All NHS Cumbria CCG articles – Page 4
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HSJ LocalMaternity review warns units may close without reform
STRUCTURE: A report into maternity services across Cumbria and North Lancashire has recommended maintaining existing consultant led units, but leaves the door open to close two of them unless fundamental reforms are achieved.
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NewsNHS England hires local director as another joins Optum
A NHS England sub-region directors is leaving to join private health firm Optum, while another of the posts has been filled by a former primary care trust chief executive.
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HSJ LocalTrust and council mull ‘joint provision’ approach to services
STRUCTURE: Cumbria Partnership Foundation Trust is in talks with Cumbria County Council to develop a joint provision approach involving a wide range of services.
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HSJ LocalMorecambe Bay hospital services reconfiguration plans revealed
STRUCTURE: Plans have been unveiled to reconfigure services at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust by phasing out most of the inpatient surgery at one of its hospitals.
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HSJ LocalNorovirus forces trust to cancel all non-urgent operations
PERFORMANCE: North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust has been forced to cancel all non-urgent operations at one of its hospitals following an outbreak of norovirus.
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HSJ Local
Morecambe Bay hires new chief operating officer
WORKFORCE: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief operating officer.
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HSJ Local
Acute trust wins contract to provide out of hours help for stroke patients
COMMERCIAL: East Lancashire Hospitals Trust has been awarded a two-year contract to provide telestroke services in Cumbria and Lancashire.
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HSJ LocalFire delays North West hospital move
COMMERCIAL: Plans by North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust to move into a new site have been delayed by a fire at the new hospital.
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NewsCCGs consider swapping GPs to avoid conflict of interest
Clinical commissioning groups are considering swapping GPs with their neighbouring groups to safeguard against potential conflicts of interest in commissioning primary care.
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NewsUpdated: Third of CCGs apply for full co-commissioning powers over GP members
Around a third of clinical commissioning groups are bidding to take over responsibility for performance management and budgets of their member GP practices from April, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalMorecambe Bay inquiry to hear from former trust chief
The former chief executive of University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust is due to give evidence today to an independent inquiry examining infant and maternal deaths.
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NewsExclusive: Eight Morecambe Bay midwives face NMC action
Eight midwives who worked for the foundation trust at the centre of an inquiry into infant and maternal deaths could face disciplinary action
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SupplementsRoundtable: A new charter for integrated care
HSJ gathered a group of experts to discuss the integrated care challenge
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News'Challenged' areas recovery plans demand integration and reconfiguration
The creation of new integrated provider models and capitated budgets are fundamental to the visions of the national ‘challenged health economies’, HSJ has been told
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NewsAnalysis: Distressed health economies' leaders doubt books will balance
Senior leaders in several of the NHS’s ‘challenged health economies’ are not confident their area will be in financial balance in five years’ time, even after months of intensive support from national organisations
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HSJ LocalCumbria mental health review will report on trust suicides
A review of mental health services in Cumbria will examine an apparent trend of patient suicides in connection to the local mental health trust, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalPlan to shake up services at struggling North West trust revealed
STRUCTURE: Controversial proposals to transfer patients between hospital sites at a struggling North West trust have been revealed.
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HSJ LocalMorecambe Bay bids for £17m price hike
FINANCE: One of the most challenged trusts in England has applied to have its prices increased by more than £17m, arguing its remote location prevents it from operating within the national payment by results tariff.
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NewsNo integration pioneers win 'accelerator' status
NHS England has reneged on its plan to give a designated “integration pioneer” area special status as a centre of best practice in the use of its £260m technology fund.
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HSJ Local
Commissioners rule out Morecambe Bay maternity downgrade
STRUCTURE: Commissioners leading a major review of hospital services in Morecambe Bay have ruled out downgrading the maternity unit that was the focal point of the area’s recent care scandal.