All HSJ Local articles – Page 119
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HSJ LocalMajor acute trust to be rated inadequate
QUALITY: A large acute trust in Greater Manchester is set to be rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission, HSJ understands.
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HSJ LocalNew mental health crisis units designed to take strain off A&E
New mental health urgent crisis support unit opened near Bradford Shipley unit is the first of three designed to take pressure off A&E by directing mental health patients to other services Units funded through West Yorkshire Urgent Emergency Care Network vanguard SERVICE DESIGN: The first of three mental ...
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HSJ LocalTrust gets fourth chief in a year as former directors face disciplinary hearings
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust appoints fourth chief executive in a year Comes after four senior officers, including chief executive Jonathan Parry, were “excluded from work” last August Disciplinary hearings will be arranged for three of the officers after an investigation into their conduct LEADERSHIP: A fourth chief ...
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HSJ LocalMental health trust judged inadequate for safety
QUALITY: A mental health trust has been told it has not learned lessons from its inspection in 2014 and has been rated inadequate for safety by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalTrust plans night time A&E closure after reaching 'crisis point'
United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust to make a decision on temporary reduction of opening hours of Grantham A&E department Trust says services have reached “crisis point” and “patients may be put at risk if we don’t act” Royal College of Emergency Medicine says trust was in an “increasingly common situation” ...
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HSJ LocalRehabilitation at heart of new London mental health care model
South London Partnership outlines key plans for low and medium secure adult mental health pilot Plans include improving step-down, rehabilitation and community services, and integration with housing and welfare providers One of six sites to be chosen to receive devolved commissioning budgets to develop new mental health care models ...
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HSJ LocalNorth East trusts to create single leadership team
STRUCTURE: Leaders at two acute foundation trusts have unveiled plans to create a joint management structure.
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HSJ LocalStaff housing plan put at risk by trust’s special measures, says CCG
ESTATES: Waltham Forest Clinical Commissioning Group has raised concerns that Barts Health Trust being placed in the new financial special measures regime will endanger plans to use surplus land for affordable housing for NHS staff.
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HSJ LocalMental health trusts lay out plans for new commissioning powers
Oxford and Thames Valley outlines new care model for low and medium secure adult mental health services Consortium aims to take control of £80m-90m budget from NHS England to run services across five STP and 23 CCG areas Slice of £1.8m NHS England pilot investment to be used to ...
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HSJ LocalNHS England rows back on £396k deal for CCG interim director
Kernow CCG will be forced to revisit contract for interim turnaround director The group had been approved to spend £396,000 recruiting a new interim turnaround director during the current financial year NHS England has now said the appointment “will not continue at that rate”, as this would not comply ...
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HSJ LocalBedford trust's deficit could grow even with £13m loan
Loan will mean cumulative deficit reaches £46.4m by the end of 2016-17 Projected £10.2m deficit for 2016-17 could rise if trust does not meet funding targets Finance director says deficit reduction dependent on STP’s success FINANCE: Bedford Hospital Trust has agreed a loan of £13.2m from NHS Improvement ...
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HSJ LocalWhistleblowing manager given £240k payout in wake of bullying claims
WORKFORCE: A senior manager who made accusations of bullying by the chief executive at a Yorkshire acute trust was given a £240,000 exit package two years after being placed on “special leave”, figures in the trust’s board papers reveal.
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HSJ Local'Unprecedented' staff shortage forces trust to restrict services
Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust implements contingency plans after 40 per cent shortage at some units Director says plans will lead to significant disruption for patients Trust hopes to reopen beds in September after new staff start WORKFORCE: Unprecedented staff shortages have forced a North West community health trust ...
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HSJ LocalCash-strapped council plans funding cuts to joint NHS discharge project
Northamptonshire County Council looks to axe £650,000 from joint NHS discharge project Council also plans £4m of cuts to adult social care and a review of menta health services for children Cabinet papers reveal Treasury advised “self-help” under the government’s austerity drive A county council struggling to make ...
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HSJ LocalWaiting list error could see thousands of patients assessed for clinical harm
PERFORMANCE: A large teaching hospital may have to assess thousands of patients for clinical harm after an investigation found its data systems could not guarantee people had been treated.
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HSJ LocalProvider chosen to take over unsustainable mental health trust
Greater Manchester West Mental Health FT named as preferred acquirer of Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust Pennine Care Foundation Trust had also bid MMHSC admitted in 2014 was no longer sustainable as a standalone organisation NHS Improvement says there will be no changes to service delivery during ...
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HSJ LocalBirmingham trusts hope to merge 'early next year'
STRUCTURE: The boards of Birmingham Women’s Foundation Trust and Birmingham Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust have formally agreed to merge the organisations.
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HSJ LocalYorkshire FT names new chief executive
STRUCTURE: A Yorkshire mental health trust has appointed Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust’s director of quality and nursing as its new chief executive.
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HSJ LocalNorth West trust in turnaround scheme could cut workforce by 7pc
WORKFORCE: A hospital trust in the first wave of a national turnaround programme has announced plans that could reduce its staffing establishment by 7 per cent.
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HSJ LocalMajor South East hospital trust eyes reconfiguration
Three emergency medicine sites in East Kent likely to move to two Seven stroke units likely to reduce to three Vascular services expected to be reconfigured from two sites STRUCTURE: Stroke, vascular and emergency medicine services in Kent and Medway are likely to see major reconfiguration, one of ...