All HSJ Local articles – Page 44
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HSJ LocalFT seeks merger to avoid ‘patient safety risks’
A mental health trust is preparing to seek a merger or acquisition by another provider in a bid to address its financial challenges, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local‘Toxic’ CCG appoints new chair
A clinical commissioning group, which has been the subject of concerns about staff culture and bullying, has appointed a new chair.
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HSJ LocalLong-serving CEO steps down after ill health
A chief executive who has led her trust for eight years has stepped down from her position to recover from a period of ill health.
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HSJ LocalEight CCGs to merge to make ‘really tricky decisions’
System leaders have drawn up plans to merge eight clinical commissioning groups into one organisation, to take some “really tricky decisions”.
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HSJ LocalProvider withdraws services amid contract dispute
Children with autism have been left in limbo after a private provider withdrew the majority of its services amid a dispute with commissioners.
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HSJ LocalNew chief exec for ‘outstanding’ hospital trust
A hospital trust rated “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission has appointed a new chief executive.
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HSJ LocalPlan to merge eight CCGs pushed back a year
A second London health system has opted to delay plans to merge its clinical commissioning groups into a single organisation.
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HSJ LocalNHS books hotels for staff as Kent braces for no-deal Brexit ‘Armageddon’
The NHS in Kent is block-booking hotel rooms for staff and planning with police to get workers and patients through “gridlocked roads” to hospitals as part of preparations for a no-deal Brexit “Armageddon”.
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HSJ LocalSpecial measures trust no longer ‘inadequate’
England’s only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance trust will remain in special measures despite the Care Quality Commission noting improvements.
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HSJ LocalTrust scrapped procurement amid ‘strong bias’ claim
An NHS trust abandoned its procurement for patient transport services just weeks after a shortlisted bidder pulled out over concerns about the evaluation process, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalMajor trust proposes ‘referral only’ emergency care service for walk-in patients
Walk-in patients will be unable to access emergency care at a major hospital trust without a referral from a colocated urgent treatment centre, its chief executive has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalFormer national IT director returns to NHS role
A former national IT director is returning to an NHS role after two years in the private sector.
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HSJ Local‘Outstanding’ rating for trust in troubled health economy
Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust has had its rating upgraded from “good” to “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalTrust seeks £300m for unfinished Carillion hospital
An acute trust is set to ask government for £300m to complete building works on a former Carillion hospital, a meeting was told, after engineers identified a series of problems with the structure.
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HSJ LocalA&E downgrade pushes demand onto struggling neighbour
The full extent of the increased pressure on a struggling city hospital after the downgrading of a neighbour’s emergency department has finally been revealed.
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HSJ Local‘Learned helplessness and crisis mentality’ prevalent in former ‘success regime’
Leaders in one of NHS England’s former “success regimes” have conceded a failure to build on progress made, as they “retrenched” back into their organisations.
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HSJ LocalHundreds of outsourced staff strike for ‘fair pay’
Outsourced support staff at two teaching hospitals have begun two days of strike action over their pay rates.
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HSJ LocalCMA clears acute trust mega merger after two months
The Competition and Markets Authority has cleared the planned merger of two acute trusts in Liverpool after the first stage of its approval process.
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HSJ LocalBosses still confident of NHS’ longest-running merger, despite delays
A trust merger which was first proposed in 2011 has been delayed again – this time by up to 18 months.
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HSJ LocalTrusts turn to artificial intelligence to tackle staff shortage
Two East Midlands trusts are trialling the use of artificial intelligence tools to diagnose breast cancer in a bid to mitigate the national shortage of radiologists.