All HSJ Local articles – Page 122

  • David Bradley
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    Rehabilitation at heart of new London mental health care model

    2016-08-08T15:03:00Z

    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 ...

  • Board table
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    North East trusts to create single leadership team

    2016-08-08T12:20:00Z

    STRUCTURE: Leaders at two acute foundation trusts have unveiled plans to create a joint management structure.

  • Whipps Cross University Hospital
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    Staff housing plan put at risk by trust’s special measures, says CCG

    2016-08-05T11:46:00Z

    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.

  • Oxford
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    Mental health trusts lay out plans for new commissioning powers

    2016-08-04T12:33:00Z

    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 ...

  • Cornwall
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    NHS England rows back on £396k deal for CCG interim director

    2016-08-03T11:03:00Z

    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 ...

  • Bedford hospital
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    Bedford trust's deficit could grow even with £13m loan

    2016-08-02T12:09:00Z

    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 ...

  • Whistle
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    Whistleblowing manager given £240k payout in wake of bullying claims

    2016-08-02T07:00:00Z

    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.

  • Nurse
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    'Unprecedented' staff shortage forces trust to restrict services

    2016-08-02T06:00:00Z

    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 ...

  • Northampton General Hospital
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    Cash-strapped council plans funding cuts to joint NHS discharge project

    2016-08-01T13:09:00Z

    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 ...

  • Surgery
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    Waiting list error could see thousands of patients assessed for clinical harm

    2016-08-01T09:02:00Z

    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.

  • Bev Humphrey
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    Provider chosen to take over unsustainable mental health trust

    2016-07-29T15:19:00Z

    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 ...

  • Sarah-Jane Marsh
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    Birmingham trusts hope to merge 'early next year'

    2016-07-29T11:58:00Z

    STRUCTURE: The boards of Birmingham Women’s Foundation Trust and Birmingham Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust have formally agreed to merge the organisations.

  • Sara Munro
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    Yorkshire FT names new chief executive

    2016-07-29T11:23:00Z

    STRUCTURE: A Yorkshire mental health trust has appointed Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust’s director of quality and nursing as its new chief executive.

  • Stepping Hill hospital
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    North West trust in turnaround scheme could cut workforce by 7pc

    2016-07-28T15:37:00Z

    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.

  • Matthew_Kershaw
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    Major South East hospital trust eyes reconfiguration

    2016-07-28T10:38:00Z

    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 ...

  • Red pencil marking ticks in boxes
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    NHS England permits CCG to spend nearly £400k on interim director

    2016-07-28T07:00:00Z

    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 ...

  • Peterborough City Hospital
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    Merger trust predicts it needs £650m bailout

    2016-07-27T07:26:00Z

    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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    Midlands trusts set out on path to possible merger

    2016-07-26T12:08:00Z

    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 ...

  • London tube train
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    OOH provider criticised for 'inappropriate' governance

    2016-07-26T07:00:00Z

    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 ...

  • Nick Hulme
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    Special measures trust’s problems 'worse than I thought', says new chief

    2016-07-25T07:00:00Z

    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 ...