All HSJ Local top news articles – Page 58
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HSJ LocalTrust chief outlines plans for A&E performance 'surge'
The chief executive of a major acute hospital trust has outlined a series of actions being taken to turnaround the trust’s poor accident and emergency performance.
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HSJ LocalACS commissioners tender £205m contract
Commissioners in one of NHS England’s eight accountable care systems have tendered multimillion pound contract for its community services.
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HSJ LocalRevealed: Hundreds more neurology patients left waiting for appointments
Another trust in the West Midlands has raised concerns over under pressure neurology services with hundreds of people waiting for an appointment.
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HSJ LocalNew chief of struggling trust 'not shying away' from challenges
Portsmouth Hospitals Trust will start using a new acute medical model next month in a bid to improve emergency waiting times at the beleaguered provider.
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HSJ LocalExecutive 'excluded' from struggling trust after culture review
An executive medical director has been excluded from work after a review of the culture at a troubled acute trust in the North West.
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HSJ Local'Sobering' CQC report exposes multiple failings at hospital trust
Inspectors have highlighted a string of failings at Portsmouth Hospitals Trust, including two patients who should have been placed on specialist wards dying after staff failed to recognise their needs.
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HSJ LocalTrust chief executive appointed to lead large STP
A new leader for the Cheshire and Merseyside sustainability and transformation partnership has been appointed by NHS England and NHS Improvement
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HSJ LocalSTP teams up with Capita to set up accountable care system
A sustainability and transformation partnership in the East Midlands has recruited Capita to help with the creation of its accountable care system.
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Leading vanguard will not procure contract as it 'would take longer'
One of the most advanced national vanguard projects has decided to form a multispecialty community provider through an alliance agreement rather than go out to procurement as it “would take longer”.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: New STP lead reveals five CCGs target single provider contracts
Commissioners in Norfolk are to vote on plans to set up a joint committee that would “ideally” broker “single contracts” for all five local clinical commissioning groups with all their major providers.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Thousands of patients put at risk after waiting list blunders
An acute hospital trust has launched a review of its patient records after external advisers warned thousands of people may have been put at risk of clinical harm due to missed follow-up appointments.
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HSJ LocalNew hospital put on hold by financially struggling CCG
A clinical commissioning group that slipped from outstanding to requires improvement last month has put plans for a new £16m mental health hospital on hold.
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HSJ LocalCCGs confirm plan for mega-merger
Three clinical commissioning groups that cover one of the most financially strained health economies in the country have proposed a full merger as part of a wider reconfiguration of services.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Whistleblower warns trust is 'worst it's ever been' as staff shortage revealed
An ambulance trust has been accused of putting targets ahead of patient safety and creating a culture in which staff are too scared to raise concerns by a senior whistleblower within the organisation.
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HSJ LocalSir Leonard Fenwick: 'Witch hunt' led to sacking
Sir Leonard Fenwick has said he is considering whether to fight his sacking for gross misconduct, claiming he is the victim of an ‘orchestrated witch hunt’.
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HSJ LocalNew chair of special measures trusts 'likes a challenge'
Kettering General Hospital Trust is to share a chair with the Princess Alexandra Trust despite the pair not being in the same geographical or organisational patch.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Trust to sell land to quango
A trust in the West Midlands has signed a deal to transfer its surplus land to the Homes and Communities Agency.
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HSJ LocalHospital staff to strike over weekend working deal
Theatre staff at an NHS trust are going on strike tomorrow and next week over a dispute with trust managers about out of hours work.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: GPs back CCG shake up despite 'no confidence' vote
Commissioners in Staffordshire have received endorsement from members for their plans to appoint a single accountable officer, despite GPs previously submitting a vote of no confidence in the CCGs.
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HSJ LocalWard remains 'temporarily' closed after police investigation
A Bristol dementia ward has been “temporarily” closed for two months after a police investigation into the possible ill treatment of a patient.