All HSJ Local articles – Page 94
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HSJ LocalCCG chief to lead STP
Former chief executive of NHS 24 to lead Lincolnshire STP John Turner accepted responsibility as IT costs soared 73 per cent above business case figure STP aims to achieve a “seismic shift” with £205m service reconfiguration South Lincolnshire CCG chief officer John Turner has been appointed senior ...
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Joint NHS England and NHS Improvement director steps down
Joint director at NHS Improvement and NHS England Tim Rideout stood down at the end of May Mr Rideout was NHS England’s director of commissioning operations and delivery and improvement director for NHS Improvement in Cumbria and the north east He was the first director to hold a joint ...
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HSJ LocalGPs accuse their CCG of 'bias' in service closure row
GPs call on commissioners to halt plans to close minor injuries units GPs have written to NHS England to claim their clinical commissioning group was subject to “misinformation and bias” over plans to close minor injuries units.
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HSJ LocalCritical incident declared by major acute trust
Trust declares critical incident after increasing attendances and admissions One patient waited 16 hours in the department, a source claims Chief operating officer says no patient waited longer than eight hours following a decision to admit An acute trust with one of the busiest A&Es in the country ...
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HSJ LocalTrust warns CCG over 'incredibly damaging' rationing proposals
Foundation trust claims CCG plan to ration hearing aids would breach legal duties CCG says ‘difficult approach’ is proposed to help save £9.7m Bariatric surgery would also be restricted if plans go ahead A foundation trust is warning commissioners they risk breaching their legal duties by rationing ...
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HSJ LocalFour CCGs to hire joint chief then create 'single organisation'
CCGs in Derbyshire approve plans to create single commissioning organisation across thier STP footprint by April 2018 Plan to appoint a single accountable officer in the near future The four clinical commissioning groups in Derbyshire are to begin recruitment for a single shared chief officer, and are planning ...
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HSJ LocalPatient death linked to lack of beds at major teaching trust
Patient dies following lack of beds at a major London teaching trust Coroner’s sends warning over the lack of oversight from clinicians of hospital bed status University College London Hospitals FT, warned future deaths could occur if clinicians not informed of bed status across all of its sites ...
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HSJ LocalCancer services hit by raft of senior resignations
Three senior oncology resignations create ‘significant risk’ at Mid Essex The three Essex acute trusts launch wider review of cancer provision across their health economy Trust has ‘stabilised’ service in ‘the short term with agency locums’ A general hospital’s oncology department has been hit by three senior resignations ...
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HSJ LocalHospital in dispute with city council over £1m delayed transfer fines
Birmingham City Council is in dispute with a hospital trust over unpaid fines for delayed transfers of care totalling £1.1m.
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HSJ LocalMental health trust prosecuted after nurses attacked
The Health and Safety Executive is prosecuting a mental health trust after two nurses were attacked by a patient, it has been confirmed to HSJ.
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HSJ LocalNew chair appointed at scandal hit trust
The largest mental and community health services trust in the country has appointed a new chair, after being without a permanent chair for over a year.
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HSJ LocalHospital rebuild plan depends on extra private patient income
The business case for a proposed hospital rebuild depends on its medical consultants carrying out more of their private work at the site, the trust’s board has heard.
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HSJ LocalJoint CCG and council chief resigns with immediate effect
Council chief who was also accountable officer of CCG resigns Northumberland County Council chief executive Steven Mason was appointed accountable officer at Northumberland CCG in January Council announces Mr Mason has stood down with immediate effect A council chief who also led a clinical commissioning group as part ...
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HSJ LocalTrust forced to delay opening of new PFI hospital
A trust in the West Midlands has pushed back the opening of its new hospital by six months following “engineering difficulty”.
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HSJ LocalTrust working with aviation performance experts to wipe out DTOCs
Performance specialist working with Sheffield health system to draw up action plan to bring down DTOCs Trust chief says sustained improvement requires behaviours to change Council director accepts path to improvement has been “rocky” One of England’s largest teaching hospitals is working with an aviation performance specialist to ...
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HSJ LocalTrust seeks partner to fund major hospital shake-up
A struggling West Midlands trust intends to go out to procurement for a partner to help fund a major reconfiguration of its acute services.
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HSJ Local'Severe harm' to patients at teaching trust after records failure
A patient suffered a stroke that might have been prevented and another received late treatment for cancer after record keeping failures at a teaching hospital.
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HSJ LocalMental health crisis unit fails to hit admission target
Proportion of service users referred back into community falls from 79 per cent to 55 per cent in March Service user complains that men and women are treated in the same room which is “completely inappropriate and very unsafe and scary for vulnerable women” Trust highlighted large number of ...
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HSJ LocalSpecial measures trust rejects 14 per cent savings target
Isle of Wight Trust initially accepted a control total deficit of £0.4m, which required savings of 14 per cent But following further financial deterioration it now has an £18.8m deficit plan Trust was rated inadequate by the CQC earlier this year An NHS trust that is trying to ...
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HSJ LocalTrust gets £10m boost from PFI refinancing deal
A large acute trust in Yorkshire improved its financial outturn by £10m last year after a renegotiation of its PFI contract.