All HSJ Local articles – Page 120
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HSJ LocalNHS England permits CCG to spend nearly £400k on interim director
The £396,000 includes agency fees and contractual payments to employ turnaround director “during the current financial year”. Actual length of appointment still subject to agreement Post filled by Keith Pringle, who has previously worked with Hampshire CCGs and Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust APPOINTMENT: NHS England has authorised a ...
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HSJ LocalMerger trust predicts it needs £650m bailout
Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals trying to secure £25m a year support package to help finance PFI deal Trust estimates it needs £650m of central financial support up until 2042 Received £20.8m of central support in 2016-17 but still forecasts a £20.2m deficit FINANCE: Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation ...
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HSJ LocalMidlands trusts set out on path to possible merger
Derbyshire Healthcare FT will not appoint a permanent chief executive or chair Talks underway with Derbyshire Community Health Services on closer working Changes follow sexual harassment scandal at Derbyshire Healthcare that led to senior resignations STRUCTURE: Derbyshire Healthcare Foundation Trust has put on hold a decision to appoint ...
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HSJ LocalOOH provider criticised for 'inappropriate' governance
GP social enterprise had “unwieldy” and “inappropriate” governance processes, report finds Governance structure for GP out of hours provider “too complex” for small organisation PRIMARY CARE: Governance arrangements at an east London out of hours provider were “inappropriate” and “unwieldy” for its size, a review commissioned by NHS ...
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HSJ LocalSpecial measures trust’s problems 'worse than I thought', says new chief
Colchester “doesn’t feel like an organisation that has control of its day to day functioning”, says new chief executive Nick Hulme says he expects merger with Ipswich over the next 18 months to two years Merger timetable slowed considerably because of extent of care quality and performance issues ...
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HSJ LocalSouth east trust rated ‘requires improvement’ despite progress
Seven out of nine of the trust’s mental health service categories were rated as ‘good’ However, learning disabilities care home services ‘requires improvement’ Out-of-hours crisis care praised by the CQC A mental health and care trust in the south east has been rated “requires ...
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HSJ LocalHinchingbrooke and Peterborough to draw up 2017 merger plan
Cambridgeshire trusts confirm they will draw up full business case to merge by next April Full business case will be considered by both boards in September The move follows outline business case in May STRUCTURE: Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust and Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust have confirmed ...
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HSJ LocalChild mental health charity closes waiting list
MENTAL HEALTH: A lack of funding and surge in demand has forced a children’s mental health charity to close its waiting list.
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HSJ LocalNorth West trust 'not sustainable' in current form
East Cheshire Trust board says organisation is not sustainable in its current form Trust reported a £24m deficit in 2015-16 and it cannot make required savings under payment by results tariff Trust is discussing with local commissioners the possibility of becoming an accountable care organisation STRUCTURE: East Cheshire ...
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Locum shortage forces trust to close hospital unit
WORKFORCE: Difficulties in recruiting locum doctors has led to Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust temporarily closing its ambulatory care unit at Dewsbury Hospital, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalTrust agrees block contract for A&E
FINANCE: A south London acute trust has agreed a block contract with its commissioners for the first half of this financial year.
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HSJ LocalLewisham and Greeenwich Trust sets £20.2m deficit plan
FINANCE: Lewisham is aiming for a deficit of roughly four per cent for 2016-17, board papers reveal.
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HSJ LocalManchester to launch single 'out of hospital provider' in April
Health leaders in Manchester will aim to create a single provider of out of hospital services by April 2017 Two major teaching trusts will also aim to merge by the same date The aim is for GPs to be “contractually linked” to the new non-acute provider STRUCTURE: Health ...
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HSJ LocalVanguard CCG to take on alliance contract from 2017
COMMISSIONING: The lead commissioner for a multispecialty community provider in Yorkshire has said it will work create an alliance contract from next year before going on to establish a “single big entity”.
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HSJ LocalMore South East CCGs plan cuts to IVF services
Ipswich and East Suffolk CCG and West Suffolk CCG consult on whether to decommission NHS funded IVF treatment Infertility charity claims Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CCG reduced IVF services without a public consultation COMMISSIONING: Ipswich and East Suffolk and West Suffolk clinical commissioning groups have announced plans to cut ...
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HSJ LocalCQC warning notice to embattled ambulance trust
NHS 111 calls not responded to quickly enough by South East Coast Ambulance Staffing shortages not handled efficiently, CQC finds Trust has until 10 September to respond to CQC QUALITY: The Care Quality Commission has issued a warning notice to South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust telling ...
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HSJ LocalCCGs and council consider 'formal integration'
STRUCTURE: A consultancy firm has been commissioned to consider the benefits of formally integrating Manchester’s three clinical commissioning groups and commissioners of social care services.
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HSJ LocalFT governor resigns over 'farcical' response to deaths report
John Green tendered his resignation from Southern Health Foundation Trust’s council of governors on Wednesday His resignation follows the departure of chair Mike Petter and governor Mark Aspinall earlier this year HSJ understands Mr Green resigned because he felt the trust’s response to the Mazars report was “farcical” ...
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HSJ LocalNMC suspends Morecambe Bay midwife linked to baby deaths eight years apart
Midwife Lindsey Biggs, linked to death of Joshua Titcombe in 2008, suspended by NMC Cumbria police reviewing NMC findings after evidence given to fitness to practise panel NMC launches an external review of its handling of the case, which has taken seven years PATIENT SAFETY: A Morecambe Bay ...
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HSJ LocalCCGs halt service closure plan ahead of legal challenge
CCGs stop closure of several mental health services ahead of judicial review The closures will be examined as part of a wider consultation Cuts were confirmed in March amid protests from local campaigners MENTAL HEALTH: Commissioners in Greater Manchester have halted the closure of several mental health services, ...