Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust – Page 11
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HSJ Local
Landmark city hospital merger expects to save £100m
Merger of Manchester’s hospitals expected to deliver savings on workforce, back office and estates costs, as well as activity reduction Plans involve centralisation of elective orthopaedics at Trafford General Hospital and vascular surgery at Manchester Royal Infirmary Project requires £56m of transformation funding Details revealed of significant reconfiguration of ...
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HSJ Local
Merger probe should consider wider financial context, trusts argue
CMA is examining the planned merger of Central Manchester University Hospital FT and University Hospital of South Manchester FT The trusts argue greater centralisation of control in the NHS has lessened the role of competition CMA blocked the merger of Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals FT and Poole Hospital ...
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Crashing the devo party
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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News
Exclusive: Delay to major national hospital reconfiguration
NHS England extends consultation period for congenital heart disease review Public events planned for venues around the country next month have been cancelled Final decision could be pushed back until early next year A controversial decision on the future of congenital heart surgery across England has been further ...
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: The £6bn contract
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: The unproven case for extended GP access
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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News
NHS finances: The best and worst performing trusts in quarter three
HSJ analysis shows which trusts are performing best, and worst, against their financial plans in 2016-17.
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HSJ Local
Major trust merger faces investigation
The Competition and Markets Authority has launched an investigation into the planned merger of two large acute trusts in Manchester.
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HSJ Local
Greater Manchester devolution team to cost £8m a year
The health and care devolution team in Greater Manchester will operate with an annual budget of £7.7m, which will largely be spent on staff salaries.
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News
Exclusive: David Dalton warns social care crisis will 'compromise' patient care
Sir David Dalton says A&E crisis is caused by delayed transfers of care and a new social care funding model is “urgently required” Despite interest from new cabinet office team, Sir David says integrating health and social care funding will not solve crisis Financial and care performance will be ...
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News
New consultation on future of specialist heart surgery imminent
NHS England to launch consultation on congenital heart disease services “soon” It has not publicly changed its controversial plans but said “no decision” will be made before consultation is completed Royal Brompton and University Hospitals of Leicester trusts remain at risk of losing their services NHS England is ...
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Expert Briefing
Following the Money: Shifting risk to commissioners, and no more sandwiches
HSJ’s weekly email briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black
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HSJ Knowledge
Roundtable: Education holds the key to better wound care
Our latest roundtable brought together experts to explore how to redress the lack of attention and resources devoted to wound care in the NHS
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HSJ Local
New scheme to plug A&E gaps with doctors from India
Scheme would see NHS trusts contribute £16,000 towards training costs for each recruit as well as paying salary Trusts have agreed to host 20 doctors this year but local leaders believe there is potential scheme to be significantly expanded A&E departments under severe strain in recent weeks and medical ...
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News
Exclusive: Transformation fund could be raided for social care
Greater Manchester has projected a £176m gap in social care funding by 2021 Senior leaders say additional government spending will be “too late” As part of devolution deal, Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership has £450m transformation fund A dedicated pot of transformation funding could be used ...
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Comment
English waits top 19 weeks – and all surgical specialties are now in breach
Elective waits passed the 19 week mark, all surgical specialties are now breaching, and only 69 per cent of local specialties are within target. As the waiting list grows this is only going to get worse.
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News
Revealed: New oversight ratings for every NHS trust
Each trust placed in one of four categories based on the level of support they require from NHS Improvement Trusts will be formally categorised next month as part of the regulator’s new “single oversight framework” Thirty-five out of 238 trusts will have “maximum autonomy” See every rating in the ...
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HSJ Local
Cancer surgery decision ends decade long dispute
Salford Royal Foundation Trust has been chosen as the single site for some specialised cancer services in Greater Manchester, HSJ understands.
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HSJ Local
Children face ‘heart breaking’ delays for dental surgery
Children forced to wait up to a year for tooth extractions under general anaesthetic More than 1,500 children on the waiting list across all providers in Greater Manchester Dealing with the problems escalated to NHS England Leaders in Greater Manchester have drawn up plans to address a crisis ...
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News
Trusts named to test new nursing associate role
Health Education England has named the trusts to lead work piloting the new nursing associate role, and confirmed double the number of people will be trained for the new position than originally planned.