All HSJ Local top news articles – Page 93

  • Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital
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    Teaching hospital discovers dozens of year-plus waiters

    2016-06-17T07:00:00Z

    PATIENT EXPERIENCE: Imperial College Healthcare Trust has declared 47 patients who have waited more than a year for elective treatment, latest board papers reveal.

  • Sir Peter Dixon
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    'Highly unsatisfactory' ambulance trust braced for tough CQC report

    2016-06-16T10:52:00Z

    PERFORMANCE: An ambulance trust is braced for a highly critical inspection report and possible regulatory action after initial feedback highlighted serious failings and a lack of accountability in the organisation.

  • Dorset
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    Ambulance trust's 111 service rated inadequate

    2016-06-16T10:32:00Z

    PERFORMANCE: South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust’s NHS 111 service has been rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission.

  • Jackie Daniel
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    Vanguard trust aims to be 'as small as humanly possible'

    2016-06-16T07:00:00Z

    University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay chief wants to make her hospital “as small as humanly possible” Trust plans to reduce number of beds over the next year as part of vanguard project STRUCTURE: The chief executive of University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust has said she hopes ...

  • Barking
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    NHS England steps in at London CCG over elective performance

    2016-06-16T07:00:00Z

    HSJ understands directions to be placed on Havering CCG by NHS England NHS England wants to see improvement in the elective waiting times across the three outer London boroughs Move follows CCGs backing down in face of challenge from private provider PERFORMANCE: A London clinical commissioning group is ...

  • Ambulance
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    Ambulance trust scraps out of hours contract over safety fears

    2016-06-15T11:22:00Z

    PATIENT SAFETY: South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has served notice on its current out of hours medical contract with Gloucestershire CCG because it can no longer “offer a safe and effective service” for patients, HSJ has learned.

  • Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
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    Short-staffed neonatal unit 'should not have been operating'

    2016-06-14T12:34:00Z

    WORKFORCE: A hospital’s neonatal unit caring for seriously ill new born babies did not have enough nurses or doctors to meet national guidelines and should not have been operating, an independent report has concluded.

  • Sir Andrew Cash
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    Shelford Group trust rated 'good' across the board

    2016-06-13T13:55:00Z

    PERFORMANCE: A Shelford Group trust has achieved a good rating in all five domains of its Care Quality Commission inspection.

  • Stethoscope
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    'Good' GP service suspended by CQC over safety

    2016-06-13T13:43:00Z

    PRIMARY CARE: Services by a GP practice in south London have been suspended over patient safety concerns despite it being rated good by the Care Quality Commission last year.

  • UK map
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    18 week waits, April 2016: explore the maps

    2016-06-13T12:38:00Z

    NHS waiting lists around England, updated for April 2016

  • Darlington Memorial Hospital
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    'Bullying and blame culture' poses risk to patients at maternity unit

    2016-06-13T12:17:00Z

    “Significant concerns” raised about behaviour of consultants and senior midwives at County Durham and Darlington FT Report says “finger pointing” culture meant staff were reluctant to raise concerns Trust working with NHS England on improvement plan PATIENT SAFETY: Care of mothers and babies is being put at risk ...

  • Da Vinci robot
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    Temporary solution in Lancashire hospitals' robot wars

    2016-06-13T07:00:00Z

    NHS England agrees to commission robotic surgery from East Lancashire Hospitals Trust Commissioners say equipment purchased by the trust could be moved elsewhere as part of an ongoing review Trust says urology robot has improved services for patients across the county ACUTE CARE: NHS England has agreed to ...

  • Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
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    Southern Health admits 'unlawful acts' in relation to Sparrowhawk death

    2016-06-10T16:23:00Z

    Southern Health Foundation Trust formally accepts responsibility for death of Connor Sparrowhawk Mr Sparrowhawk, who had epilepsy, drowned in a bath following a seizure while in the care of Southern Health The trust admits it caused his death, was negligent and violated Mr Sparrowhawk and his family’s human rights ...

  • Gesticulating hands in meeting
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    Trust spent £315,000 on interim HR directors in a year

    2016-06-10T07:00:00Z

    WORKFORCE: A Kent trust paid £315,000 for the services of two “off payroll” interim human resources directors who were together in post for less than a year.

  • Call centre
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    CCG 'switches off' 111 divert

    2016-06-09T07:00:00Z

    Divert to 111 has been “switched off” in Bolton due to concerns around the time taken to answer calls Patients calling their GP surgery outside normal hours instead to be directed straight to the GP out of hours services Move follows feedback from Bolton Foundation Trust, which reported a ...

  • Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
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    Trust's A&E rated inadequate after damning inspection

    2016-06-09T00:01:00Z

    Portsmouth Hospitals Trust given inadequate rating by CQC for its A&E CQC staff “had to intervene to keep patients safe” while carrying out inspection Four conditions placed on the trust’s registration PERFORMANCE: A hospital trust has been rated inadequate for urgent and emergency services after unannounced CQC inspections ...

  • Surgery
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    CCGs: Hospital trust should lose major services

    2016-06-08T14:14:00Z

    Bedford should be stripped of obstetrics and majority of emergency surgical care, review recommends Senior figure says Bedford clinicians have “mixed feelings” about removal of obstetrics Proposal is latest stage of protracted efforts to reconfigure services across Bedford and Milton Keynes If proposals are rubberstamped they would go to ...

  • Peter Homa
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    £2.5bn PFI costs are not part of merger, chief executive insists

    2016-06-08T11:05:00Z

    Peter Homa says Sherwood Forest’s PFI costs “will be dealt with nationally” Nottingham University Hospitals and Sherwood Forest share chief executive and plan to merge Mr Homa to address Sherwood Forest’s “discontinuity” of leadership Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has refused to take on a £2.5bn private finance deal ...

  • Northumbria helicopter
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    Innovator hospital slashes A&E admissions but ambulance delays surge

    2016-06-08T07:00:00Z

    New hospital achieves 14 per cent reduction in emergency admissions despite attendances rising Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital first of its kind in the NHS Changes to emergency care provision championed by Sir Bruce Keogh However, hospital also reports surge in ambulance handover delays ...

  • IVF
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    North west London retains IVF restriction policy

    2016-06-08T07:00:00Z

    FINANCE: Clinical commissioning groups in north west London have decided to retain their IVF restriction policy, so treatment will only be funded for couples who do not already have children, or children from a previous relationship.