All HSJ Local top news articles – Page 136
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HSJ LocalTrust wins council social care contract
COMMERCE: South Tyneside Foundation Trust has won a 10 year local authority contract to run an integrated care services hub.
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HSJ LocalMorecambe Bay bids for £17m price hike
FINANCE: One of the most challenged trusts in England has applied to have its prices increased by more than £17m, arguing its remote location prevents it from operating within the national payment by results tariff.
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HSJ LocalJunior doctors left without consultant supervision, report reveals
PERFORMANCE: Training offered to junior doctors by Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Foundation Trust has been criticised after an investigation found that trainees were running specialist clinics without consultant supervision.
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HSJ LocalDevon procurement plan resisted by providers and local council
A Devon commissioner’s plan to award community services contracts without putting them out to tender has been resisted by competing providers and a local authority.
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HSJ LocalSocial enterprise explores ‘merger’ with NHS trust
STRUCTURE: A social enterprise established to provide community services in Cornwall could be taken back into the NHS after experiencing financial difficulties.
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HSJ LocalBasildon and Thurrock considers clinical placements for armed forces
WORKFORCE: Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust is considering offering clinical placements for members of the armed forces to help ease staffing pressures.
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HSJ LocalImperial plans huge land selloff to fund reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: Imperial College Healthcare Trust is to sell off huge tracts of land across three of its hospitals to help fund a major revamp of services, according to clinical strategy papers released last week.
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HSJ LocalBedfordshire CCG clinical chief defends hospital downgrade plans
The chief clinical officer of Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group appears to have ruled out a radical reconfiguration proposal for its acute services that would downgrade Bedford Hospital to a GP led facility with no beds.
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HSJ LocalBedford and Milton Keynes face A&E downgrades in Keogh plans
A reshaping of hospital services in the east of England could result in the accident and emergency departments of Bedford or Milton Keynes hospitals being downgraded, commissioners have announced.
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HSJ LocalPatients outside Addenbrooke's catchment area cause A&E spike
Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust has uncovered a “perfect storm” of factors behind a sharp spike in its accident and emergency attendances after polling its patients.
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HSJ LocalFirst CCG merger approved
STRUCTURE: A proposal by three clinical commissioning groups in the north east to merge has been approved by NHS England.
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HSJ LocalRoyal Marsden fraudsters jailed
FINANCE: An NHS worker who played an integral role in a fraud that saw more than half a million pounds drained from a world leading cancer hospital has been jailed for four years.
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HSJ Local£1.2bn Staffordshire procurement defended
Most cancer and end of life care services in Staffordshire are unlikely to change providers following a £1.2bn contract procurement, one of the directors behind the commissioning process has said.
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NewsMajor reorganisation of specialist cancer and cardiac treatment approved
A reorganisation of specialist cancer and cardiac treatment across north east London and West Essex that will see two major hospitals host one specialism each was given the green light by commissioners last week.
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HSJ LocalMid Staffs judicial review bids fail
Two judicial reviews to block the dissolution and downgrade of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have been rejected by the High Court.
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HSJ LocalTrust ends lock out after striking pay deal
WORKFORCE: NHS pathology staff at Northampton General Hospital will be returning to work on Monday after a settlement was reached over a long running contract dispute.
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HSJ LocalPatient transport service fails to improve
PERFORMANCE: Clinical commissioning groups in Kent and Medway may be forced to continue using a patient transport service that is failing to hit its targets because of the terms of its contract.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Hinchingbrooke backtracks on controversial £50 referrals offer
The NHS hospital run by private provider Circle has been forced to withdraw an offer to pay local GPs a £50 ‘administrative fee’ for surgery referrals, claiming the proposal had been ‘misunderstood in some areas’.
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HSJ LocalManchester trust calls for suspension of Healthier Together consultation
STRUCTURE: A teaching hospital, whose services are threatened by a major shake up of acute care in Greater Manchester, has called for a ‘flawed’ consultation on the plan to be suspended.
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HSJ LocalBurton stays in special measures
PERFORMANCE: A West Midlands “Keogh trust” will remain in special measures after receiving a critical inspection report from the Care Quality Commission.