All HSJ Local articles – Page 126

  • Richmond House
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    DH tells nursing watchdog to review treatment of bereaved families

    2016-05-12T14:32:00Z

    Department of Health says NMC must review treatment of patients and bereaved families Professional Standards Authority has criticised “deficient” handling of hearings into two Morecambe Bay midwives The government says issues from the case will inform plans to reform professional regulation REGULATION: The Department of Health has told ...

  • Royal Bournemouth Hospital
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    Bournemouth is CCG's preferred choice for emergency centre

    2016-05-12T07:00:00Z

    Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Foundation Trust is Dorset CCG’s choice for new “major emergency hospital” Poole Hospital Trust, which also wanted the designation, stands to lose its A&E and become a “planned hospital” CCG believes Bournemouth option would be £42m cheaper and offer better patient access STRUCTURE: ...

  • Salford Royal Foundation Trust
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    Salford 'appears' favourite to be cancer surgery centre

    2016-05-12T07:00:00Z

    Commissioners favour Salford Royal as single site for upper gastrointestinal surgery Discussions continue over urology surgery Previous efforts to reconfigure both services have been highly contentious STRUCTURE: Commissioners in Greater Manchester are likely to choose Salford Royal Foundation Trust as the single site for some specialised cancer services, ...

  • Mobile phone
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    'Red risks' identified for 111 provider switch

    2016-05-12T07:00:00Z

    COMMISSIONING: NHS 111 and GP out of hours services in east Kent are to be run by one organisation – but there are already fears about the transition to the new provider.

  • Harry Cayton
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    NMC criticised for 'deficient' handling of Morecambe Bay cases

    2016-05-11T14:01:00Z

    Professional Standards Authority criticises deficient NMC investigation and panel decisions Morecambe Bay midwives cleared despite relevant evidence not being presented James Titcombe calls for government intervention to overhaul professional regulation WORKFORCE: The Nursing and Midwifery Council has been criticised for its “deficient” handling of the case against two ...

  • Neil Modha
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    Most challenged STP footprint gets extra support

    2016-05-11T12:03:00Z

    Neil Modha was named leader of the sustainability and transformation plan for the area, which HSJ has identified as the most financially challenged in England. CCG has now confirmed he will also step down as STP leader when he leaves the group NHS Improvement heavily involved in the STP’s ...

  • Furness General Hospital
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    NMC's clearance of Morecambe Bay midwives to be reviewed

    2016-05-10T12:55:00Z

    Professional Standards Authority reviewing decisions by Nursing and Midwifery Council related to two midwives linked to poor care at Furness General Hospital Morecambe Bay inquiry chair questions NMC process and says more contemporaneous evidence was available NMC chief executive Jackie Smith accepts process “not as it should be” ...

  • Cumbria lake windermere
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    Success regime rejects trust governors' 'absurd' complaints

    2016-05-10T12:18:00Z

    Success regime rejects governors’ concerns over proposals for community hospital beds Governors at Cumbria Partnership accuse the regime of a “lack of any obvious logic” in its plans and “lack of transparency” Trust chief executive downplays governors’ concerns STRUCTURE: The Cumbria success regime has rejected as “absurd” concerns ...

  • Ann Radmore
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    Permanent chief executive appointed at London trust

    2016-05-10T07:00:00Z

    APPOINTMENT: Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust has appointed Ann Radmore as its substantive chief executive.

  • Sheffield Town Hall
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    CCGs to expand seven day services with tendering first

    2016-05-09T12:09:00Z

    COMMISSIONING: Patient transport services across south Yorkshire are to be put out to tender for the first time in a move to deliver more seven day services.

  • HSJ Local

    Imperial aims for August compliance with RTT target

    2016-05-06T15:50:00Z

    PERFORMANCE: Imperial College Healthcare Trust plans to hit the 92 per cent target for elective waiting times in August, board papers reveal.

  • Bristol
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    Single bidder kept in race for children’s services contract

    2016-05-06T10:00:00Z

    Consortium of NHS and social enterprise bidders is single bidder for children’s community services contract in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset University Hospitals Bristols Foundation Trust and Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust are part of bid Commissioners say that consortium was the only bidder that met the ...

  • Queen Mary's, Sidcup, South London Healthcare NHS Trust
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    Trusts at loggerheads over millions in unpaid bills

    2016-05-06T07:00:00Z

    FINANCE: Two hospital trusts are embroiled in a row over more than £3m of unpaid bills that could significantly affect their year-end financial positions.

  • Cornwall
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    Evidence of 'bullying and harassment' at under fire CCG

    2016-05-05T14:52:00Z

    PwC review finds “evidence of a culture of bullying and harassment” at Kernow CCG CCG has been in NHS England legal directions since December, after disclosing a huge deficit when it had been forecasting a surplus Review finds “confusion and dysfunction” on executive team, “failure of governance” and “lack ...

  • Insulin injection
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    Commissioners to expand alternative to QOF

    2016-05-05T11:31:00Z

    COMMISSIONING: A clinical commissioning group that suspended parts of the GP quality and outcomes framework is planning to expand its alternative payment scheme.

  • London Chest Hospital
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    London trust records £135m deficit

    2016-05-05T11:03:00Z

    FINANCE: Barts Health Trust ended 2015-16 with a deficit of £134.9m, board papers reveal.

  • Abu Dhabi
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    Mental health trust expands into Abu Dhabi

    2016-05-05T07:00:00Z

    COMMERCIAL: A leading mental health trust has opened specialist services in Abu Dhabi.

  • Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals FT
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    Trust blames 'bad behaviour' of neighbouring providers for staff shortage

    2016-05-04T10:41:00Z

    WORKFORCE: A financially stricken foundation trust has blamed “bad behaviour” of neighbouring trusts breaking agency spending caps for its staff shortages.

  • Teenagers in class
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    Mental health trust closes adolescent unit after CQC inspection

    2016-05-03T12:47:00Z

    PERFORMANCE: A mental health trust in London has closed down a unit for adolescent patients after a Care Quality Commission inspection.

  • Targets
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    STP lead’s trust will miss savings targets

    2016-05-03T11:17:00Z

    FINANCE: The trust whose chief executive is leading the Kent and Medway sustainability and transformation plan has said it cannot make the savings demanded in the first year.