All HSJ Local articles – Page 45
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HSJ LocalSpecialist trust now providing a fifth of all NHS private patient work
A specialist cancer trust increased its income from private patients by £17m last year, while the service as a whole saw non-NHS healthcare revenues rise by 6 per cent.
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HSJ LocalTrust starved of capital cash for maternity censured by CQC
A trust whose capital bid to improve its maternity services has been repeatedly turned down by government has been told by the Care Quality Commission to make urgent improvements to the obstetrics department after an inspection prompted by three serious incidents.
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HSJ LocalFT’s record keeping cited as a concern by five inquests since 2016
Investigations into patient deaths at a teaching trust in Lancashire have repeatedly raised similar concerns around the quality of care records and information sharing.
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HSJ Local‘Black alert’ declared at Midlands teaching trust
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has declared a black alert and is urging staff to prioritise patient discharges.
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HSJ LocalCourt rejects trust claim that contract cannot be delivered within budget
A trust has lost its legal challenge aimed at getting a local authority to retender a sexual health services contract awarded to a charity provider.
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HSJ LocalLength of stay cut by 30 pc in GIRFT pilot
One of the country’s biggest rural trusts has cut patients’ length of stay in hospital and improved waiting times by separating elective orthopaedic work from trauma cases, according to the results of a pilot project.
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HSJ LocalSTP plans to axe all trauma services at DGH
Cambridgeshire leaders have set out plans to remove all trauma work from a struggling district general hospital as part of a major clinical reconfiguration.
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HSJ LocalTrust refuses to pay quango until service improves
A community and mental health trust is refusing to pay some of its bills and rent to a government-owned subsidiary company amid fears over fire safety.
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HSJ LocalCCG chief leaves for Catholic church
A long-serving accountable officer has left her clinical commissioning group to take up a position in the Catholic church.
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HSJ LocalTrust locked into legal battle over car leasing scheme
An NHS trust faces delay of around a year before it can bank a £14m windfall after the government decided to appeal a High Court judgment.
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HSJ LocalTrust warns university is unable to fill nursing places
A rural trust has warned university places to study nursing are not being filled despite a recent boost in national funding to expand clinical placements.
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HSJ LocalChief executive makes bid to lead second trust
Creating a “chain” model and shared leadership between providers in Lancashire could enable crucial reconfiguration of clinical services to finally move forward, an acute trust chief executive has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalFormer NHSE finance lead chosen as trust CEO
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive following Mark Davies announcing he would stand down earlier this year.
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HSJ LocalSpiralling child waiting list forces CCG to take action
Record numbers of children waiting to be assessed for autism in Devon have forced the local CCG to seek an additional provider to try and tackle the backlog of approximately 1,800.
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HSJ LocalCapital squeeze will compromise patient safety, warns teaching hospital
Keeping patients safe at a major trauma centre will become “increasingly untenable” because the trust is being denied capital funding, its chief executive has warned.
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HSJ LocalHospital appoints new chief executive
James Paget University Hospitals Foundation Trust has promoted deputy chief Anna Hills to the chief executive role on a permanent basis.
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HSJ LocalAcute trust’s BME staff feel ‘ignored and disenfranchised’
Black and minority ethnic staff at Blackpool hospitals trust feel “ignored and disenfranchised”, saying management has failed to deal with concerns about racist language.
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HSJ LocalDiscovery of 2000 skeletons delays hospital funding boost
Building work being carried out by the charity of a major teaching hospital has been delayed after around 2,000 skeletons were discovered at the development site.
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HSJ LocalFirst chief chosen to lead both trust and CCG
A trust chief executive will jointly lead its local clinical commissioning group from October, as part of a shared management structure established by the two bodies.
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HSJ LocalCCG and council to share leader
A clinical commissioning group is set to be led by its local authority’s chief executive under plans to better integrate health and care services.