All HSJ Local articles – Page 191
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HSJ LocalUse primary care capacity to improve A&E waits, trust told
A review into an acute trust’s “unacceptably poor” accident and emergency waiting time figures concludes that primary care capacity in the region must be used in order to reduce pressures on A&E departments.
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HSJ LocalBurton stays in special measures
PERFORMANCE: A West Midlands “Keogh trust” will remain in special measures after receiving a critical inspection report from the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalCross-party MPs push for London GP to be allowed access to the market
COMMERCE: Three MPs in Enfield have backed a seven year campaign by a GP to enter what they argue is the London borough’s “inadequate” primary care market.
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HSJ LocalEastbourne campaign groups pledges supports for private takeover
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
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HSJ LocalLincolnshire community trust appoints chief
Lincolnshire Community Health Services Trust has appointed Andrew Morgan as its chief executive.
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HSJ LocalTrust to open bullying helpine for staff
WORKFORCE: An acute trust plans to open a 24-hour helpline for its staff after almost 30 per cent reported being bullied by colleagues and managers.
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HSJ Local£30m pathology contract won by Hillingdon
FINANCE: Hillingdon Hospitals Foundation trust has won a £30m five-year contract to provide pathology services for patients in Ealing.
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HSJ LocalCancer centre given the go-ahead
STRUCTURE: A new cancer centre to be built at Barts Health Trust has been given the green light by London planning officials.
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HSJ LocalTrust in lock-out dispute faces legal action
Trade union Unite has pledge to take legal action against Northampton General Hospital Trust after it locked out pathology staff following a contract dispute.
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HSJ LocalCompetition watchdog probes Essex pathology joint venture
COMMERCIAL: The competition watchdog is probing a pathology joint venture between two Essex foundation trusts and a private company.
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HSJ LocalCash strapped CCG proposes major restrictions to fertility services
FINANCE: A cash strapped clinical commissioning group has proposed significantly restricting access to fertility services to help halt its fall even further into the red.
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HSJ LocalLeicestershire bid to plug £400m gap
STRUCTURE: Widespread changes to the Leicestershire Health economy have been agreed between the University Hospitals of Leicester and its local commissioners to plug an estimated £400m funding gap over the next four years.
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Substance misuse clinic faces closure as costs mount
FINANCE: Central and North West London Foundation Trust could close a high performing clinic that treats adults for substance misuse because it can no longer afford to run the service.
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HSJ LocalColchester 'failed to tell CQC' about further waiting list allegations
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has criticised the trust at the centre of a scandal over cancer waiting data manipulation for failing to tell inspectors it had received further allegations of waiting lists being manipulated.
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HSJ LocalDelay to Mid Staffs dissolution could be 'disastrous', administrators warn
STRUCTURE: Failure to secure changes to services at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust before winter could be “potentially disastrous” for the local health economy, the trust’s special administrators have claimed.
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HSJ LocalPatient transport firm may face 'action' over performance
COMMERCIAL: A company which runs a major patient transport service in Kent and Medway is likely to face “further actions” from commissioners after failing to meet targets in its first year.
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HSJ LocalMoorfields misreported waiting times performance for five years
PERFORMANCE: Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust has been misreporting waiting times for treatment at its sites across London for years, with hundreds of patients waiting longer than recorded, the trust discovered.
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HSJ Local18 week waits, May 2014: explore the maps
See all NHS waits around England, with links to the detail by organisation and specialty
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HSJ LocalUCLH turns up heat on specialised commissioners
PERFORMANCE: University College London Hospitals has warned it may have to consider “curtailing access to services” if NHS England is “unwilling to agree contract volumes” for the foundation trust’s specialist services.
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HSJ LocalSomerset shortlists for 111 and OOH
COMMERCIAL: Four bidders have been shortlisted to provide NHS 111 and out of hours primary care services in Somerset, in one of the first NHS 111 re-procurements to be run.