Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust – Page 21
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HSJ Local
Second hospital abandons staff sickness policy
WORKFORCE: A second hospital trust in the North West has ripped up a sickness absence policy under which nurses had pay increments withheld.
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HSJ Local
Takeover of Trafford Healthcare Trust completed
STRUCTURE: The takeover of the Trafford Healthcare Trust by Central Manchester University Hospitals is now complete, the foundation has announced.
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HSJ Local
Highest flu jab coverage in North for Royal Liverpool staff
WORKFORCE: There was a higher uptake of the seasonal flu vaccine among staff at the trust than in any other provider in the North of England.
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NewsPay freeze fails to prevent trust overspend on wages
The NHS pay freeze has failed to prevent acute hospitals from running up an estimated £300m year-to-date overspend on wage bills, an HSJ investigation has revealed.
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HSJ Local
Central Manchester FT ranked among worst in 2011 NHS staff survey
WORKFORCE: The foundation trust has remained ranked among the worst in the England for more than a third of the measures tracked by the annual NHS staff survey, the newly published 2011 results show.
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HSJ Local
Central Manchester FT takeover of Trafford Healthcare cleared for 1 April
STRUCTURE: The trust’s takeover by Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust has been cleared to go through at the end of this month, the acquiring trust reported this afternoon.
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NewsTrusts pursue pay curbs for staff sickness
A tribunal decision that forced a trust to stop withholding pay from staff who take too much sick leave has failed to deter other organisations from pursuing similar policies, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
NHS Trafford puts community services up for tender
COMMERCIAL: The primary care trust has launched a tender process for organisations seeking to take over its community services.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: the reconfiguration plan for Greater Manchester's hospitals
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of the key issues facing the NHS’s major health economies. This week: acute reconfiguration in Greater Manchester.
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HSJ Local
Central Manchester FT acted 'unlawfully' over pay freezes
WORKFORCE: Central Manchester Foundation Trust acted “unlawfully” by attempting to withhold incremental pay rises from staff who took too much sick leave, a tribunal has found.
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HSJ Local
Central Manchester FT spent £86,000 contesting £1m race discrimination tribunal
WORKFORCE: The foundation spent £86,000 contesting an employment tribunal which awarded a former manager around £1m for race discrimination and unfair dismissal, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCompetition panel approves two hospital mergers and will look at two more
The Co-operation and Competition Panel has approved two hospital mergers, called another in for further scrutiny and opened a file on a fourth.
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HSJ Local
Competition watchdog clears Trafford Healthcare takeover
STRUCTURE: The NHS competition watchdog has approved Central Manchester University Hospitals’ proposed takeover of Trafford Healthcare Trust, the hospital known as the “birthplace of the NHS”.
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HSJ Local
Central Manchester loses appeal against £1m race discrimination award
WORKFORCE: The foundation has lost its appeal against an employment tribunal which awarded one of its former managers around £1m for unfair dismissal and racial discrimination.
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HSJ Local
Mothers and babies still at 'significant' risk at Morecambe Bay
PERFORMANCE: The safety of mothers and babies at the foundation’s Furness General Hospital remains at “significant risk”, according to a new independent review commissioned by foundation trust regulator Monitor.
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HSJ Local
Trafford takeover will give Central Manchester FT 22pc market share
STRUCTURE: Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust’s proposed takeover of Trafford Healthcare Trust would give it a market share of more than a fifth of all admissions in Greater Manchester, it has told the NHS’s competition watchdog.
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NewsHospital mergers have little benefit, study suggests
Waiting times have risen and financial performance has declined at NHS hospitals following mergers, a study has found.
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HSJ Local
Former Central Manchester FT manager awarded £1m in race discrimination tribunal
WORKFORCE: An employment tribunal has awarded a former manager at Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust nearly £1m damages for racial discrimination and unfair dismissal.
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HSJ Local
Central Manchester FT scores 79.2 per cent against 18 week target in October
PERFORMANCE: Just 79.2 per cent of the foundation’s admitted patients completed in October were treated within 18 weeks, against a national target of 90 per cent, latest Department of Health figures show.
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HSJ Local
Altrincham Hospital rebuild set to be delayed until November 2012
STRUCTURE: The start of work to rebuild the trust’s Altrincham General Hospital is set to be pushed back a year, to November 2012, a revised timeline for the project shows.