All North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust articles – Page 4
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HSJ LocalCCGs probe North West ambulance target breaches
PERFORMANCE: A ‘task and finish’ group has been set up to look in greater detail at North West Ambulance Service breaches of the eight minute response target for Category A calls, St Helens Clinical Commissioning Group has reported.
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HSJ Local
Merseyside contract for patient transport services up for grabs
COMMERCIAL: South Sefton CCG will shortly re-tender its patient transport services because its current contract with North West Ambulance Service is coming to an end. The contract was awarded as a three-year deal but this is being re-tendered this year for a new service, to begin on 1 April next ...
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HSJ LocalFirst inspection report for ambulance trust published
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has published its first inspection report for an ambulance trust.
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HSJ LocalStrike will affect 'potentially life threatening' calls, ambulance trust claims
Some ambulance staff in the North West will not respond to “potentially life threatening” calls during strike action next week, the region’s ambulance trust has claimed.
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NewsStaff sickness costs £1.5bn, NHS Employers claims
Sickness absence is costing the NHS around £1.5bn a year, NHS Employers has claimed as new analysis reveals that hospital managers and doctors have some of the lowest rates.
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HSJ Local
North West Ambulance to take on 111 in East Cheshire
COMMERCIAL: North West Ambulance Service Trust will take on NHS 111 in the area for an interim period, Eastern Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group has announced.
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HSJ Local
North West Ambulance Service £70k ahead of plan in May
FINANCE: The North West Ambulance Service Trust recorded a surplus of £1,139,800 for the first two months of 2013-14, which was £70,000 ahead of its plan to that point in the financial year.
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HSJ Local
NW Ambulance service hits category A8 target
PERFORMANCE: The ambulance trust hit its target in October for the proportion of “Category A” calls responded to within eight minutes, but missed the target for calls that must be responded to within 19 minutes.
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HSJ Local
NW Ambulance Service's FT bid submitted to health secretary
STRUCTURE: The ambulance trust’s bid for foundation trust status has been put forward for consideration by the health secretary, the final stage prior to its assessment by FT regulator Monitor.
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HSJ LocalLondon has best cardiac arrest survival rate in England
PERFORMANCE: London has the best cardiac arrest survival rate in England, with patients up to three times more likely to survive in the capital than elsewhere in the country, new figures reveal.
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HSJ Local
North West London Hospitals and Ealing Hospital merger to cost £30.4m
STRUCTURE: The merger of North West London Hospitals Trust and Ealing Hospital Trust is to cost £30.4m, board papers reveal.
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HSJ Local
NW Ambulance Service begins trauma investment ahead of funding agreement
STRUCTURE: North West Ambulance Service Trust has begun investment in additional staff and vehicles needed to establish major trauma networks ahead of funding confirmation from commissioners, according to latest board reports.
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HSJ Local
NW ambulance service hits 'red' call target for first time
PERFORMANCE: The North West Ambulance Service has hit a target for responding swiftly to the most urgent calls for the first time since the service was established, says a report to the Lancashire PCT cluster.
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HSJ Local
DH due to reconsider NWAS foundation trust bid this week
STRUCTURE: The Department of Health was due to reconsider the trust’s bid for foundation status yesterday (11 July), latest NHS North of England board papers show.
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HSJ Local
NW ambulance service blames 'protracted' contract negotiations for performance dip
PERFORMANCE: Protracted negotiations with commissioners were the overriding cause of the North West Ambulance Service’s failure to hit its key response times target for the initial months of 2011-12, its draft annual report states.
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HSJ Local
Ambulance service adopts TETRA Messenger for first responders
COMMERCIAL: The ambulance trust has become the first service in the country to purchase voice and data firm Airwave’s TETRA Messenger devices for its community first response teams, the firm reported today.
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HSJ Local
‘High level’ risk to NWAS if funding for investment plan not renewed
FINANCE: The trust has added a new “high level” risk to its risk register, warning of the impact if the service does not receive recurrent funding for its investment plan in the coming financial year.
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News30th annual HSJ Awards winners revealed
The 30th HSJ Awards took place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in central London, recognising trusts and organisations for outstanding excellence in healthcare service and innovation across 18 key health categories.
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News£30m spent on NHS patient taxis - report
More than £30m has been spent on taxis for NHS patients since 2008 thanks to a shortage of official non-emergency transport, according to the BBC.
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HSJ Local
NW Ambulance Service sees sharp improvement in response times
PERFORMANCE: The trust’s performance against its response target for immediately life threatening “Category A” calls improved dramatically in late summer, its latest performance report shows.