Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust – Page 8
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NewsNHS England mulls young people's mental health tender
NHS England is considering putting inpatient child and adolescent mental health services out to tender in a bid to tackle “out of area” placements for vulnerable young people.
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NewsBirmingham CCGs issue tender for joined up mental health service
Commissioners in Birmingham are appealing for consortium bids to run a new joined up mental health service for children, adolescents and young adults, potentially worth some £100m.
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NewsHealth chiefs flock to Twitter to talk to staff and the public
Trust chiefs have taken to Twitter in significant numbers in a bid to keep in contact with staff, swap ideas and drive good practice, HSJ research has revealed.
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NewsNHS Twitterati: How we engage staff and communicate with the public
The most active chief executives on Twitter reveal why they use the platform
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HSJ LocalBirmingham Children's Hospital missing cancelled ops reduction target
PERFORMANCE: Birmingham Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust is underperforming against its own target for cancelled operations, the trust’s latest board papers show.
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NewsLaptops on ward rounds 'could save doctors an hour a day'
Using laptops or tablets instead of paper during hospital ward rounds could save each doctor almost an hour a day, research suggests.
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NewsHSJ Live 21.02.2014: Police probe launched into Worcestershire patient deaths
First merger since CCGs became statutory bodies in April last year, plus the rest of today’s comment and news
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End Game realises that, broadly speaking, it is out of order to make observations about very successful women by reference to their husbands – or to intrude into family life (Press Complaints Commission code point 3, for media regulation fans).But we do feel the need to highlight one tweet by ...
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NewsFury at hospital parking charges
Campaigners have slammed car parking charges at hospitals, with some NHS organisations charging almost three times the national average.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham Children's Hospital hails feedback app
PERFORMANCE: Birmingham Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust has said an innovative new feedback app - which allows patients to make comments on how they are being treated in almost real-time – has been a success.
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HSJ Local
CCG flags diagnostics delays at Birmingham Children's
PERFORMANCE: Diagnostic waits at Birmingham Children’s Hospital have been described as the “main current performance issue” in south and central Birmingham.
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HSJ Local
Three Birmingham trusts consider co-location
STRUCTURE: A specialist trust in Birmingham is considering moving onto the site of a major local acute hospital as part of a programme of closer working between providers in the city.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham Women's relies on non-recurrent 'efficiencies'
FINANCE: Birmingham Women’s Hospital Foundation Trust has made a third of its efficiency schemes non-recurrently so far this year.
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NewsCalls for action to tackle sharp rise in emergency readmissions
Campaigners have called for renewed efforts to tackle inappropriate discharges after new analysis found the number of elderly patients requiring emergency readmission to hospital had nearly doubled in the past decade.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham A&E performance dips
PERFORMANCE: Accident and emergency performance in Birmingham and Solihull declined in September, and is rated as amber.
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HSJ Local
Maternity activity below plan at Birmingham Women's
PERFORMANCE: Maternity activity at the Birmingham Women’s Hospital is below target.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham Women's falls short on CIP
FINANCE: Birmingham Women’s Foundation Trust found efficiency savings worth £796,000 in the first three months of 2012-13 – slightly under its target of £858,000.
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HSJ Local
Revenue rise for Birmingham Women's trust
FINANCE: Commissioners have agreed a £2.96m income rise for Birmingham Women’s Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham maternity capacity review begins
STRUCTURE: A review of maternity capacity in the Birmingham and Solihull area began this month.