All Community services articles – Page 45
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HSJ LocalTrust pulls out of contract amid whistleblowers’ safety concerns
An independent investigation has been commissioned into quality and safety concerns in prison health services in Liverpool, while the trust that runs them has given early notice on its contract.
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HSJ LocalJoint chair appointed across acute and mental health trusts
A new chair has been announced for a teaching hospital trust and its local mental health trust.
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NewsCCGs tender £125m contract for integrated urgent care
A distressed health economy is redesigning its urgent care services with commissioners releasing a £125m contract to bring urgent out of hospital services together.
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HSJ LocalSouthern Health fined after it 'failed to protect patients'
Southern Health must pay more than £150,000 after an “inexcusable failure” that led to a mental health patient suffering life changing injuries after they fell from the roof of a psychiatric unit.
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HSJ LocalPrivate provider loses community services contract to NHS
Virgin Care has lost its bid to hold on to community services in part of Surrey, with the local trust and GP federation chosen as preferred bidder for the Guildford and Waverley area.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Rumblings in south west London
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy.
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HSJ LocalTrust in special measures appoints new chair
England’s only fully integrated health trust, which is in special measures, has promoted one of its non-executive directors to chair of the organisation.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Pioneering trust partnership names joint exec team
A hospital and mental health trust have confirmed their joint board and management structure, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTeaching hospital loses community contracts
St George’s University Hospitals Foundation Trust loses health visitor and community adult health services contracts Central London Community Healthcare Trust wins the £51.6m contract Hospital trust still provides inpatient sexual health services after not bidding for community sexual health services A London teaching hospital trust has lost ...
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HSJ LocalTrusts confirm new shared chief executive
An acute trust and a mental health and community trust have appointed a joint chief executive after forming an alliance to make services more integrated.
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HSJ LocalWinner of troubled community services contract named
Liverpool’s troubled community services will be run by a mental health provider from November, after its bid for the contract was preferred to that of the city’s children’s trust.
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HSJ LocalRevealed: Triple trust merger delayed
A merger between three West Midlands trusts to create one of the biggest community and mental health providers in the county has been delayed, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsPrivate firm beats trust to controversial £55m contract
A controversial £55m contract for elective treatment has been given to a private provider, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalSocial enterprise chief resigns suddenly to 'explore new opportunities'
The chief executive of a social enterprise that provides community services across west Yorkshire has resigned, four months after the company received a damning inspection report.
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HSJ LocalTrusts to appoint joint chief ahead of merger
A community trust and mental health trust have announced plans to merge and will switch to joint leadership next year.
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NewsExclusive: NHS regulators face scrutiny in new Kirkup inquiry
A new inquiry by Bill Kirkup into the death of a baby girl 16 years ago will examine the role of NHS regulators and national bodies whose inaction led to a “regulatory gap”, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalThird of hospital's patients unable to leave as CCGs struggle to fund services
A trust in the West Midlands is unable to discharge 30 per cent of patients from one of its hospitals as commissioners in the region struggle to fund community services, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: Why community nurses suffer from lack of shared data
Community staff are still working with old, inefficient systems, a leading nursing expert tells Alison Moore
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HSJ LocalTrust, private providers and GPs form alliance
A community trust in Yorkshire is setting up an alliance with local GPs and two private primary care providers to deliver accident and emergency streaming services.
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HSJ LocalSouthern Health recruits new chief executive from neighbouring trust
A scandal hit mental health and community trust has hired its new chief executive from a neighbouring organisation.