All HSJ Local articles – Page 20
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HSJ Local‘Significant escalation’ in strike action, warns ambulance chief
Ambulance chiefs have warned of a ‘significant escalation’ in the strike action being planned by unions next week – saying the flexibilities that helped deal with previous walk-outs will no longer be available.
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HSJ LocalBMA ‘rate card’ wipes out elective recovery gains, claims trust
A struggling acute trust says its failure to hit its elective care targets is directly linked to doctors’ demanding overtime rates in line with the British Medical Association’s new rate cards, as national tensions around the issue intensify.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: inquiry exaggerated trust death toll, claims CEO
A trust chief executive has suggested an inquiry team looking at 2,000 deaths is lacking in ‘expertise’ and has created a ‘disproportionate impression’ of the problems at his trust.
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HSJ LocalMore prosecutions launched over patient deaths at trust
A scandal-hit mental health trust is facing further prosecutions over alleged care failings relating to the deaths of two inpatients, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalTrust staves off break-up calls after CQC upgrade
A troubled trust has most likely secured a reprieve from being broken up after the Care Quality Commission upgraded its rating, but its leaders accept they still have a ‘long way to go’.
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HSJ LocalCelebrated service closes six years after opening
The closure of a much-celebrated mental health unit just six years after it opened demonstrates the struggle trusts have faced in utilising new investment into the sector, a local leader said.
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HSJ LocalTrust delays £450m IT system to ensure ‘safe’ implementation
One of England’s biggest NHS trusts has delayed the implementation of its new £450m electronic patient record to ensure the new system is launched ‘safely’, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalTrust buys £85m EPR after abandoning previous procurement
An acute trust has signed an £85m deal with Oracle Cerner for a new electronic patient record, two years after abandoning a previous procurement.
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HSJ LocalTrust accused of highlighting long NHS waits to promote its private hospital
An NHS trust has been accused of promoting its private hospital by highlighting the long NHS waiting times which it is supposed to be addressing.
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HSJ LocalICS plans ‘integrated NHS groups’ spanning ICB and trusts
An integrated care system that has struggled with ‘strained and challenging relationships’ is exploring ‘joint constitutional committees’ spanning its integrated care board and two provider trusts.
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HSJ LocalChair retires after contentious trust takeover
The joint chair of two Midlands hospitals is stepping down after a four-year term.
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HSJ LocalTrusts’ chair to leave amid CEO instability
The joint chair of two hospital trusts is to step down, just weeks after the “group” named its third CEO in four months.
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HSJ LocalFree coffee for delayed ambulance crews paused after £20k bill
Trust chiefs have paused a scheme which enabled ambulance crews facing long accident and emergency handover delays to get a free tea or coffee, after receiving a £20,000 bill for a single month.
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HSJ LocalFlagship merger ‘effectively scrapped’ after ‘wasting millions’
The leader of a flagship ‘hub and spoke’ pathology merger has criticised regulators after the project was effectively dropped due to delays in receiving £31m of capital that was allocated to the scheme in 2018.
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HSJ LocalICB shelves 30 primary care investments
Four planned primary care ‘hubs’ are in doubt – according to local politicians – after an integrated care system said it could not afford a large number of requested GP premises improvements.
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HSJ LocalMcKinsey wins £1m contract to devise new NHSE data model
Consultancy firm McKinsey has been awarded a contract worth almost £1m by NHS England to provide a new data and analytics operating model.
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HSJ LocalDetails of 14,000 salaries shared by mistake
A spreadsheet containing the personal information of nearly 14,000 staff, including their salaries, has been mistakenly emailed to hundreds of people at a major trust, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalTrust set for ‘significant’ windfall after court victory
An acute trust is set to recoup at least £14m from the taxman after winning a judicial review over VAT.
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HSJ LocalHarm caused by long cancer waits to be investigated by ICB
Commissioners have begun a ‘serious incident review’ across their integrated care system after early indications showed patients may have suffered harm due to long waits for cancer treatment.
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HSJ LocalEx-national finance chief drafted in to chair troubled trust
A former national finance and performance director has been appointed to chair Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust for 12 months.