All HSJ Local articles – Page 103

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    CCG to review £8.5m social care funding withdrawal

    2017-02-23T12:43:00Z

    County council defers decision to ask health secretary Jeremy Hunt to intervene

  • Cambridge
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    CCG rows back on service closures following local backlash

    2017-02-23T07:00:00Z

    Cambridgeshire minor injuries units reprieved following public outcry New model to be piloted in spring involves expanding units to take pressure off A&Es Move comes despite leaked CCG paper last year saying closures represented “only realistic option” Three Cambridgeshire minor injuries units threatened with closure could be reprieved ...

  • surgery
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    CCGs ration hip and knee surgery for obese patients

    2017-02-22T22:00:00Z

    North West CCGs introduce restrictions on hip and knee surgery for obese patients South Cheshire and Vale Royal CCGs have financial problems NICE chair concerned about increase in CCGs rationing elective surgery Commissioners in Cheshire have introduced new restrictions to hip and knee replacements for obese patients, which ...

  • jonathan parry
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    Trust chief loses appeal against sacking

    2017-02-22T14:58:00Z

    A long serving NHS trust chief executive has lost an appeal against his sacking for “gross misconduct”.

  • HSJ Local

    Accountable officer for inadequate CCG named

    2017-02-21T16:46:00Z

    A clinical commissioning group rated inadequate by NHS England has appointed a permanent accountable officer.

  • Birmingham Children's Hospital
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    Children's hospital trust first to be rated outstanding

    2017-02-21T00:01:00Z

    Trust rated as outstanding overall and for being caring, effective and responsive All children referred to the hospital were seen within six weeks Neonatal services rated as inadequate for safety because of poor staffing levels A top children’s hospital has received the highest possible rating from the Care ...

  • Jeremy Hunt
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    CCG to be reported to Hunt over £8.5m care fund withdrawal

    2017-02-20T10:59:00Z

    Councillors to consider asking health secretary Jeremy Hunt to intervene 

  • coins toppling
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    Teaching trust loses half its sustainability funding as deficit rises

    2017-02-20T07:00:00Z

    Major teaching trust’s deficit forecast deepens to £27m News follows University Hospitals of Leicester enforcing 12 day elective work restriction to cope with A&E demand A major teaching trust has been forced to revise its year-end forecast from a £20m to £27m deficit, after failing to hit its ...

  • St George’s Hospital
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    Former council chief to chair special measures trust

    2017-02-17T14:41:00Z

    Gillian Norton named as St George’s chair after being non-executive director since June 2016 Ms Norton has been a council chief executive and led on health issues for the South London Partnership Twenty candidates applied for the role A new chair has been appointed at St George’s University ...

  • Manchester tram
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    Landmark merger creates largest CCG in the north

    2017-02-17T12:02:00Z

    Merger of North, South and Central Manchester CCGs approved by NHS England Ian Williamson confirmed as accountable officer New CCG will have a programme allocation of £785m in 2017-18 Detailed work to be carried out on the how many roles could be cut The merger and senior leadership ...

  • meeting
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    Trust gets cash for staff standing up in long meetings

    2017-02-17T11:00:00Z

    Bedford Hospital Trust “requires” people to stand once a meeting runs over 60 minutes Step is to comply with indicators in staff health CQUIN worth £900,000 to the trust NHS England regional team says it “does not set out” activities trusts must do to receive the funding A ...

  • Southend pier
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    Success regime will not solve region's problems, warn senior medics

    2017-02-17T07:00:00Z

    Essex success regime proposals will not address workforce or sustainability problems, warn senior medics East of England Clinical Senate said a “bolder” plan and extended timescale is needed Success regime said it was “delighted” the senate agreed with its “direction of travel” Plans for a major acute reorganisation ...

  • heart attack
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    Concerns over future of pioneering heart failure unit

    2017-02-17T07:00:00Z

    First of its kind heart failure unit opened in 2015 Waits of up to five days for admission to unit due to limited capacity Trust spokesman says “we need to ensure the service is sustainable” “Significant” concerns have been raised over the sustainability of a pioneering heart failure ...

  • Ambulance
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    'Lives at risk' unless ambulance trust cuts waiting times

    2017-02-17T07:00:00Z

    East of England Ambulance Service “does not have capacity” to meet response time targets, chief executive admits Coroner warns of patients waiting up to four hours for a vehicle response Inquest heard Brian Mills waited more than two hours for emergency responder The chief executive of East of ...

  • morecambe bay lancashire
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    Eight CCGs could be 'taken over' under council proposals

    2017-02-16T15:00:00Z

    PwC report proposes “integrated commissioning authority” to hold a single budget in Lancashire Also suggests social care and public health provision should transfer to NHS trusts, creating five integrated care providers described as “wellbeing corporations” Senior NHS sources in the region told HSJ it appears to set out a ...

  • Sir_David_Dalton
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    'Inadequate' trust secures £40m support package

    2017-02-16T12:36:00Z

    Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust was rated inadequate last year and has severe problems in its maternity services Sir David Dalton said the additional funding would be “enough in the short term to get us on the right trajectory” There have been calls for the Department of Health to provide ...

  • The new Northumbria hospital
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    Revealed: Pioneering 'accountable care organisation' delayed

    2017-02-15T16:06:00Z

    Northumbria accountable care organisation vanguard’s go live date delayed Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has repeatedly maintained the new care model will go live in April 2017 Board papers from Northumberland CCG reveal a “number of milestones” still need to be achieved No date given for when the ACO will ...

  • Bristol
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    'Special measures' CCG group hires STP lead as joint chief officer

    2017-02-15T12:00:00Z

    Single chief officer hired across three CCGs Follows instructions from NHS England, with two of the CCGs in financial special measures MP questions move to joint chief officer Three clinical commissioning groups – two of which are in financial special measures – have recruited a joint chief officer ...

  • Rotherham hospital
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    Urgent plea issued for GPs to work in A&E

    2017-02-15T11:06:00Z

    An NHS trust has asked for local GPs to work in its accident and emergency department because of the “significant pressure” it is facing.

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    Harassment cover-up chief executive takes role at neighbouring FT

    2017-02-14T17:18:00Z

    A former mental health trust chief executive, who resigned last year after helping to cover up the sexual harassment of a HR director, is being paid £60,000 to work two days a week as a private consultant at a neighbouring trust.