen Jackson seconded to NHS Improvement Ms Jackson will advise and support the regulator’s emergency care improvement programme for six months The chief executive of a struggling hospital trust is being seconded to NHS Improvement to advise on improving emergency care.
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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 ...