Chief nurse leaves North Yorks for Notts and Derby LAT
WORKFORCE: Julie Bolus, North Yorkshire and York PCT chief nurse, has been appointed director of nursing for the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire local area team of the NHS Commissioning Board.
CCGs tender £22m worth of services from Nottingham treatment centre
COMMERCIAL: Clinical Commissioning Groups around Nottingham are advertising for a provider to deliver services up to a value of £42m from Nottingham Treatment Centre.
Emergency patient transport firm wins £130m contract in Nottinghamshire
COMMERCIAL: Following a 10-month competitive tendering process by East Midlands Procurement and Commissioning Transformation (EMPACT), all non-emergency patient transport in Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire is set to be operated by Arriva Passenger Services Ltd from summer 2012.
Notts City issuing out of hours tender
COMMERCIAL: The PCT is launching a tender for GP out of hours provision.
Nottingham City endorses AQP priorities
FINANCE: The PCT has endorsed four “any qualified provider” priority services.
Nottingham cluster appoints chief exec
Workforce: NHS Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County have appointed Derek Bray to be their chief executive.
Drop in GP referrals loses Nottingham Hospitals half a million pounds
FINANCE: A significant drop in GP referrals has led to a 5 per cent drop in new outpatient attendances at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust.
London cluster chief executive stepping down
WORKFORCE: Simon Robbins, chief executive of the south east London cluster of primary care trusts is retiring and being replaced by the chief executive of the Nottinghamshire cluster.
Nottingham consortium elects chair
WORKFORCE: Nottingham City General Practice Consortium has elected its chair and vice chair.
NHS Nottingham City calls on patients to join ‘citizen’s panel’
STRUCTURE: The primary care trust is seeking views from people in its area on how the local NHS could be developed and improved.
NHS Nottingham City's TCS plans revealed
STRUCTURE: NHS Nottingham City’s plans to separate its community provision from its commissioning functions have been put to board members of NHS East Midlands.
Nottingham PCT director to join consortia
WORKFORCE: The director of delivery and performance at Nottingham PCT is to become chief operating officer for a commissioning consortia.
Nottingham University Hospitals exceeds yearly C.Diff target
PERFORMANCE: Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has already exceeded its yearly target for the number of clostridium difficile cases acquired there.
NHS Nottingham's concern at cancer mortality inequalities
PERFORMANCE: NHS Nottingham City has expressed “major concern” at data suggesting the narrowing of cancer mortality health inequalities has slowed down and may even be widening.