Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – Page 7
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Bennett sets out new approach for merger and failure
Monitor’s chief executive has used an HSJ interview to insist the regulator can offer support to foundation trusts to merge without falling foul of the competition authorities.
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Repeat patients add to A&E pressure
A small group of NHS patients are adding to pressures on accident and emergency departments by going to casualty dozens of times a year, according to an investigation by the BBC.
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Monitor to review services in Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes
STRUCTURE: Monitor has launched a review of health services in Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes in an attempt to avert “significant problems ahead” at two hospitals.
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Waiting list hike leads to delays for some treatments
A deliberate slowdown in the treatment of people with less serious ailments and the discovery of groups of patients who were not previously recorded in national statistics could be behind growing waiting lists, experts have said.
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Trusts continue to employ leaders 'off payroll'
Some trusts are struggling to comply with new regulations that require them to directly employ senior interim managers and to seek assurance about the tax arrangements of “off-payroll” workers.
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Bedford’s future viability questioned by auditors
Bedford Hospital Trust faces “significant challenges” remaining sustainable in the future, its auditors have warned.
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Exclusive: Trainee doctors to be withdrawn from DGH
Trainee doctors are to be withdrawn from the paediatrics department of a district general hospital, HSJ has learned.
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Analysed: The impact of pathology reorganisation
An in-depth look at two major pathology reorganisations in the Midlands and East of England and the wider implications
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Bedford Hospital Trust introduces new parking charges
FINANCE New parking charges are being introduced for patients and visitors at Bedford Hospital’s South Wing site.
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Mental health trust admits it is unable to win FT status alone
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust has become the latest NHS provider to admit it will not be able to win foundation trust status independently.
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Central and North West London Foundation Trust wins Milton Keynes contract
COMMERCIAL: Central and North West London Foundation Trust has won a bid to provide community services in Milton Keynes.
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East of England pathology shake-up announced
NHS Midlands and East has announced the successful bidders in a tender for pathology services across the East of England, as part of a long-awaited reconfiguration intended to cut the region’s lab bill by up to £29m.
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Moorfields in discussion with Bedford Hospital on satellite site
COMMERCIAL: Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust have had a discussion with Bedford Hospital Trust on a satellite site at the Bedfordshire trust.
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South east Midlands hospitals face major service reconfiguration
A major reconfiguration of acute hospital care in the East Midlands will see significant change for five trusts in the region, HSJ has learned.
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Analysed: The future of acute services in the south east Midlands
This week we examine the reconfiguration of hospital services across the south east Midlands to ensure services remain viable as demand rises
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District general hospital trust forced to look for merger partner
A £145m-turnover district general hospital is the latest to concede it cannot become a foundation trust on its own and look for a merger partner.
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Beds may seek partner for FT bid
STRUCTURE: The chief executive of Bedford Hospital Trust has said the organisation has to keep open all options on the road to foundation trust status – including working with a partner.
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Vascular services set for major reconfiguration
A major shake-up in vascular services is planned for the East of England, with several hospitals set to lose work.
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Concern over board FT meetings held in private
Only two out of the five acute foundation trusts which hold board meetings in private in the East of England have changed their policies, nearly a year being told to do so by the health secretary.
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Bedford Hospital clear of MRSA for a year
PERFORMANCE: Bedford Hospital has been clear of MRSA cases for over a year.