All CALDERDALE AND HUDDERSFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST articles – Page 5
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HSJ LocalA&E shake-up restarts in attempt to reverse FT’s financial woes
STRUCTURE: Controversial plans to reconfigure emergency services at two Yorkshire hospitals have been relaunched, amid concerns about their financial sustainability and staffing levels.
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SupplementsDelivering value supplement: Get hip, pay less
It has been shown that better procurement could quickly release millions of pounds to an NHS organisation. Why is it still underexploited? Jennifer Trueland reports, in association with Inverto
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HSJ LocalCalderdale reconfiguration rejected in council report
STRUCTURE: There is ‘not convincing evidence’ that proposals to reconfigure services hospitals services in Calderdale and Greater Huddersfield would ‘produce better health outcomes for our population or represent good value for money’, a council commissioned report has found.
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HSJ LocalExternal improvement director appointed at Heart of England
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has appointed an improvement director to help turn around Heart of England Foundation Trust.
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HSJ LocalYorkshire FT agrees legally binding undertakings over deteriorating finances
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HSJ Local
Monitor investigates Yorkshire FT over finance problem
FINANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into the deterioration of finances at Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust.
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HSJ LocalYorkshire CCGs postpone A&E downgrade consultation
STRUCTURE: Two Yorkshire clinical commissioning groups have shelved plans to consult on a hospital reconfiguration that could result in the closure of an accident and emergency unit.
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NewsSix NHS leaders join Confederation board
Six NHS leaders have been appointed as trustees on the NHS Confederation board, it has announced today.
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HSJ Knowledge
Four hours in A&E: what the target tells us about trusts
Does performance reflect the leadership?
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HSJ Local
Calderdale and Huddersfield misses target for TIA patients
PERFORMANCE: Only 51 per cent of transient ischemic attack patients with high risk of stroke were treated within 24 hours at Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust in October, falling below the 60 per cent target.
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HSJ Local
Calderdale and Huddersfield trials transplant
RESEARCH: Fast recovery times and better eyesight are the result of an innovative transplant procedure being carried out at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Calderdale and Huddersfield leading on new cornea surgery
SERVICES: Patients at Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust are benefiting from a new cornea transplant process.
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HSJ Local
Keyhole kidney stone treatment introduced at Huddersfield
SERVICES: Keyhole treatment for kidney stones is now available at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, saving patients a journey to Wakefield or Leeds. And a new centralised urology unit at the hospital can also use lithotropsy to break up smaller stones.
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HSJ Local
Yorkshire CSU appoints chief finance officer
WORKFORCE: Mike Savage has been appointed as chief finance officer for the West and South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Commissioning Support Unit.
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HSJ Local
Transfer of children's services in SW Yorkshire
STRUCTURE: Child and adolescent mental health services in Calderdale and Kirklees have transferred to South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation Trust.
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HSJ Local
Managers work out of hours in bid to fix Calderdale trust A&E performance
PERFORMANCE: Managers are on site during the weekend at Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust as it tries to improve accident and emergency performance.
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HSJ Local
Non attendance costs Calderdale trust £5m a year
FINANCE: Patients not turning up for outpatient appointments are costing Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust nearly £5m a year in lost income.
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HSJ Local
Big surplus at Calderdale & Huddersfield
FINANCE: Overperformance on contracts, savings from unfilled vacancies and some non-recurrent income has meant that Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust had a £4.9m surplus at the end of month 10, against a plan of £3.3m. The trust is now predicting it will end the year with a surplus of £3.4m, ...
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HSJ Local
Calderdale and Huddersfield seeks to speed fracture ops
PERFORMANCE: Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust is taing action to improve its performance on fractured neck of femur operations to ensure patients get into theatre quickly. The trust has a target of treating 85 per cent of patients within 36 hours but its performance this year is only 66 per ...
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HSJ Local
Calderdale and Huddersfield looks to reserves for savings
FINANCE: More than a fifth of Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust’s efficiency savings target of £14.2m had still to be identified at the end of month ten and will be met out of reserves. However, the board was told that all but £1.6m of the identified savings were low risk, ...