All HSJ Local top news articles – Page 144
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North East Essex considers terminating contract with CSU
STRUCTURE: North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group is considering terminating its contract with Central Eastern CSU, and has already decided to bring three services in house.
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HSJ LocalCCGs tell Serco to improve service
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners have insisted community services in Suffolk run by Serco are “safe”, a week after a council said they could be deteriorating.
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'Assurances' sought over scrutiny of interim finance officers
A health minister has demanded assurances over the appointment process for interim finance directors to avoid a repeat of a situation where a primary care trust’s financial position was mis-stated by at least £28m.
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HSJ LocalBoy 'should have received high dependency care', inquest hears
A four-year-old boy who died following major heart surgery on a controversial hospital ward should have been receiving high-dependency care when he suffered a cardiac arrest, an inquest heard on Wednesday.
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HSJ LocalCCGs express concerns about trust's leadership
Leaders of three clinical commissioning groups have written to the chief executive of an acute trust setting out concerns about the quality of the care it provides.
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HSJ LocalLegal challenge issued over £16m service tender
COMMERCIAL: A clinical commissioning group is facing a legal challenge over the procurement of £16.6m in services using the innovative prime contractor model.
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Liverpool funds Citizens Advice advisers in GP practices
PERFORMANCE: Every GP practice in Liverpool is to have access to dedicated Citizens Advice advisers to whom patients with non-medical problems can be refered.
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Seclusion rooms used as bedrooms by mental health trust
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust has been issued with a warning notice by the Care Quality Commission after an inspection team found seclusion rooms were being used as bedrooms.
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Monitor approves proposal to dissolve Mid Staffs
Monitor has approved the trust special administrators’ proposal for Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust to be dissolved.
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Trust plans to borrow £36m for A&E expansion
University Hospitals of Leicester Trust plans to borrow up to £36m to fund the expansion of Leicester Royal Infirmary’s accident and emergency department.
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Trust receives £10m loan after not getting 'winter pressures' funding
FINANCE: A hospital trust has received a £10m loan from the Department of Health after failing to get funding to tackle winter pressures.
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Ambulance delays after IT blackout
Ambulance callouts were delayed on Christmas Day when London Ambulance Service Trust experienced an IT failure that forced staff to use pen and paper to record 999 calls.
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Private firm withdraws George Eliot bid
COMMERCIAL: George Eliot Hospital Trust has confirmed that one of the private firms shortlisted to take it over has pulled out of the bidding process.
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HSJ LocalNorthamptonshire Healthcare drops out of £800m contract race
COMMERCE: Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust has become the latest bidder to withdraw from a contest to win a flagship £800m older people’s services contract.
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Alder Hey safety concerns raised
An internal review at a leading children’s hospital has found significant safety concerns in its theatre departments.
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Trust admits it wrongly reported same sex compliance
PERFORMANCE: Dorset Healthcare University Foundation Trust has notified regulators that it has been failing standards on same sex accommodation for more than two years, despite reporting compliance.
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Legal challenge issued after out-of-hours firm loses bids
A provider of GP out-of-hours services is taking legal action after it lost bids in two out of three areas where they being tendered.
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Yorkshire ambulance staff poised to strike
WORKFORCE: Staff at Yorkshire Ambulance Service Trust are balloting for strike action over concerns changes to shift patterns could lead to paramedics working up to 10 hours without a meal break.
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Public healthcare shunned for private in east London
GPs and patients in east London may be choosing private treatment because of dissatisfaction with services at Barts Health Trust, according to Tower Hamlets Clinical Commissioning Group’s latest board papers.
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CQC lifts concerns at Weston
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has found Weston Area Health Trust is now meeting all standards for acute trusts.