All HSJ Local top news articles – Page 150
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HSJ LocalNicholson highlights 'significant problems' at Morecambe Bay
Sir David Nicholson has said “cultural problems” remain at University Hospital of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust’s scandal-hit maternity unit.
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HSJ LocalHinchingbrooke-style franchise considered for Peterborough
A Hinchingbrooke-style private franchise could take over Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust’s main site, Monitor has confirmed.
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HSJ LocalTen bidders announced for £800m older people's contract
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group today announced the 10 bidders that have passed the first stage of a contest to provide integrated older people’s services worth up to £800m.
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HSJ LocalMid Staffs downgrade set to lead to court battle
A bid to downgrade services at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust could end in court, it has emerged.
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Trust responds to Keogh by centralising complex surgery
STRUCTURE: North Cumbria University Hospitals will tomorrow take the first steps towards centralising all of its complex surgery onto one site, at the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle.
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Hospital fined over legionella
A hospital trust has been ordered to pay fines and costs of £350,000 for failing to ensure the safety of its patients.
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NewsNHS England 'working with' GP firm over Merseyside practice concerns
NHS England has acknowledged concerns raised about services at some of the 22 practices in Liverpool and Sefton which were taken over by a GP-led company in the spring.
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North West Ambulance to take on 111 in East Cheshire
COMMERCIAL: North West Ambulance Service Trust will take on NHS 111 in the area for an interim period, Eastern Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group has announced.
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'Abuse' sparks Monitor probe at Calderstones
PERFORMANCE: Monitor yesterday announced it had launched an investigation into Calderstones Partnership after a patient was abused while in the foundation trust’s care.
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Inherited care liability adds to CCG's financial woes
FINANCE: Mid Essex Clinical Commissioning Group could face an unfunded liability of up to £8m for NHS continuing healthcare claims made before the group came into being.
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HSJ LocalBREAKING: Mid Staffs to be prosecuted over patient death
Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust is to be prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive following the death of a patient in April 2007.
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HSJ LocalHigh Court orders second inquest over Mid Staffs death
The High Court has ordered a second inquest be held into the death of a Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust patient which has been the subject of accusations of a lack of openness by senior managers.
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Concerns raised about Ipswich Hospital’s finances
FINANCE Ipswich Hospital Trust has labelled its finances an area of “high risk” after auditors raised concerns about its savings plans.
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Controversial £1bn contract cut by a fifth
COMMERCIAL Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group has cut the value of its controversial integrated older people’s services tender by £200m, HSJ has learned.
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Controversial decision on Dorset FT merger delayed
STRUCTURE: The decision on whether the first merger between two foundation trusts can go ahead has been delayed until October to give the Competition Commission more time to consider the potential patient benefits.
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King’s Lynn FT to bring in ‘external support’ after regulator mauling
Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn Foundation Trust is to bring in “external support” to sort out financial and performance problems identified by regulators, Monitor has announced.
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HSJ LocalCouncil moves to block mental health reconfiguration
STRUCTURE: Plans to remove all acute inpatient mental health beds from Medway Maritime Hospital have been referred to the health secretary by local councillors.
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Seven-day GP services to be trialed in Greater Manchester
STRUCTURE: A new six-month trial will see patients in the North West have greater access to GPs, with surgeries opened into the evening and on weekends in a bid to reduce the number of unnecessary A&E visits.
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Takeover of 20 GP practices approved by OFT
COMMERCIAL: The takeover of 20 Merseyside general practices by a North West based company has been approved by the Office of Fair Trading.
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NHS trust defends chief's pay rise
WORKFORCE: The chairman of a hospital trust which was put in special measures after a major national review of high mortality rates said it would have been a “grave mistake and false economy” not to boost the chief executive’s salary by £25,000.