All MID YORKSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST articles – Page 3

  • Rob Webster
    News

    STP moves towards shared control total

    2018-02-14T00:01:00Z

    Leaders across a sustainability and transformation partnership are drafting a new agreement that could lead to the organisations in the STP sharing a control total.

  • Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
    News

    Winners of NHS contract disputes worth millions revealed

    2017-11-15T13:20:00Z

    NHS England has released details of three arbitration cases between commissioners and trusts, which were arguing over millions in funding.

  • Royal Courts of Justice
    News

    Supreme Court gives doctors new power to challenge regulator

    2017-11-07T06:00:00Z

    The Supreme Court has granted doctors facing investigation by the General Medical Council a new route to challenge the regulator’s processes.

  • pills
    News

    Nine trusts plan pharma network to save £17m

    2017-09-27T06:00:00Z

    Nine acute trusts are collaborating on a pharmaceutical network that could achieve efficiency savings estimated at more than £17m.

  • Barnsley Hospital
    News

    'Status quo is not an option' as seven trusts agree joint working deal

    2017-09-26T06:00:00Z

    Seven trusts in an acute care vanguard have ruled out a merger as part of a joint working agreement to reconfigure services.

  • Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
    HSJ Local

    Major hospital shake-up delayed because reducing beds is 'unsafe'

    2017-05-09T14:25:00Z

    CCGs and acute trust halt plans to cut 171 beds Major reconfiguration of acute and critical care will now be phased in by autumn Dewsbury Hospital to retain 100 more beds than originally planned A major reconfiguration of critical care in Yorkshire has been delayed after commissioners agreed ...

  • Whistle
    News

    Revealed: CQC inspects 40 providers after whistleblower concerns

    2017-04-13T12:00:00Z

    Whisteblowing complaints to the CQC resulted in 15 NHS and 25 independent providers having an inspection instigated or bought forward Twenty per cent of private providers and 9 per cent of NHS providers subject to a complaint had an inspection unexpectedly scheduled Between 1 April 2016 and 17 February ...

  • Weston General Hospital
    News

    Almost half of NHS staff say wards are understaffed

    2017-03-08T13:09:00Z

    Almost half of NHS staff say there are not enough staff at their trust to do their job Midwives, consultants and nurses complain of staff shortages in latest survery Best performing acute trust on this measure was Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh FT Almost half of NHS staff say ...

  • meeting
    News

    Revealed: Trusts with the best and worst manager engagement

    2017-03-07T15:27:00Z

    NHS staff feel senior managers do not involve them enough in decision making, according to the latest staff survey results, released this morning.

  • report_graph
    News

    Exclusive: Trusts get £187m incentive payments despite plans slipping

    2017-03-02T12:00:00Z

    Analysis shows 40 providers now forecast to breach their deficit target after receiving nearly £200m of incentive payments Sustainability and transformation fund was introduced to reward trusts that agree and meet their financial targets Some trusts have received more than two-thirds of their STF allocation, yet are forecast to ...

  • 02 e24008
    News

    Revealed: The hospitals with the worst nurse staffing

    2017-01-19T22:00:00Z

    Analysis suggests majority of acute hospitals are struggling to meet their own plans for nurse staffing Data shows trusts employing more healthcare assistants than planned Expert warns there is a risk of “false reassurance” on safety Decline in achieving staffing plans comes despite increases in employed nurses and tougher ...

  • Ruth May
    News

    Pressure on NHS 'toughest I have ever seen', says NHSI director

    2017-01-19T22:00:00Z

    Trusts need support to recruit and retain staff, says NHS Improvement nursing director Nursing directors say they plan more overseas recruitment this year Some trusts may have harder to achieve staffing plans compared with others One of England’s most senior nurses has said the pressures facing the health ...

  • The Christie
    News

    Revealed: New oversight ratings for every NHS trust

    2016-10-21T13:37:00Z

    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 ...

  • Surgery
    News

    Wide variation found in emergency specialist surgery mortality rates

    2016-07-27T07:00:00Z

    Thirty day mortality rates for emergency bowel surgery vary between 20.7pc and 3.2pc at best and worst performing hospitals Quarter of hospitals do not admit high risk patients to critical care post-surgery in recommended timeframe Six per cent annual drop in most urgent patients reaching theatre within two hours ...

  • HSJ Local

    Locum shortage forces trust to close hospital unit

    2016-07-22T07:00:00Z

    WORKFORCE: Difficulties in recruiting locum doctors has led to Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust temporarily closing its ambulatory care unit at Dewsbury Hospital, HSJ has learned.

  • Dark hospital corridor
    News

    CQC: Night staff should be allowed rests to ensure safety

    2016-07-18T07:00:00Z

    CQC says NHS trusts must consider best practice guidelines on rest at night for hospital staff Inquest heard trainee at Norfolk and Norwich Hospital crashed his car after probably falling asleep following night shifts NHS trusts should comply with guidelines on allowing doctors and nurses to rest at ...

  • Andrew Cash
    News

    Seven trusts combine leadership to accelerate vanguard changes

    2016-07-01T07:00:00Z

    Seven trusts in Yorkshire to cede control over decision making to newly created federation board Leaders want new structure to help speed up transformation of acute services New board and south Yorkshire STP both headed by Sir Andrew Cash Seven trusts will cede authority over decision making on ...

  • Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals
    News

    Trusts named for consultancy turnaround programme

    2016-05-20T14:10:00Z

    NHS Improvement has revealed the 16 trusts in the first wave of its £25m turnaround programme.

  • News

    Revealed: The capital projects deferred in 'undignified scramble'

    2016-05-03T07:30:00Z

    £270m of deferred spending identified, much of which relates to projects such as building maintenance, IT infrastructure and the purchase of new equipment. Twenty biggest transfers listed. Download full details of the capital-to-revenue transfers identified Sources told HSJ they are seriously concerned that key capital projects could be jeopardised ...

  • Thomas hampton
    Comment

    The call must go out to improve hospital switchboard services

    2016-04-20T07:00:00Z

    Our research into hospital switchboard performance suggests more staff might be needed if the NHS is to be transformed into a seven day service, write Thomas Hampton and colleagues