Latest news – Page 1138
-
HSJ Local
Tees Valley mulls 'shared public health service'
STRUCTURE: Teesside is considering creating a shared public health service for the Tees Valley.
-
-
LeaderQuestions over Monitor’s role will be raised
There is continued uncertainty over the mechanics of regulation
-
NewsMandarins' procedures to be reviewed
Whitehall civil servants may take lessons from their New Zealand counterparts in a shake-up of how government works.
-
HSJ Local
Salford Royal completes £200m revamp
STRUCTURE: Salford Royal FT has completed a £200 million, five-year redevelopment project with finishing touches including new car parks, covered walkways and outdoor areas.
-
HSJ Local
Breaches of antibiotic policy leave trust struggling to combat C diff
PERFORMANCE: Failures in antibiotic prescribing have left Pennine Acute Trust struggling to hit targets for reducing C difficile infections, trust board papers show.
-
HSJ Local
Avon and Wiltshire reaches out to service users
PERFORMANCE: Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust is holding a series of patient and public engagement events, following the publication of a highly critical report of the trust’s governance.
-
HSJ Local
Signficant reduction in infection at Liverpool and Broadgreen
PERFORMANCE: Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust has made “excellent progress” in reducing MRSA and other infections, according to the trust’s Quality Account for 2011-12.
-
HSJ Local
Royal Bolton closes walk-in centre
STRUCTURE: Royal Bolton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has closed a nurse-led walk-in centre in Bolton town centre as part of a reorganisation of urgent care.
-
HSJ Local
Stockport FT in surplus despite underlying debts of £1.5m
FINANCE: Stockport FT had a surplus of £251,000 at the end of June, £29,000 ahead of its planned surplus, but reported an underlying deficit of nearly £1.5m.
-
HSJ Local
Hourly checks help Salford Royal tackle falls and ulcers
PERFORMANCE: One patient was harmed in a fall at Salford Royal hospital and seven suffered pressure ulcers in June, shows the FT’s latest transparency report.
-
HSJ Local
Stepping Hill has 'excellent' patient environment
PERFORMANCE: Stepping Hill Hospital has scored the highest possible rating for its patient environment in an independent inspection.
-
HSJ Local
South Manchester University hospital £69K below plan
FINANCE: University Hospital of South Manchester FT reported a surplus of £80,000 at the end of June against a planned surplus of about £150,000, the trust’s latest finance report shows.
-
HSJ Local
Yeovil involved in 66 clinical studies
CLINICAL RESEARCH: Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trust is one of the most active small, acute NHS trusts in the country in terms of reserach, a new league table has revealed.
-
HSJ Local
Bristol cluster finance director leaves post
WORKFORCE: The finance director of the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire primary care trust cluster has left.
-
HSJ Local
Tameside FT £48K below plan
FINANCE: Tameside Hospital FT is behind plan with nearly double the planned deficit for June, board papers show.
-
HSJ Local
New medical director at Mid Staffs
WORKFORCE: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has officially welcomed its new medical director Robert Courteney-Harris who took over his new role today (Wednesday).
-
HSJ Local
Croydon warned on surgical safety and equipment shortages
PERFORMANCE: Croydon Health Services Trust has been told to make “urgent improvements” to surgical procedures and address a shortage of medical equipment at Croydon University Hospital.
-
HSJ Local
Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees CCG establishes five clinical workstreams
STRUCTURE: NHS Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees CCG is enshrining five clinical workstream groups in its constitution.
-
HSJ Local
Leicestershire CCG launches new website
STRUCTURE: A new website has been launched by the West Leicestershire Clinical Commissioning Group for the public to access information about the new organisation.