All HSJ Local articles – Page 229
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New chair for Kingston Hospital
STRUCTURE: Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust’s new chair will start work on September 1.
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'Unsafe and dirty' London hospital slammed
An NHS trust has been issued with three formal warnings after inspectors found “unsafe” conditions including filthy maternity wards and water placed out of the reach of elderly patients.
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Judge rejects council bid to block West London hospital downgrades
STRUCTURE Ealing Council’s attempt to block plans to downgrade four local hospitals has been dealt a major blow after a High Court judge rejected its application for a judicial review.
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Monitor investigates Royal Berkshire over A&E breaches
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust after repeated breaches of its four hour waiting time target.
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Surrey Downs ditches EDICS contract
COMMERCIAL: Surrey Downs Clinical Commissioning Group has opted not to renew a contract with an organisation providing specialist referral advice and treatment at consultant-led community clinics.
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Surrey and Sussex CCGs choose new CSU providers
STRUCTURE: New arrangements for providing commissioning support services are being put in place across Surrey and Sussex, NHS England has announced.
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Circle named preferred bidder for musculoskeletal £120m contract
COMMERCIAL Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group has named private provider Circle as its preferred bidder to be prime contractor for its musculoskeletal integrated service.
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HSJ LocalMerger FTs propose friends and family test to allay competition concern
STRUCTURE: The foundation trusts whose merger plans face being blocked by the Competition Commission have proposed their performance in the friends and family test is used to mitigate against the loss of competition.
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CCG flags diagnostics delays at Birmingham Children's
PERFORMANCE: Diagnostic waits at Birmingham Children’s Hospital have been described as the “main current performance issue” in south and central Birmingham.
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Birmingham CCG tells PropCo: we can't afford £2.3m charge
FINANCE: A Birmingham clinical commissioning group has told NHS Property Services Ltd that it cannot afford to pay a £2.3m charge to plug a gap in local premises costs.
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Oxford AHSN hires chief executive
WORKFORCE: The Oxford Academic Health Science Network has announced the appointment of Professor Gary Ford as its chief executive.
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Plymouth Hospitals patient undergoes surgery without general anaesthetic
RESEARCH: A 65-year-old woman has become the first patient at Plymouth Hospitals Trust to use an ipad as a distraction technique during surgery.
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Bristol based researchers get £9m funding boost
RESEARCH: A team of health researchers based at University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust have been given £9m by the National Institute of Health Research.
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Bristol social enterprise core contract extended
COMMERCIAL: A Bristol based social enterprise which saw its non-executives resign en masse earlier this year has been given a “clean bill of health” and awarded a two year contract extension by commissioners.
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Northern CCGs form collaborative
STRUCTURE: Clinical commissioning groups in the North East and Cumbria have formed a collaborative group for joint contracting, system leadership and sharing expertise.
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HSJ LocalMonitor probes alleged competition rule breach
A health regulator is to investigate complaints over whether NHS England breached competition rules for commissioning cancer services.
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South London and Maudsley running at £1.5m deficit so far this year
FINANCE: South London and Maudsley Foundation Trust is running at an unplanned £1.5m deficit so far this year, board papers reveal.
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Northampton sets itself £13m CIP target
FINANCE Northampton General Hospital Foundation Trust has set itself a cost improvement plan target of £13m for 2013-14.
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Building works hit East Lancashire A&E performance
PERFORMANCE: Building works have “severely impacted” on the waiting time to initial assessment for patients brought to its accident and emergency services by ambulance, its latest performance report states.
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Queen Elizabeth sets itself £9.3m CIP target
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn Trust has set itself a cost improvement plan target of £9.3m for 2013-14.