All HSJ Local articles – Page 207
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HSJ LocalCCG considers seven-year community services contract
COMMERCIAL: Bath and North East Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group plans to re-commission its community health and social care services on an unprecedentedly long contract of up to seven years.
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Specialised services reconfiguration expected in Essex
Negotiations are underway over the future configuration of specialised services in Essex, HSJ understands.
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HSJ LocalHeatherwood and Wexham Park chief quits
WORKFORCE: Philippa Slinger, the chief executive of the troubled Heatherwood and Wexham Park Foundation Trust, has resigned to take a job outside the NHS.
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HSJ LocalCouncil takes back mental health service
Norfolk County Council is to take its social care service for working age adults with mental health problems back under its direct control after shortcomings emerged in the service which was run by a mental health trust.
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HSJ LocalIntegrated care pioneer voted out by GPs
The clinical commissioning group leader who fronted an ambitious attempt to introduce integrated outcomes based contracts has lost his place on the body’s board following a vote by GPs.
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HSJ Local£4.5m payout for brain injury girl
A 10-year-old girl who suffered a catastrophic brain injury shortly after her birth is to receive £4.5m in compensation.
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East of England Ambulance chair resigns
WORKFORCE: The interim chair of the East of England Ambulance Service Trust Geoffrey Harris has resigned, the trust has announced.
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North East Essex considers terminating contract with CSU
STRUCTURE: North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group is considering terminating its contract with Central Eastern CSU, and has already decided to bring three services in house.
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HSJ LocalCCGs tell Serco to improve service
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners have insisted community services in Suffolk run by Serco are “safe”, a week after a council said they could be deteriorating.
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'Assurances' sought over scrutiny of interim finance officers
A health minister has demanded assurances over the appointment process for interim finance directors to avoid a repeat of a situation where a primary care trust’s financial position was mis-stated by at least £28m.
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HSJ LocalEXCLUSIVE: Cabinet Office conducts A&E 'deep dive' for PM
PERFORMANCE: The Cabinet Office has conducted a “deep dive” investigation on behalf of the prime minister to examine the health system surrounding Portsmouth Hospitals Trust, HSJ has discovered.
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HSJ LocalBoy 'should have received high dependency care', inquest hears
A four-year-old boy who died following major heart surgery on a controversial hospital ward should have been receiving high-dependency care when he suffered a cardiac arrest, an inquest heard on Wednesday.
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HSJ LocalCCGs express concerns about trust's leadership
Leaders of three clinical commissioning groups have written to the chief executive of an acute trust setting out concerns about the quality of the care it provides.
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HSJ LocalLegal challenge issued over £16m service tender
COMMERCIAL: A clinical commissioning group is facing a legal challenge over the procurement of £16.6m in services using the innovative prime contractor model.
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South Warwickshire appoints hotel services contractor
COMMERCIAL: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust has appointed Amey as its hotel services provider, the trust has announced.
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Trust's £2.5m overspend on staff pay bill
Taunton and Somerset Foundation Trust has spent almost £2.5m more than budgeted on staff pay.
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Delays in over performance payments pose 'significant risk' to trust
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust is reporting a “significant risk” to its short term cash flow, partly due to delays in over performance payments.
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South Staffordshire and Shropshire in surplus
Finance: South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare Foundation Trust is in surplus, recent board papers show.
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Liverpool funds Citizens Advice advisers in GP practices
PERFORMANCE: Every GP practice in Liverpool is to have access to dedicated Citizens Advice advisers to whom patients with non-medical problems can be refered.
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Seclusion rooms used as bedrooms by mental health trust
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust has been issued with a warning notice by the Care Quality Commission after an inspection team found seclusion rooms were being used as bedrooms.