All HSJ Local articles – Page 146
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HSJ Local£100m Devon procurement did not break rules, Monitor confirms
Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group did not break procurement regulations when it selected a preferred provider for a £100m community services contract without going to tender, Monitor has concluded.
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HSJ LocalSmallest trust in country rated 'inadequate' for safety
PERFORMANCE: A South West trust has been rated ‘inadequate’ for safety by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalNHS England nursing director takes Guernsey post
Professor Juliet Beal has been appointed as the new chief nurse for Guernsey, just a few months after leaving NHS England on secondment.
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HSJ LocalIndependent inquiry into trust’s handling of whistleblower complete
An investigation commissioned by the NHS Trust Development Authority into the handling of whistleblowing concerns at a West Midlands hospital trust has been completed, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalYorkshire ambulance trust must improve, says CQC
Yorkshire Ambulance Service Trust has been told to improve following a Care Quality Commission inspection.
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HSJ LocalHinchingbrooke chief executive to step down
The chief executive of Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust has announced he is to step down.
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HSJ LocalStop-start vascular services shake-up creaks back into action
STRUCTURE: A long running and controversial process to reconfigure vascular services in south Hampshire has resumed this week with the dispatch of a specialist team to assess services in Southampton and Portsmouth.
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HSJ LocalCCGs widen access to IVF treatment
FINANCE: Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin clinical commissioning groups will increase the age at which women can be eligible to NHS funded IVF treatment from 37-and-a-half to 40.
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HSJ LocalStaffordshire transformation body appoints chair
WORKFORCE: The new body in Staffordshire created to draw up a region-wide transformation programme has appointed an ‘independent’ chair to oversee its work.
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HSJ LocalCCGs cut short struggling patient transport firm's contract
COMMERCIAL: A company providing non-emergency patient transport services in the South West is to have its contract cut short by two years.
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HSJ LocalCCG blames NHS Shared Business Services for missing financial target
FINANCE: Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group has blamed NHS Shared Business Services for an error which caused the CCG to fail to meet its cash balance target in June, according to board documents.
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HSJ LocalNew GP federation and trusts in collaboration talks
STRUCTURE: A new GP federation covering North Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent is in talks with local health bodies to examine proposals for more integrated working.
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HSJ LocalEast London maternity service 'inadequate' for safety
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has told Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust to improve its maternity services following an inspection triggered by the deaths of five mothers over 18 months.
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HSJ LocalTwo more directors off sick for months at troubled trust
WORKFORCE: Two directors at a struggling acute trust have been off sick since at least May – the same period of sick leave as the former chief executive who resigned last month, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalLincolnshire trust performs ‘deep dive’ into liver disease death rates
PERFORMANCE: United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust is performing a ‘deep dive’ review into the deaths of some liver disease patients after mortality rates were found to be much higher than expected.
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HSJ LocalVirgin in running for Bristol children’s community services contract
COMMERCIAL: Virgin Care Services is in the running to be the interim provider of children’s community services in Bristol and south Gloucestershire, after the incumbent NHS provider announced it would end its contract in March.
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HSJ Local18 week waits, June 2015: explore the maps
See all NHS waiting lists around England by provider, CCG or specialty
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HSJ LocalCQC finds poorly staffed wards at Wirral hospital
PERFORMANCE: Wirral University Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust has been told it must make improvements after the CQC identified patient safety concerns.
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HSJ LocalEast of England Ambulance appoints new chief executive
WORKFORCE: East of England Ambulance Service Trust has appointed Robert Morton as its new chief executive.
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HSJ LocalEast London CCG chair to stand down
WORKFORCE: The chair of Newham Clinical Commissioning Group will step down from his role at the end of September.