All HSJ Local articles – Page 168
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HSJ LocalBorder trust looks into English/Welsh waits discrepancy
PERFORMANCE: A trust near the English/Welsh border is investigating why Welsh patients wait significantly longer than English one for treatment.
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CCG records surplus of £1.75m after third quarter
FINANCE: Hardwick Clinical Commissioning Group has reported a surplus of £1.75m for the third quarter or 2014-15, board papers show.
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HSJ LocalSouthern Health rated ‘requires improvement’
PERFORMANCE: The country’s largest mental health and community services trust has been rated ‘requires improvement’ by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalCCG changes IVF policy to meet NICE guidelines
PERFORMANCE: Warrington Clinical Commissioning Group will increase the number of cycles of IVF offered to 23-39 year old women from one to three – bringing its policy into line with national guidelines.
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HSJ LocalTwo Cheshire CCGs propose merger
STRUCTURE: Two clinical commissioning groups in Cheshire are planning to formally merge.
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Monitor appoints improvement director at Norfolk and Suffolk FT
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has appointed an improvement director for Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust, which it placed into special measures last week.
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HSJ LocalNHS England regional director to join Wirral CCG
WORKFORCE: An NHS England regional director has been announced as the permanent accountable officer for a North West clinical commissioning group rocked by leadership turmoil last year.
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HSJ LocalLiverpool Women's medical director resigns
WORKFORCE: The medical director of Liverpool Women’s Hospital Foundation Trust has stepped down from his post.
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HSJ LocalNEW Devon was 'pit canary' for CCG rationing plans
FINANCE: ‘Queues’ of clinical commissioning groups could have implemented controversial plans to restrict access to certain services had a high profile attempt at rationing in Devon been successful, a local commissioner has claimed.
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HSJ LocalFT chief executive to retire after 18 years in post
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of South Tyneside Foundation Trust is to retire after 18 years in the role.
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HSJ LocalTrust and GPs bid to create primary care joint venture
PRIMARY CARE: A group of Hampshire GPs has teamed up with the country’s largest mental health and community services trust in a bid to create an integrated primary care centre.
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HSJ Local200 North Bristol patients still waiting over a year for spinal surgery
PERFORMANCE: More than 200 patients have been waiting over a year for spinal surgery at North Bristol Trust, figures for December reveal.
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HSJ LocalBassetlaw CCG awards talking therapies contract
COMMERCIAL: Not-for-profit organisation Insight Healthcare has won a contract to provide talking therapies for Bassetlaw Clinical Commissioning Group.
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HSJ LocalCancer patients miss out on surgery due to winter pressures
PERFORMANCE: Elective surgery in “many specialties” - including cancer – has been postponed or cancelled in Leeds because of excess demand for services over winter.
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HSJ Local18 week waits, December 2014: explore the maps
See all NHS waiting lists around England by provider, CCG or specialty
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HSJ LocalChief executive of £1bn-turnover trust resigns
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of one of England’s largest trusts resigned this morning.
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HSJ LocalCalderdale reconfiguration rejected in council report
STRUCTURE: There is ‘not convincing evidence’ that proposals to reconfigure services hospitals services in Calderdale and Greater Huddersfield would ‘produce better health outcomes for our population or represent good value for money’, a council commissioned report has found.
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HSJ LocalCCG 'rewinds' tender process after legal threat
A London clinical commissioning group has decided to retender its integrated urgent care and out of hours services contract after it was threatened with a legal challenge from an unsuccessful bidder.
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HSJ LocalNorfolk and Suffolk FT placed into special measures
PERFORMANCE: Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust has become the first mental health trust to be placed into special measures, Monitor has announced.
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HSJ LocalChildren at risk because of failure to share records, says CQC
PATIENT SAFETY: Care Quality Commission inspectors have told commissioners in Barnsley they must connect up the health and social care records systems to ensure the safety of children in local authority care.