http://www.hsj.co.uk http://www.hsj.co.uk http://www.hsj.co.uk/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.hsj.co.uk http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/leeds-teaching-hospitals-nhs-trust/husband-and-wife-take-over-at-troubled-1bn-hospital-trust/5059870.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/leeds-teaching-hospitals-nhs-trust/husband-and-wife-take-over-at-troubled-1bn-hospital-trust/5059870.article STRUCTURE: A husband-and-wife team of former primary care trust leaders have been appointed as interim chief executive and turnaround director of the huge and troubled Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust. dave.west@emap.com (Dave West) Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:19 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/liverpool-womens-nhs-foundation-trust/womens-hospital-will-market-abortion-service-to-irish/5059610.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/liverpool-womens-nhs-foundation-trust/womens-hospital-will-market-abortion-service-to-irish/5059610.article STRUCTURE: Liverpool Women’s FT will market its redesigned abortion service to women in the Republic of Ireland, board papers show. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:47 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/mental-health-trusts/avon-and-wiltshire-mental-health-partnership-nhs-trust/avon-and-wiltshire-moves-from-punitive-to-supportive-culture/5059784.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/mental-health-trusts/avon-and-wiltshire-mental-health-partnership-nhs-trust/avon-and-wiltshire-moves-from-punitive-to-supportive-culture/5059784.article PERFORMANCE: A mental health trust that was described as having “centralist, top down and target driven” culture less than a year ago has moved from “punitive to supportive”, a report has found. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:58 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/east-kent-hospitals-university-nhs-foundation-trust/new-community-hospital-for-dover-gets-planning-permission-/5060061.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/east-kent-hospitals-university-nhs-foundation-trust/new-community-hospital-for-dover-gets-planning-permission-/5060061.article STRUCTURE: East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust says a new community hospital is due to be completed in the Dover area by Christmas 2014. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:41 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/ccgs/nhs-ipswich-and-east-suffolk-ccg/suffolk-commissioners-begin-stroke-review/5059441.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/ccgs/nhs-ipswich-and-east-suffolk-ccg/suffolk-commissioners-begin-stroke-review/5059441.article A special project team will examine how to reconfigure stroke services in Suffolk and feed into the region’s wider review on the subject, commissioners have announced. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:00 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/walsall-hospitals-nhs-trust/hundreds-of-jobs-to-go-at-walsall/5059763.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/walsall-hospitals-nhs-trust/hundreds-of-jobs-to-go-at-walsall/5059763.article WORKFORCE: Walsall Healthcare Trust has announced plans to shed nearly 300 full-time equivalent posts over the next five years. shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:43 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/derbyshire-community-health-to-increase-beds-following-quality-concern/5060045.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/derbyshire-community-health-to-increase-beds-following-quality-concern/5060045.article PERFORMANCE: A board paper for North Derbyshire CCG shows that Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Trust will “significantly” increase bed numbers at Bolsover Hospital because of concerns that the “consistently high bed occupancy during the last 3 months appears to have impacted on the quality of care”. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:40 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/care-trusts/sussex-community-nhs-trust/sussex-community-trust-in-new-home-palliative-care-partnership/5060063.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/care-trusts/sussex-community-nhs-trust/sussex-community-trust-in-new-home-palliative-care-partnership/5060063.article STRUCTURE: Sussex Community NHS Trust’s palliative care team has joined with the Martlets Hospice@Home team to deliver a new specialist support and advice service. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:07 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/swindon-ccg-cash-draw-down-hitch/5060037.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/swindon-ccg-cash-draw-down-hitch/5060037.article FINANCE: According to the latest finance board papers for Swindon CCG the organisation has been forced to “draw down £4m more than it needed for April.” Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:06 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/ccgs/nhs-south-gloucestershire-ccg/devon-partnership-psychiatrist-to-lead-regional-mental-health-network/5060036.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/ccgs/nhs-south-gloucestershire-ccg/devon-partnership-psychiatrist-to-lead-regional-mental-health-network/5060036.article STRUCTURE: A consultant psychiatrist at Devon Partnership Trust’s Langdon Hospital, in Dawlish, has been appointed by NHS England as the inaugural chair of a new mental health network. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:52 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/ccg-concern-over-great-western-ae-performance/5060039.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/ccg-concern-over-great-western-ae-performance/5060039.article PERFORMANCE: Performance board papers for Swindon CCG highlight its concern over the four hour A&E waiting time target at Great Western Hospitals NHS Trust. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:10 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/somerset-ccg-focuses-on-urgent-and-emergency-care/5060042.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/somerset-ccg-focuses-on-urgent-and-emergency-care/5060042.article PERFORMANCE: The latest board papers for Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group show the CCG’s concerns over “urgent and emergency care pressures”. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:12 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/ccgs/nhs-south-gloucestershire-ccg/ccg-warns-on-north-bristol-ambulance-handovers/5060043.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/ccgs/nhs-south-gloucestershire-ccg/ccg-warns-on-north-bristol-ambulance-handovers/5060043.article PERFORMANCE: A performance board paper for South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group warns that North Bristol NHS Trust ambulance handover breach rates remain higher than the target, and that the ambulance trust failed to meet its target for 2012-13. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:22 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/ccgs/nhs-bradford-city-ccg/-bradford-and-airedale-pct-due-to-end-2012-13-with-75m-surplus/5059828.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/ccgs/nhs-bradford-city-ccg/-bradford-and-airedale-pct-due-to-end-2012-13-with-75m-surplus/5059828.article FINANCE: NHS Bradford and Airedale was expected to end 2012-13 with a surplus of £7.5m. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:01 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/barts-and-the-london-nhs-trust/barts-health-predicts-breakeven-but-will-miss-savings-target-says-board/5057667.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/barts-and-the-london-nhs-trust/barts-health-predicts-breakeven-but-will-miss-savings-target-says-board/5057667.article FINANCE: Barts Health Trust has downgraded its year-end surplus forecast but still plans to break even, a board report reveals. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:44 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/dorset-county-hospital-crowdsources-improvements/5060040.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/dorset-county-hospital-crowdsources-improvements/5060040.article SERVICE DESIGN: Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is using the ideas of its front line staff to try and help reduce patients’ feeling of isolation. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:04 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/ccgs/nhs-south-gloucestershire-ccg/east-leicestershire-and-rutland-delays-111/5060046.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/ccgs/nhs-south-gloucestershire-ccg/east-leicestershire-and-rutland-delays-111/5060046.article STRUCTURE: The roll out of NHS 111 across Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland has been further delayed. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:49 GMT http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/southampton-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/southampton-patients-unhappy-over-mixed-sex-accomodation/5057555.article?referrer=RSS http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/acute-trusts/southampton-university-hospitals-nhs-trust/southampton-patients-unhappy-over-mixed-sex-accomodation/5057555.article PERFORMANCE: Patients at University Hospitals Southampton Foundation Trust scored worse than most trusts on mixed sex accommodation, according to a survey conducted by the Care Quality Commission. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:48 GMT