NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin CCG – Page 4
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NewsExclusive: NHS England to carry out secret audit of midwifery investigations
NHS England will not publish the results of a national audit into the quality of investigations into maternity incidents prompted by the death of a baby girl, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Knowledge
Integration: Happening quietly in a place near you
Local approach offers tangible benefits
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HSJ Local
Snap inspection triggered by staffing concerns at Staffordshire hospital
WORKFORCE: Staff shortages at St George’s Hospital in Stafford have raised concerns that it is unable to provide care that adequately meets patients’ needs, a Care Quality Inspection has found.
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HSJ Local
CCGs widen access to IVF treatment
FINANCE: Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin clinical commissioning groups will increase the age at which women can be eligible to NHS funded IVF treatment from 37-and-a-half to 40.
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HSJ Local
CCG blames NHS Shared Business Services for missing financial target
FINANCE: Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group has blamed NHS Shared Business Services for an error which caused the CCG to fail to meet its cash balance target in June, according to board documents.
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HSJ Local
Hundreds of patients 'excluded' from specialist trust's waiting list
PERFORMANCE: Hundreds of patients waiting to start treatment at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital were excluded from its referral to treatment waiting list on a monthly basis, an independent review has revealed.
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HSJ Local
Monitor probes Shropshire trust over waiting times and data concerns
PERFORMANCE: Monitor has launched an investigation into a Shropshire orthopaedic hospital over excessive waiting times and the accuracy of its reporting.
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HSJ Local
Trust appoints Warrington deputy as new chief executive
WORKFORCE: Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital has appointed Simon Wright as its new chief executive.
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HSJ Local
Community nurse staffing to be monitored
WORKFORCE: Shropshire Community Health Trust will begin monitoring staffing levels among community nurses each month from April.
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HSJ Local
Trust posts £8m surplus after third quarter
FINANCE: South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare Foundation Trust had a surplus of £8.26m on income and expenditure as of 31 December.
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HSJ Local
CCG expected to rule on closure of mental health unit
STRUCTURE: Telford and Wrekin CCG is expected to decide next month whether to close a mental health unit in Telford that hosts inpatient facilities and crisis resolution teams.
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HSJ Local
'Buddy' systems essential for lone workers, CCG says
WORKFORCE: Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group is urging employees to introduce a buddying system if they work alone.
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HSJ Local
Border trust looks into English/Welsh waits discrepancy
PERFORMANCE: A trust near the English/Welsh border is investigating why Welsh patients wait significantly longer than English one for treatment.
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News
CCGs taking on full primary care co-commissioning powers revealed
NHS England has revealed the 64 clinical commissioning groups that will take full control of their local primary care budgets from April.
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HSJ Local
Shrewsbury and Telford chief executive to retire
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust has announced he is retiring.
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News
Exclusive: Monitor urged to block 'anti-competitive' CCG
Lawyers have urged Monitor to block a commissioner’s plan to allow a private company to run an NHS urgent care centre.
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HSJ Local
Dispute hits finances of CCG and provider in Shropshire
COMMERCIAL: A contract dispute between a clinical commissioning group and a trust in Shropshire has resulted in the CCG being placed in “financial recovery” and the provider pushed deeper into deficit, board papers showed.
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HSJ Local
West Mercia CCGs choose new support providers
COMMERCIAL: West Mercia clinical commissioning groups have chosen an alternative supplier of commissioning support services after plans to establish a local provider in their area were abandoned.
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HSJ Local
West Mercia PCTs meet cash targets
FINANCE: The four PCTs making up the West Mercia Cluster are on track to deliver against their financial targets to break even and hit the control total surplus agreed with NHS Midlands and the East strategic health authority cluster.
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News
Go ahead for £35m Shropshire reconfiguration
Major changes to acute services in Shropshire have been given the green-light, paving the way for a £35m reconfiguration across the county’s two hospitals.
