All HSJ Local articles – Page 203
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Council leader calls for resignation of CCG chiefs
STRUCTURE: A council leader embroiled in a row with with a clinical commissioning group has called for the resignation of its chair and chief clinical officer, after he was cleared of bullying them.
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NHS 111 introduced in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
STRUCTURE: NHS 111, the health service’s 24-hour non-emergency hotline, is now available in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
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HSJ LocalDecision due on Mid Staffs dissolution
The health secretary is set to announce his decision on whether the scandal-hit Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust should be dissolved.
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HSJ LocalBug-hit surgeon starts court fight
A heart surgeon who has not returned to work since five of his patients died after becoming infected with an antibiotic resistant bug during valve replacements has launched High Court proceedings against his employer.
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HSJ LocalEnglish trust to stop cross-border elective work
A trust near to the Welsh border will stop carrying out non-specialised planned care on behalf of a number of Welsh NHS bodies following what it describes as “continuing payment issues”.
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HSJ LocalNew chief executive for Wye Valley
WORKFORCE: Wye Valley Trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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Anger over Newcastle practice closure
Plans to close a small GP practice in one of the most deprived parts of Newcastle have been met with criticism from local politicians and health leaders.
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HSJ LocalNew strategy for south west London reconfiguration
Six clinical commissioning groups in South West London have formally dismantled their Better Services Better Value programme designed to reconfigure acute services. However, they admit service change is still required.
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HSJ LocalSheffield and Leeds trusts refused HWB representation
STRUCTURE: Two health and wellbeing boards in Yorkshire have refused requests from major acute providers for their representatives to be made members.
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HSJ LocalTrust faces fine after safety case
The NHS trust that runs Stafford Hospital will be sentenced on today for safety breaches which led to the death of a diabetic patient in 2007.
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CCG votes to downgrade maternity unit
STRUCTURE: Hambleton, Richmondshire and Whitby Clinical Commissioning Group has voted to go ahead with plans to downgrade consultant led maternity cover at the Friarage Hospital, rejecting an alternative proposal by a council leader to save it.
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HSJ LocalSurgeon shortage leads to centralised service
High risk and emergency gastrointestinal surgery is to be centralised at one site by East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust due to a shortage of surgeons.
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Serco procurement bid rejected by trust
Lewisham and Greenwich Trust has rejected a bid from Serco to provide its procurement services after concluding that it would not provide value for money, following more than a year of negotiations.
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Eye clinic plans paused following King's complaint
Plans for Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust to open an eye clinic at a hospital in Kent have been paused after another trust complained that no procurement process had taken place.
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HSJ LocalTrust boss 'sorry' for bullying culture
A mental health trust boss has called on staff to suggest changes after the damning results of a survey showed more than two-thirds of its workers thought there was a culture of bullying, fear and blame.
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HSJ LocalTreasury delay risks 'smashing up' Papworth
Papworth Hospital Foundation Trust’s chairman has accused ministers of risking “smashing up” one of the “jewels in the NHS’s crown” by continuing to delay the trust’s move to a new site.
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HSJ LocalNew review of children's heart surgery in Bristol
The chair of the high profile public inquiry into paediatric heart surgery in Bristol is to lead a new review into the deaths of a number of children with heart problems at University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust.
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Patients operated on with unsterilised instruments
An investigation has been launched after nine patients at a hospital in the North West were operated on with surgical instruments which had not been fully sterilised.
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CCG terminates community services contract with York
STRUCTURE: York Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust has agreed to terminate its contract to run community services in Whitby after agreeing that its current offer could be improved.
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Dorset 111 service gets extra funding
FINANCE: Dorset CCG has had to provide South West Ambulance Service Foundation Trust with additional funding for the provision of the NHS 111 service.