All HSJ Local top news articles – Page 155
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Oxfordshire delayed transfers remain high despite assessment overhaul
PERFORMANCE: A significant change to care assessment in Oxfordshire aimed at reducing delayed transfers has led to an initial exacerbation of the problem.
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East Kent hospitals declares 'major incident' due to high activity
PERFORMANCE: East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust has been forced to declare an internal major incident due to high emergency demand.
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HSJ LocalHSE launches criminal probe into Mid Staffs patient death
A criminal investigation has been launched by the Health and Safety Executive into the death of a woman at Stafford Hospital in 2007.
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HSJ LocalClock stopped on FT merger investigation
COMMERCIAL: The first merger between two foundation trusts faces further delays after the Competition Commission “stopped the clock” on its investigation into the deal.
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Leeds surgery halt meant 10 children transferred
Ten sick children had to be transferred up to 120 miles from a Leeds paediatric heart unit while surgery was suspended, it has emerged.
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HSJ LocalCCP finds Bristol 'service swap' could be anti-competitive
COMMERCIAL: Plans to centralise some acute services in Bristol could be anti-competitive and must be investigated further, the Co-operation and Competition Panel has ruled.
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HSJ LocalCompeting hospital provider opposes Dorset FT merger
STRUCTURE: A hospital provider has written to the Competition Commission opposing plans for the first merger between two foundation trusts.
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HSJ LocalA&E performance nosedives after Bucks reconfiguration
PERFORMANCE: The closure of an accident and emergency unit in Wycombe has led to a sharp increase in A&E waiting times at neighbouring hospitals, trust board papers state.
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NewsOrthopaedic hospital PFI a step closer after affordable housing rollback
A London trust’s private finance initiative rebuild has moved a step closer after it secured permission to sell off some of its land with a smaller proportion than usual earmarked for affordable housing.
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HSJ LocalRegulator criticises Sherwood Forest over pathology concerns
A report prompted by concerns over breast cancer testing results at Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust has criticised management and communication within the organisation.
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Pilgrim Hospital given all-clear after CQC investigation
PERFORMANCE: United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust has met all 20 recommendations made by the Care Quality Commission following its 2011 investigation of the trust’s Pilgrim Hospital, according to a new report by the regulator.
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Cambridge FT wins £18m from Green Investment Bank
FINANCE: The Green Investment Bank will plough £18m into a biomass facility for Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, in the bank’s first investment in the NHS.
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HSJ LocalCongenital Cardiac Association questions Leeds service closure
PERFORMANCE: The British Congenital Cardiac Association has criticised the release of “raw” and “unverified” data about outcomes from children’s heart surgery at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust.
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HSJ LocalLeeds child heart surgery suspended after NHS England intervention
A review into children’s congenital heart surgery at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust is underway after NHS England intervened to ask the trust to suspend services.
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Yorkshire ambulance drivers to go on strike
WORKFORCE: Ambulance drivers and other health workers were due to strike today (Tuesday) in a bitter row over savings and union recognition.
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East of England ambulance chair resigns
WORKFORCE: The chair of troubled East of England Ambulance Service Trust has resigned with immediate effect.
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Warrington and Halton offers self-pay for treatments no longer funded by NHS
FINANCE: A hospital trust is offering patients who want a procedure which is not longer available on the NHS the opportunity to pay for it themselves at normal NHS prices.
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Monitor supports Heatherwood and Wexham Park takeover talks
STRUCTURE: Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust may be put into special administration if talks which would see it merged with another NHS organisation fail.
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Morecambe Bay reveals former chief’s compromise agreement
WORKFORCE: The foundation trust today released details of the ‘compromise agreement’ it reached with former chief executive Tony Halsall, who stepped down last February amidst a care quality scandal.
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Chief executive sent in to troubleshoot East of England ambulance
PERFORMANCE: The Department of Health has asked an experienced ambulance service chief to carry out an independent review of the troubled East of England Ambulance Trust ahead of an expected critical report from the Care Quality Commission.