All HSJ Local top news articles – Page 157
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Medway delays merger plan following mortality probe
STRUCTURE: Medway Foundation Trust has asked Monitor to put on hold its consideration of a proposed merger after its high mortality rate was highlighted.
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Only PCT with deficit begins cutting it
FINANCE: The troubled North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust has slightly improved its large expected deficit - but has been asked to reduce it further.
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John Lawlor appointed NHSCB director for Cumbria, Northumberland and Tyne & Wear
STRUCTURE: John Lawlor has been apppointed as the NHS Commissioning Board’s local area team director for Cumbria, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear.
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Frimley Park in talks to take over Heatherwood and Wexham Park
STRUCTURE: Frimley Park Hospital Foundation Trust is considering taking over Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals Foundation Trust, it was announced today.
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HSJ LocalLewisham Council gives Hunt deadline to backtrack on hospital downgrade
STRUCTURE: Lewisham Council has given Jeremy Hunt a deadline of February 22 to backtrack on the downgrade of Lewisham Hospital or face a judicial review.
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NewsCommissioners intervene to prevent Furness maternity transfer
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has dropped plans to temporarily shut maternity and neonatal services in Furness after commissioners intervened to resolve its staffing crisis.
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HSJ LocalNorthern Devon closes inpatient beds
STRUCTURE: Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has announced a temporary closure of a community hospital to inpatients following a critical Care Quality Commission inspection.
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HSJ LocalLewisham consultants ask Keogh for evidence over 'lives saved' claim
STRUCTURE: Senior clinicians from Lewisham Hospital have written to NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh to ask him to explain a statistic which Jeremy Hunt attributed to him about mortality at A&E departments.
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Mid Staffs worker suspended over photos
A worker at Stafford Hospital has been suspended after taking photographs of patients in breach of staff guidelines.
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NewsRegulator to cap Queen's Hospital A&E admissions
The Care Quality Commission is to place a restriction on the number of patients that can be treated at an east London emergency department.
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Protest against trust's plans to cut £24m
Around 70 Unison members, clerical and administration staff, protested outside Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust’s headquarters in Wakefield against proposed cuts to job losses and pay cuts.
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Staffing crisis prompts transfer of troubled maternity unit
WORKFORCE: The troubled Furness General Hospital’s consultant-led maternity services are to be temporarily moved to a neighbouring county in a bid to avert potentially dangerous levels of understaffing.
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East Midlands trusts in possible merger talks
Two East Midlands acute trusts have announced plans to investigate models of working more closely together, including a possible full merger.
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Staff morale dips at Hinchingbrooke
WORKFORCE Staff morale at Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust has seen a “minor but consistent deterioration” since it was taken over by a private provider, Circle’s chief executive has admitted.
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East Sussex trust forces apology from local papers
STRUCTURE: Local newspapers published lengthy apologies to East Sussex Healthcare Trust this month after they included inaccurate information in a coupon urging readers to oppose reconfiguration plans.
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NewsGrounds for legal action if hospital downgrade approved, critics claim
A judicial review is likely if health secretary Jeremy Hunt approves plans to downgrade Lewisham Hospital, HSJ has learnt.
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East Sussex attempts to brake 'unsustainable' spending
FINANCE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust’s chief executive has warned “difficult decisions” will need to be made to rapidly bring down its “clearly unsustainable” monthly overspend.
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HSJ Local25,000 march against 'insane' plan
More than 25,000 protesters on Saturday demanded that Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt rejects “insane” proposals to close a hospital’s newly revamped A&E department.
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HSJ LocalNational review for hospital reconfiguration opposed by Hague
The Independent Reconfiguration Panel has been asked to look at a controversial hospital reconfiguration which has been opposed by foreign secretary William Hague.
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Mid Yorks settles on centralised A&E and acute services
STRUCTURE: Commissioners are preparing to consult on proposals to downgrade two accident and emergency units run by Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust, which is forecasting a £26m deficit for 2012-13.