Trust asks government for £300m to complete Carillion hospital
North by North West: Trusts drowning in debt
Patients 'pressurised' into treatment to hit cancer target
HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2018: Clinical Governance and Risk Management in Patient Safety
HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2018: Education and Training
HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2018: Infection Prevention and Control
HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2018: Information Technology
HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2018: Perioperative and Surgical Care
Trust to restart construction of hospital in autumn as government ends PF2 contract
Trust could face court action after abandoning estates deal
Whistleblower named chief executive at scandal hit hospital trust
Decision over Carillion Hospital 'in autumn' as costs soar
Financial performance: Best and worst of 2017-18
Trust sector reports 'window dressing' deficit of almost £1bn
North by North West: Cheshire and Merseyside trails on GP access
Four trusts named as digital exemplars for 'hopeless' IT system
Trusts singled out for failing at 'bog standard' IT
Trusts taken to court after dropping estates firm over Grenfell link
Waiting times blow out to 22 weeks as elective admissions falter
Trusts yet to agree permanent deals for former Carillion services
North by North West: Virgin deal exposes council rifts
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Leaked STP document reveals A&E downgrade plans
The sustainability and transformation plan for Cheshire and Mersey includes the downgrade of at least one accident and emergency department, along with a major consolidation of elective care, according to a document obtained by HSJ.
Newcastle upon Tyne trust scoops three HSJ Awards
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust has scooped three prizes at the HSJ Awards 2015.
Revealed: Second commissioning support tender winner
The second tender for commissioning support services awarded via NHS England’s procurement framework has gone to Midlands and Lancashire Commissioning Support Unit.
Regional health powers included in Liverpool devolution bid
The Liverpool City Region has declared it wants to explore taking greater control of health functions, including creating a ‘local leadership role’ for ‘performance oversight’.
Special report: Estates are the NHS's firm foundation
Estates management must be seen as an important function
CCGs must buy external support services, NHS England says
NHS England has told clinical commissioning groups in the north to jointly go to market to procure vital support services.
Trust told to improve mental health services
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners have told 5 Boroughs Partnership Foundation Trust to boost its performance in for improving access to psychological therapies services
Trust forced to place mentally unwell children out of area
MENTAL HEALTH: Some young people with mental health problems have been placed in inpatient units out of the 5 Boroughs Partnership Foundation Trust’s remit because of lack of space in its own child and adolescent mental health services.
Trust revises infection control after suspected Ebola case
PERFORMANCE: Warrington and Halton Hospitals Foundation Trust has bolstered its infection control policies following the treatment of a suspected Ebola patient.
Construction of new mental health facility underway
STRUCTURE: Building work has begun on a mental health facility in Leigh as part of 5 Boroughs Partnership Foundation Trust.
CCGs taking on full primary care co-commissioning powers revealed
NHS England has revealed the 64 clinical commissioning groups that will take full control of their local primary care budgets from April.
Exclusive: Jobs at risk as NHS England rejects two CSU bids
Two commissioning support units have not made it on to NHS England’s procurement framework, placing their viability and the futures of around 2,200 staff in doubt, HSJ has learned
Integration Summit: Family fortunes
How nutritional intervention can turn around troubled families’ lives
Halton CCG sets aside £0.5m for ‘hub and spoke’ rehab service
FINANCE: Halton clinical commissioning group will contribute £551,000 to the development of a “hub and spoke” rehabilitation service organised across three hospitals, its 2013-15 commissioning strategy states.
Halton CCG authorised with conditions
STRUCTURE: Halton CCG has been authorised this month, with five conditions imposed on its authorisation.
Four directors appointed for Merseyside LAT
WORKFORCE: The NHS Commissioning Board has appointed four directors for its Merseyside Local Area Team.
Joint MD appointed to Cheshire and Merseyside CSUs
WORKFORCE: Tim Andrews has been announced as managing director of the Merseyside Commissioning Support Unit.
St Helens and Knowsley FT bid 'escalated' to Department of Health
PERFORMANCE: St Helens and Knowsley’s bid for foundation trust status has been “escalated” for Department of Health scrutiny, after the trust’s progress along the FT pipeline was red-rated for three months in a row.
Incomplete pathways increase at NHS Halton and St Helens
PERFORMANCE: Halton and St Helens PCT has seen an increase in patients waiting for treatment, with 7 per cent more than planned in April, shows a report to the NHS Merseyside PCT cluster.