All HSJ Local column articles – Page 4
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CommentOne in five organisations who failed April waiting times targets are in North West
A few days after NHS deputy chief executive David Flory issued a curt letter warning the health service not to allow any further failures to hit waiting time targets, an NHS North West board meeting considered the problem.
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CommentSouth Tyneside FT not quite the 'darling' of the North East
The Care Quality Commission’s series of judgements on dignity and nutrition in hospitals is rumbling on – and South Tyneside Foundation Trust has been added to the list of those deemed not to be meeting “the essential standards of quality and safety”.
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CommentEast of England raises concerns in accountability reviews
The East of England has been doing its annual round of accountability reviews at its primary care trusts. As well as South West Essex, Great Yarmouth and Waveney have had a visit.
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CommentThe North West's performance problems
A few days after NHS deputy chief executive David Flory issued a curt letter warning the health service not to allow any further failures to hit waiting times targets, an NHS North West board meeting considered its own share of the problem.
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CommentBig ambitions cause dilemma on the South East Coast
The South East Coast region is home to several large and ambitious mental health foundation trusts but evidence suggests that there has been a victim of one trust’s success.
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CommentClinical concerns in the South West rumble on
The aftershocks of last year’s independent inquiry into Bristol’s histopathology services are still being felt across the city through a series of reviews.
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London trusts fail ambulance handover targets
PERFORMANCE: Ambulance handover times have deteriorated across the capital since the government relaxed accident and emergency targets last year, a report has said.
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CommentSupport for children's heart unit intensifies in the South
Nothing mobilises a community quite like a hospital reconfiguration. Especially, it turns out, when the service threatened with possible closure is a children’s heart unit.
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CommentNorth divide to be united under NCB plans
NHS North East and North West are to be united – along with NHS Yorkshire and the Humber – HSJ understands.
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CommentLondon trusts encouraged by delayed 'drop dead' date for FT status
So what does the slackening off of the pressure behind the foundation trust pipeline mean for London, the most stubborn of regions in resisting an all-FT health service?
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CommentA daunting savings picture emerges in North West
As heavy as it is, there is little doubt that the burden of delivering the NHS’s £20bn savings target rests more heavily on the shoulders of some than others. Specifically, it rests heaviest on London and Manchester.
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CommentProvider trouble brewing in the East
A number of concerns were raised in a report from the East of England provider development board last month.
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CommentLondon's commissioner-provider relationships set on edge
Which bit of London has the worst commissioner/provider relationships?
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CommentEast Midlands trusts aiming to clamp down on A&E underperformance
Scrapping the national target to keep accident and emergency waits below four hours has failed to ease the pressure on trusts and commissioners in the East Midlands.
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CommentA collaborative spirit between trusts and local government in the South West
NHS organisations in the South West appear to be embracing the drive for closer working between the health service and local authorities.
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CommentNorth Yorkshire and York faces ongoing financial difficulties
North Yorkshire and York is one of the most financially troubled primary care trusts in the country.
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CommentSouth East Coast trusts chasing foundation status
Like many trusts around the country, those in the South East Coast are busy considering ways of getting themselves to the holy grail of foundation status.
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CommentSouth Central trusts face paybill cuts to meet CIP targets
If trusts are to meet their cost improvement plan targets for 2011-12, they have to make significant savings through cutting the paybill.
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CommentScreening programmes under threat in London
Chlamydia screening is not a big outlay for commissioners but they are measured on it, along with other screening programmes.
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CommentSouth West aiming to take harder line on 'urgent' care
No more Mr Nice Guy for patients turning up without bona fide conditions. That is the message coming from Weston Area Health Trust, following the recent opening of their nice shiny new accident and emergency department.