All HSJ Local articles – Page 109
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HSJ LocalHigh profile NHS 'cyber attack' may have 'come from USB stick'
“Cyber attack” virus may have come from a USB stick rather than an intentional outside attack “Zero day” viruses are difficult to protect against and “pose the same problem through industry” A high profile “cyber attack” on a foundation trust appears to have been the consequence of poor ...
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HSJ LocalVanguard area plans to create new 'care trust'
Stockport Foundation Trust and Stockport borough council to create a new accountable care trust New organisation would hold the contract for the area’s MCP plus other health and social care services Primary care contracts would not be included in the scope of “care trust” model Council and trust set ...
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HSJ LocalNHS 'opt out' pension scheme deemed legal
Pensions Regulator rules East and North Hertfordshire Trust’s new opt-out pension scheme as legal Despite criticising a similar scheme earlier this year, NHS Pension Board says trust is “entitled to engage its staff” on “alternative employment” offers Trust says the scheme appears “successful” and is considering extending offer ...
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HSJ LocalAmbulance trust speeds pregnancy calls following baby's death
Ambulance trust upgrades its response for some pregnant women Assistant coroner says the failure of paramedics to care for the unborn baby is a “a clear training issue” Trust says long handover delays need to be addressed An ambulance trust has upgraded how it responds to some emergency ...
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HSJ LocalTrust seeks to terminate £200m contract
Nottingham trust says it is seeking “managed end” to the contract with Carillion Decision follows complaints that nurses were cleaning after Carillion staff to maintain standards Five year contract meant 1,500 staff transferred to Carillion in 2014 Nottingham University Hospitals Trust will look to terminate a five year, ...
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HSJ LocalTrusts create joint executive board
City Hospitals Sunderland and South Tyneside foundation trusts appoints joint executive leadership team The 12-strong executive management team is made up of directors from both trusts and went live on 21 November It will be responsible for running all hospital and community services across the region, but with boards ...
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HSJ LocalPrivate providers back on course to land £1.2bn deal
Staffordshire CCGs to press ahead with £1.2bn cancer and end of life care contracts No stand alone NHS provider is bidding for either contract due to be awarded within months NHS England review prompted by collapse of Cambridgeshire’s £750m UnitingCare contract A major £1.2bn procurement for cancer and ...
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HSJ LocalFraudsters forced to pay £650k in compensation after conning trust
Four Basildon technicians ordered by court to pay for 14,000 hours fraudulently claimed The senior operating technicians used private firm to con NHS out of over half a million pounds Final ruling follows case which has gone on for years Ringleader derided ‘Bas Vegas’ trust ‘like euphoric gamblers after ...
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HSJ LocalExclusive: STP chair resigns before plan is published
Staffordshire STP chairman John MacDonald has resigned The Staffordshire STP may be one of the last to be published and is expected to be revealed next month Mr MacDonald, chairman of UHNM, said he wanted to focus on the “immediate challenges” facing the trust The leader of ...
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Two FTs in line to take over services of scandal-hit trust
Services run by Liverpool’s scandal-hit community provider look set to be split between two foundation trusts.
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HSJ LocalScandal-hit FT 'starting to get to grips' with safety, says CQC
CQC says Southern Health “starting to get to grips” with patient safety risks Follows inspection in September, following up on serious concerns raised earlier this year Leaders at Southern Health Foundation Trust are “starting to get to grips” with underlying issues putting patients at risk, according ...
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HSJ LocalFT drops legal challenge to CCG over lost contract
Humber Foundation Trust drops legal challenge to CCG over contract award Commissioners say successful bidder will be announced “shortly” A struggling foundation trust has withdrawn a High Court legal challenge over its losing out on a five-year community services contract.
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HSJ LocalFormer hospital trust director pleads guilty to corruption
A former hospital trust director has admitted corruptly awarding an IT contract while in the role.
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HSJ LocalTrust director faces CQC review after 'irregular' payoff deal
Roger Wilson signed the exit deal for Jeanette Parkinson in 2012 A review of the deal found the senior midwife had been “significantly overpaid” Mr Wilson denies any “impropriety” and CQC panel will now consider the case An NHS director who agreed an “irregular” exit payment for a ...
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Trusts and GPs to create 'ACO'
Oxford University Hospital and Oxford Health Foundation to create not for profit organisation with GP federation The partners must agree contractual and organisational model by next week to enable some joint commissioning for 2017-18 Oxfordshire CCG will devolve all but its statutory accountabilities to the new organisation Two ...
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HSJ LocalVirgin wins contracts worth £65m
Virgin Care has been awarded two five year contracts to provide community and urgent care services for a clinical commissioning group in Lancashire.
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HSJ Local'Outstanding' FT to close urgent care centres overnight
Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust to reduce opening hours at three urgent care centres Wansbeck, Hexham and North Tyneside hours to go from 24/7 to 8am to midnight Trust says this will allow it to redeploy nurses to the busier Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital One of the country’s ...
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HSJ LocalMajor acute trust admits 'insufficient' efforts to hit financial target
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust chief executive says trust is £18m adrift of 2016-17 plan The trust must find £43m of savings this financial year assuming it receives £24m of STF support Chief executive says the trust faces regulatory intervention if it fails to take action One of the ...
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HSJ LocalDeputy given trust chief role after original choice quit
Suzanne Tracey announced as chief executive of Royal Devon and Exeter Foundation Trust with immediate effect News follows decision of previous appointee Julie Hartley-Jones not to take up the post Ms Tracey previously worked as trust’s chief financial officer, deputy chief executive and interim chief executive The Royal ...
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HSJ LocalCommissioners to take over leading CSU
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and North Durham STP sets out the proposal to convert commissioning support unit into a community interest company After the transition the North of England Commissioning Support Unit will be jointly owned by its CCG customers The CCG owners will be the 11 commissioning groups ...