All HSJ Local articles – Page 125
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HSJ LocalAgencies given ultimatum amid clash over pay cap
Staffing agencies that do not comply with salary caps introduced last month could be ejected from the marketplace, NHS Improvement has indicated.
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HSJ LocalCommunity provider wins work in another London borough
COMMERCIAL: Central London Community Health Trust has taken over the provision of adult community health services in Harrow borough.
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HSJ LocalOrthopaedic specialist promises to hit RTT target by September
PERFORMANCE: The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust has made an agreement with NHS England to return to hitting waiting times targets by September.
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HSJ LocalWatchdog sends troubleshooter to Norfolk trust
Financial turnaround director sent into Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Director will help develop short term recovery plan and help implement the plan Move is part of new NHS Improvement financial improvement programme Trust forecasting a £14.4m deficit for 2015-16 as of March APPOINTMENT: NHS Improvement has ...
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HSJ LocalOriginal special measures hospitals rated 'good'
QUALITY: An NHS trust which was among the first cohort placed in special measures has had both its main hospital sites rated as “good” by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Regulator to probe 'whistleblower' ambulance trust
REGULATION: NHS Improvement has launched an investigation into South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust, following allegations made by a whistleblower.
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HSJ LocalFT boss to become council chief executive
LEADERSHIP: The chief executive of Humber Foundation Trust is leaving after accepting a chief executive job in local government.
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HSJ LocalNew Midlands GP federation formed
STRUCTURE: A general practice alliance has been formed covering nearly 80 per cent of practices in Nottingham.
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HSJ LocalBrighton trust chair steps down
GOVERNANCE: The chair of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has stepped down with immediate effect.
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HSJ LocalCambridgeshire trusts could merge by 2017
Peterborough and Hinchingbrooke to consider merging by April 2017 Outline business case says merging would deliver £9m savings a year The recommendation will be discussed by both trust boards next week Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust and Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust will consider a merger of the ...
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HSJ LocalHospitals providing stroke services to be cut in Kent
SERVICE DESIGN: The number of hospitals in Kent and Medway admitting patients for treatment after a stroke is likely to be reduced to three or four.
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HSJ LocalTrust to trial continued use of strike A&E model
Trust to trial emergency care triage model it used to cope with junior doctors’ strike Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust’s performance improved over 2015-16 Trust is still 10 percentage points off achieving the national target PERFORMANCE: A teaching hospital is trialling the A&E service model it ...
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HSJ LocalFears for community hospital after bed closures
WORKFORCE: A community hospital’s inpatient rehabilitation beds have been temporarily closed because of staffing problems, which has prompted fears about its future.
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HSJ LocalTrust to review patient homicides following manslaughter case
LEGAL: An independent review will examine the cases of patients at Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust who went on to kill after a patient was found guilty of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
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HSJ Local18 week waits, March 2016: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for March 2016
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HSJ LocalTroubled trust to appoint new chief executive and chair
HSJ understands CEO and chair from neighbouring Ipswich Hospital are to replace incumbents at Colchester The duo will retain their Ipswich roles, it is understood Move follows regulators announcing trusts were to form a new “long term partnership” If confirmed, Ipswich CEO would become fifth chief at Colchester in ...
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HSJ LocalNHS England to close 'poor value for money' GP practice
PRIMARY CARE: NHS England has said it is “difficult to justify the continued existence” of a GP practice in south London as its patient list too small to be financially viable.
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HSJ LocalTrust reports dozens of 12 hour trolley waits in single month
Official data for March shows there were 137 “trolley waits” of at least 12 hours at Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust Trust says a new internal system had skewed the numbers, so the true number of 12 hour breaches was around 70 – still the highest in England There have ...
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HSJ LocalKirkup outlines 'lamentable' NMC failures to health secretary
REGULATION: The Morecambe Bay inquiry chair has written to health secretary setting out what he described as the “lamentable failure” of the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
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HSJ LocalMidlands trust's handling of whistleblower 'significantly flawed'
WORKFORCE: A hospital trust’s handling of a whistleblower who raised concerns over the way mortality rates were recorded was “significantly flawed”, an independent review has found.