All MEDWAY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST articles – Page 7
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HSJ LocalTrust set to lose finance director as well as CEO
Medway Foundation Trust is to lose both its finance director and chief executive this autumn – with the medical director also making a sideways move into a different role.
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NewsTrust waiting list soars after review
A specialist trust has seen its waiting list rise by a third – and uncovered an additional 115 52 week waiters – after a review revealed its reported figures were incomplete.
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NewsTrust to offer extra leave to parents of premature babies
A trust which became the first in England to sign up to a pledge to support parents of premature babies has already received queries from other trusts keen to follow suit.
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CCGs in revolt over STP running costs
A clinical commissioning group refused to contribute to its STP’s running costs, HSJ can reveal.
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News'Fantasy' trust debts overtake PFI liabilities
A steep increase in emergency bailouts means NHS trusts’ total borrowing from the Department of Health and Social Care has overtaken their PFI liabilities.
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NewsTurnaround director appointed to troubled health economy
An off-payroll turnaround director has been appointed to one of the most financially challenged health economies, as two of its clinical commissioning groups were placed under legal directions by NHS England.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2018: Quality Improvement Initiative of the Year
Winner Oxford Academic Health Science Network Patient Safety Collaborative and East Berkshire Clinical Commissioning Group: Reducing urinary tract infections through hydration
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NewsOutgoing chief exec says STP could move faster
The departing chief executive of a hospital trust has called for an increase in the pace of change in health services in the area.
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NewsCounty to develop “single service” pathology joint venture
Four acute trusts to work together on shared services Still to decide where non-urgent services will be based Union warns of transport difficulties Acute trusts across Kent have agreed to create a joint venture to deliver a single pathology service for the county, despite years of work, developing ...
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NewsTop CEO to step down
The chief executive who brought one of the most troubled trusts in England out of special measures is set to return to Australia.
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NewsHSIB to roll out maternity investigations across England by March 2019
The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch will not achieve national coverage of maternity incidents until March next year, it has told HSJ.
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NewsFinancial performance: Best and worst of 2017-18
Twenty NHS providers accounted for almost £600m of deterioration against the trust sector’s financial plans in 2017-18.
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HSJ LocalTrusts to work around major reconfiguration delay
Two acute trusts are trying to develop a shared on-call rota for vascular surgery after a long awaited reconfiguration was delayed again.
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CommentWaiting times blow out to 22 weeks as elective admissions falter
Waiting times rose again, and the longest waits were hardest hit. Continued, severe and widespread capacity pressures are the likely culprit. By Rob Findlay
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HSJ LocalGPs warn trust paperless switch could 'compromise patient care'
Patient care could be “compromised” by trusts’ plans to implement paperless referrals, GPs in the south east have warned.
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HSJ LocalTrust in 'negative equity' questions whether it is 'going concern'
A foundation trust with a £62m deficit has sought advice from its external auditors before deciding whether it could declare itself a “going concern.”
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CommentLong waits soar as hospitals struggle to admit
Over one year waiters shot up by 20 per cent, as admission rates slumped in the face of record A&E pressures.
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HSJ LocalSocial enterprise takes over children's services
A social enterprise has won a contract to provide all NHS and council commissioned children’s community services in Medway.
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CommentRTT admission rates collapse
Admissions per working day fell dramatically, to the lowest January level ever recorded, as the NHS followed central guidance to shut down routine care and release beds for emergency admissions. One year waiters – a key goal for next year’s plans – went up again and exceeded 2,000 for the ...
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NewsIn full: Pathology network proposals
HSJ approached the 29 pathology networks proposed by NHS Improvement to ask if local trusts had signed up. In most cases the proposed “hub” trust was able to answer on behalf of its network.