All BURTON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST articles – Page 2
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NewsExclusive: Third trust reveals large neurology backlog
A trust in the East Midlands has become the latest to reveal it has hundreds of neurology patients overdue follow up appointments due to a lack of capacity.
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HSJ LocalTrust forced to pay £300k VAT over Virgin Care contract
A trust in Staffordshire has been forced to pay hundreds of thousands of pounds in VAT charges due to a controversial “prime provider” contract commissioned by its CCG.
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HSJ LocalRevealed: Hundreds more neurology patients left waiting for appointments
Another trust in the West Midlands has raised concerns over under pressure neurology services with hundreds of people waiting for an appointment.
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HSJ LocalRevealed: 'Distress' as over 1,000 neurology patients left waiting
More than 1,000 patients have been left waiting for follow up appointments because of capacity problems at a struggling specialist service.
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HSJ LocalCCG leader appointed director of troubled STP
Simon Whitehouse to be director of Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent STP Mr Whitehouse was accountable officer for South Cheshire and Vale Royal CCGs Staffordshire STP has struggled to recruit a chair and North Midlands trust faces a £119m deficit this year A commissioning leader from the North West has ...
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HSJ LocalFoundation trusts move step closer to full merger
Derby Teaching Hospitals and Burton Hospitals agree outline business case for merger Both trusts need to develop more sustainable footing for services in future Full business case expected in the autumn Two hospital trusts in the Midlands have approved an outline business case to merge.
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NewsFour in five trusts spent over a year in special measures
Fewer than one in five trusts removed from quality special measures within 12 months Initial expectation was trusts would come out within 12 months Ten trusts have spent two years or more in the regime Mike Richards says: ”What is most important is that the right changes are made ...
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HSJ LocalVirgin Care and CCG in dispute over changes to £270m contract
East Staffordshire CCG in dispute with Virgin Care over “prime provider” contract CCG’s finances at risk due to disagreement with the provider over potential changes to £270m community services contract Burton Hospitals FT unable to sign subcontract with Virgin Care, with risks for its control total A Midlands ...
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HSJ LocalFoundation trusts could consider merger
Two NHS trusts in the Midlands are working on proposals to work closer together, including a potential full merger, HSJ understands.
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NewsRevealed: 24 A&Es could be closed or downgraded
Twenty four emergency departments - around 15 per cent of the national total - could be closed or downgraded in the next four years, analysis shows HSJ has identified and mapped those most likely to be affected in an unprecedented analysis Twenty four emergency departments - around 15 ...
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HSJ LocalExclusive: STP chair resigns before plan is published
Staffordshire STP chairman John MacDonald has resigned The Staffordshire STP may be one of the last to be published and is expected to be revealed next month Mr MacDonald, chairman of UHNM, said he wanted to focus on the “immediate challenges” facing the trust The leader of ...
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NewsRevealed: New oversight ratings for every NHS trust
Each trust placed in one of four categories based on the level of support they require from NHS Improvement Trusts will be formally categorised next month as part of the regulator’s new “single oversight framework” Thirty-five out of 238 trusts will have “maximum autonomy” See every rating in the ...
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NewsExclusive: Trust bailouts reach almost £2bn
Trust bailouts reach almost £2bn in 2015-16, up from £1.2bn the previous year Payments necessary to maintain the day to day running of hospitals and to pay staff or creditors London trust says there is “no realistic prospect” of repaying its loan without further support Explore the full data ...
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HSJ LocalStaffordshire trust appoints new chief executive
Burton Hospitals Foundation Trust has announced the appointment of Helen Scott-South as its new chief executive.
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HSJ LocalMidlands FT chief executive resigns
The chief executive of Burton Hospitals Foundation Trust has resigned after steering the trust out of special measures last October.
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NewsRevealed: 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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HSJ PartnersHow a mobile app can help manage appointments
Better technology can improve various all of healthcare
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HSJ LocalStaffs CCG to reduce minor injury unit opening times
FINANCE: South East Staffordshire and Seisdon Peninsula Clinical Commissioning Group is to reduce the opening hours of two minor injury units to “free up” approximately £300,000 a year, it has announced.
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HSJ LocalUpdated: Burton Hospitals leaves special measures
PERFORMANCE: Burton Hospitals Foundation Trust has been removed from regulatory special measures.
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HSJ LocalKeogh trust to exit special measures after two years
QUALITY: The Care Quality Commission has recommended that Tameside Hospital Foundation Trust comes out of special measures.