Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – Page 5
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HSJ Local
Local A&E review scrapped in favour of STP
Standalone review of A&E services at Bedford and Milton Keynes hospitals merged into regional STP Decision made between NHS England and CCGs after draft STP submitted at end of June Bedford Hospital appeared unaware review was ending just two weeks prior to announcement ACUTE CARE: A standalone review ...
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HSJ Local
Bedford trust's deficit could grow even with £13m loan
Loan will mean cumulative deficit reaches £46.4m by the end of 2016-17 Projected £10.2m deficit for 2016-17 could rise if trust does not meet funding targets Finance director says deficit reduction dependent on STP’s success FINANCE: Bedford Hospital Trust has agreed a loan of £13.2m from NHS Improvement ...
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HSJ Local
CCGs: Hospital trust should lose major services
Bedford should be stripped of obstetrics and majority of emergency surgical care, review recommends Senior figure says Bedford clinicians have “mixed feelings” about removal of obstetrics Proposal is latest stage of protracted efforts to reconfigure services across Bedford and Milton Keynes If proposals are rubberstamped they would go to ...
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News
High performing trust bosses asked to 'peer review' others
NHS Improvement has asked 30 providers to take part in governance reviews at other trusts A number of specific reviews to be commissioned in coming months Reviews will be supported by external consultants Regulators have asked chief executives and chairs at “high performing” trusts to take part in ...
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News
Analysis: 20 trusts behind half of A&E performance decline
Twenty trusts responsible for most of the rise in A&E four hour target breaches Eight of the trusts also drove last year’s decline Smaller trusts disproportionately driving the decline Eight trusts hit the 95 per cent target for 2015-16 overall Twenty hospitals trusts are responsible for more than ...
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News
Trusts named for consultancy turnaround programme
NHS Improvement has revealed the 16 trusts in the first wave of its £25m turnaround programme.
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Expert Briefing
The Commissioner: Who wants to be a combined authority?
What NHS England isn’t telling you, and more indispensable weekly insight for commissioners, by Dave West
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Comment
The call must go out to improve hospital switchboard services
Our research into hospital switchboard performance suggests more staff might be needed if the NHS is to be transformed into a seven day service, write Thomas Hampton and colleagues
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News
Revealed: First digital maturity index scores in full
This is a full list of trusts’ scores on the new digital maturity index, based on HSJ analysis of NHS England data.
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HSJ Local
London CCG pursuing prime provider model for MSK
A London CCG is commissioning a musculoskeletal contract with capped costs.
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News
Sir David Dalton named top chief executive for third year
Third HSJ Top Chief Executives list revealed Sir David Dalton’s achievements at Salford Royal and nationally highlighted by judges Twenty-two women in the list of 50 Sir David Dalton has been named as the leading provider chief executive in the NHS for the third year in a row, ...
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HSJ Local
Prestigious teaching trust restricts access to heart service
Cambridge University Hospitals temporarily restricts outpatient cardiology service for out of area patients Leaked letter says decision made to avoid “potential safety concerns” CUH cites increase in demand and staff shortages as reasons Waiting list for cardiology outpatient service rising by 50 patients a week ACUTE CARE: A ...
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News
Revealed: Trusts' estimated savings potential
By using publicly available data, HSJ has been able to closely match the methodology used by Lord Carter to produce trusts’ headline “savings opportunity” figures. Here we list the least and most efficient trusts according to the headline measure, as well as data for all trusts.
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News
FT chief named as NHS England urgent and emergency care lead
Pauline Philip, chief executive of Luton and Dunstable University Hospital Foundation Trust, is joining NHS England on secondment as national urgent and emergency care director.
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HSJ Local
NHS England suspends clinical leader rule for struggling CCG
NHS England has temporarily suspended its rule requiring a clinical commissioning group to have clinician in one of its top two roles, in the case of a struggling Midlands CCG, it has emerged.
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Comment
Bedford responds: Circle's contract is still far from perfect
Commission outcome based incentives
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News
Pathology joint venture records growth but restructuring hits profits
A public-private pathology provider part owned by two London trusts increased its revenues last year, but a substantial restructure prompted by changes to tax rules resulted in a small drop in profits.