All HSJ Local top news articles – Page 179
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NW commissioners to pool buying power for continuing care
COMMERCIAL: Primary care trusts in the North West are close to concluding a framework agreement which will establish a single list of approved continuing healthcare providers for the region..
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Review backs closure of A&E at North Tees and Hartlepool FT
STRUCTURE: The accident and emergency department at University Hospital of Hartlepool should close on safety grounds, an independent review has concluded.
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Nottingham University Hospitals pilots 'hourly checks' on patients
WORKFORCE: Trusts in the East Midlands are importing a US nursing model involving hourly checks on patients, in response to last month’s critical health service ombudsman report on care of older patients.
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CQC warns East Sussex Hospitals over staffing levels
WORKFORCE: The Care Quality Commission has given East Sussex Hospitals Trust until the end of the month to improve staffing levels.
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Community nurses aligned with GP practices
STRUCTURE: A major re-organisation of community nursing in East Kent has seen district nursing teams aligned with GP practices.
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Moorfields abandons Abu Dhabi expansion plan
COMMERCIAL: Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust has abandoned a plan to expand its Dubai operation into Abu Dhabi.
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Mental health unit delayed after PCT fails to organise registration
COMMERCIAL: The opening of new mental health facility in Devon has been held up after a primary care trust failed to organise its registration with the Care Quality Commission.
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Brighton GPs plan to cut commissioning teeth on mental health
COMMERCIAL: “Brave” GPs in Brighton have provisionally chosen mental health as the area they would like to commission first.
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Two PCTs find temporary homes for community services as divestment deadline looms
STRUCTURE: At least two primary care trusts are transferring their community services provider arms to temporary caretakers, after failing to identify a long term home for the organisations.
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Foundation blames PCT in payment dispute
FINANCE: A foundation trust that received an £18m loan from the Department of Health is now embroiled in a dispute over the “failure” of commissioners to manage demand.
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West Midlands PCTs underperforming on cancer referral times
PERFORMANCE: Eleven primary care trusts in the West Midlands are underperforming on cancer referral time targets.
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'Stark' differences in capital's chlamydia screening effectiveness
PERFORMANCE: An NHS London report has highlighted “stark” differences in the effectiveness of chlamydia screening programmes across its primary care trusts.
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Wirral strikes early commissioning support deal with GPs
STRUCTURE: NHS Wirral has struck a deal to provide nearly 120 of its staff as “commissioning support” for GP consortia. It has told those employees their future could be in a private sector joint venture.
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Buckinghamshire trust rejects PCT waiting times plea
PERFORMANCE: Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust has rejected a request from the local primary care trust to extend waiting times for first appointments.
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Luton and Dunstable FT looks at radical workforce savings
WORKFORCE: Luton and Dunstable Hospital Foundation Trust is looking at measures such as reducing workers’ annual leave and sick pay entitlement to meet savings targets.
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Trusts merger will create 'powerful and global brand'
STRUCTURE: Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre plan to use their proposed merger to create a “powerful, globally recognised brand”.
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Cancer tsar offers risk sharing deal for Manchester cancer network
PERFORMANCE: Greater Manchester’s hospitals could share responsibility for meeting cancer hospital the Christie’s 62 day waiting target, under a deal proposed by the government’s cancer tsar.
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Essex PCTs to tackle child safety together
STRUCTURE: Essex’s primary care trusts are expected to come together to form a county-wide clinical network for safeguarding children.
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Local government steps in to resolve PCT leadership
STRUCTURE: Local authority chief executives have been drafted in to help fill a leadership vacuum in the North West.
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Two commissioning consortia emerging in Wolverhampton
STRUCTURE: Two commissioning consortia are emerging within Wolverhampton City PCT.