All Health Service Journal articles in 20 March 2015 – Page 5
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HSJ LocalOut of hours GPs struggle with workload and staff shortages
PERFORMANCE: The workload for West Yorkshire Urgent Care’s out of hours GPs in Bradford was 70 per cent heavier than expected over winter.
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HSJ LocalSubstance misuse clinic to close due to financial losses
STRUCTURE: A substance misuse centre in London will have to close because the trust that manages it cannot afford to keep it open.
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HSJ LocalNorthamptonshire trust to roll out parents’ advice line
COMMERCIAL: Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is to launch an out of hours health visitors advice line, following a successful pilot of the scheme.
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HSJ LocalCommunity nurse staffing to be monitored
WORKFORCE: Shropshire Community Health Trust will begin monitoring staffing levels among community nurses each month from April.
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HSJ LocalTrust trains 400 police officers on mental health
MENTAL HEALTH: Greater Manchester West Mental Health Foundation Trust has trained more than 400 police officers to ‘open their eyes to the struggles of mental health service users’.
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HSJ LocalAmbulance crews assess 999 patients in their own homes
ACUTE CARE: Wakefield CCG has introduced a scheme to allow ambulance crews to assess certain patients at home following 999 calls.
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NewsHSJ Live 23.05.2015: CQC increases registration fees
Care Quality Commission to increase fees for providers by 9 per cent, plus the rest of today’s news and comment
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HSJ LocalLeading FT reports £16.5m deficit
FINANCE: One of the country’s leading foundation trusts has reported a year to date deficit of £16.5m.
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HSJ LocalDirector of nursing concerned about high number of patient falls
PERFORMANCE: Dartford and Gravesham Trust plans to bring in low rise beds and visual aids for older people to prevent people sustaining injuries through falls.
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HSJ LocalTrust sees staff turnover rise for the third year in a row
WORKFORCE: Staff turnover at Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust has risen for three years in a row. It stood at 17.1 per cent for January.
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HSJ LocalJames Paget to upgrade maternity unit
STRUCTURE: Work has begun on a new delivery suite at in the maternity unit at James Paget University Hospitals Trust
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HSJ LocalCommunity services ‘unsustainable’ without investment, says trust chief
FINANCE: Services treating mental health patients in their own homes will become ‘unsustainable’ unless there is extra investment, a trust chief executive has said.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Winner of ‘blueprint’ locum agency contract named
COMMERCIAL: A service to manage locum recruitment across nine South West hospital trusts will be managed by the Accident and Emergency Agency, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalWHO praises health visiting and breastfeeding services at Dorset trust
PERFORMANCE: Dorset Healthcare University Foundation Trust has been accredited by the children’s charity Unicef and the World Health Organisations for providing high standards within its health visiting and breastfeeding services.
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HSJ LocalParents angry about travel costs to see children placed out of area
PERFORMANCE: A lack of inpatient mental health facilities for young people in Cornwall has brought complaints from families forced to travel long distances ‘out of county’ to see their children.
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HSJ LocalTrust falls short on nursing provision in 20pc of shifts
WORKFORCE: One in five shifts at West Suffolk Foundation Trust did not have enough nurses during January, trust board papers show.
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HSJ LocalTrust borrows £3m to cover capital ‘slippage’
FINANCE: Northumberland Tyne and Wear Foundation Trust plans is to loan £3m from the Department of Health’s independent trust finance facility to cover a shortage of funds for capital projects this year.