All HSJ Local top news articles – Page 126
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HSJ LocalUpdated: ‘Unique’ consortium wins Birmingham mental health contract
COMMERCIAL: A consortium involving public, private and voluntary sector providers has been appointed preferred bidder for a £124m contract to deliver joined up mental health services to children, adolescents and young adults in Birmingham.
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HSJ LocalCMA to investigate Surrey trusts' merger plan
The proposed merger between two trusts in Surrey has hit a stumbling block after the Competition and Markets Authority said the merger could have ‘adverse effects’ for patients and it has launched an investigation.
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A&E consultants resign en masse from trust
Five accident and emergency consultants have resigned from a troubled West Midlands acute trust across two hospitals, including all four consultants from one department.
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HSJ LocalGP 'super-practice' care model will 'break commissioning barriers'
STRUCTURE: A GP ‘super-practice’ is seeking to trial new models of care outlined in the NHS Five Year Forward View to ‘break down commissioning barriers’ and ‘innovate at a faster pace’.
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HSJ LocalMorecambe Bay hospital services reconfiguration plans revealed
STRUCTURE: Plans have been unveiled to reconfigure services at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust by phasing out most of the inpatient surgery at one of its hospitals.
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HSJ LocalAcute trusts seek to establish 'blueprint' for regional locum agencies
COMMERCIAL: Nine South West trusts have embarked on an initiative to bring down the cost of hiring locum doctors, which it hopes will be a “blueprint” for the health service across the country.
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HSJ LocalLocal influence over community hospitals at risk, warns Devon trust chief
COMMERCIAL: The leader of a Devon trust has warned that local influence over how a number of its community hospitals are used will lessen if it loses possession of the sites.
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HSJ LocalSocial enterprises win Cornwall out of hours contract
COMMERCIAL: A social enterprise consortium will replace Serco as the provider of out of hours GP services across Cornwall.
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HSJ LocalNorfolk and Suffolk FT withdraws from mutuals project
STRUCTURE: Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust has today announced its withdrawal from the government’s Mutuals in Health pathfinder project.
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NewsMidlands paramedic sentenced after hospital death
A West Midlands paramedic has been handed an eight month suspended sentence after failing to examine and start resuscitation on a man who collapsed outside a hospital emergency department.
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HSJ LocalMidlands trust asks former chair to pay back £10k
FINANCE: The Royal Wolverhampton Trust is attempting to claw back more than £10,000 paid to a previous chair because the payment was in breach of financial rules for trusts.
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HSJ LocalShrewsbury and Telford chief executive to retire
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust has announced he is retiring.
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HSJ LocalStafford Hospital inpatient surgery transferred
Surgical services and procedures requiring overnight inpatient stays have been transferred from the former Stafford Hospital to Royal Stoke University Hospital and Royal Wolverhampton Trust.
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HSJ LocalShane Gordon appointed Colchester chief operating officer
WORKFORCE: Shane Gordon has been appointed chief operating officer of Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust.
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HSJ LocalCQC tells north west London trust to improve
PERFORMANCE: Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation Trust has been told to improve after Care Quality Commission inspectors had concerns about risks to patient safety and a lack of compliance with infection control.
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HSJ LocalHinchingbrooke applies for £9.6m government bailout
Privately run Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust has warned that its deficit could exceed £12m this year, and has applied for a government bailout of nearly £10m.
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HSJ LocalTrust still waiting for £4m to clear elective backlog
FINANCE: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust is still awaiting £4m of funding to help it clear its large backlog of elective patients waiting for treatment.
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HSJ LocalGloucestershire trust challenges CCG penalties
FINANCE: Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust has formally challenged a decision by its main commissioner to impose financial penalties worth a total of £2m this year.
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HSJ LocalCapita in NHS staff data breach
WORKFORCE: The outsourcing firm Capita has been responsible for a breach of NHS employees’ personal data in Liverpool, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalNorovirus forces trust to cancel all non-urgent operations
PERFORMANCE: North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust has been forced to cancel all non-urgent operations at one of its hospitals following an outbreak of norovirus.