All North West articles – Page 84
-
HSJ Local
North Cumbria leans on strategic support to show surplus
FINANCE: North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust was reporting a small surplus of £198,000 a month before the end of 2012-13, its latest finance report shows. However, in order to record a surplus the trust needed to include a disproportionately large chunk of the strategic support it had received for the ...
-
HSJ Local
Furness General MAU closed amid escalating norovirus outbreak
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust today closed the medical assessment unit of its Furness General Hospital to admissions and visitors, in a bid to curb an “escalating outbreak of suspected norovirus”.
-
HSJ Local
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough FT chief moves to South Manchester FT
WORKFORCE: Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Foundation Trust chief executive Attila Vegh is stepping down to take up a role in Manchester, the trust has announced.
-
News
East Lancashire misses A&E target in February
PERFORMANCE: The trust missed the four hour accident and emergency target in February, due in part to a lack of available beds, board papers state.
-
HSJ Local
Mixed inpatient survey results for Warrington and Halton
PERFORMANCE: Warrington and Halton Hospitals scored significantly worse than average on three questions in the 2012 NHS inpatient survey, and significantly better than average on two.
-
HSJ Local
Poor scores for Tameside in 2012 inpatient survey
PERFORMANCE: Tameside Hospital scored “significantly worse than average” against 15 questions in the 2012 NHS inpatient survey, results published this week show.
-
News
East Lancashire surplus ahead of plan
FINANCE: East Lancashire Hospitals Trust recorded a year-to-date surplus of £3.9m at the end of February 2013, against a planned surplus to that point of £2.9m.
-
HSJ Local
A&E performance falls sharply at UHSM
PERFORMANCE: The proportion of University Hospitals of South Manchester accident and emergency patients admitted or treated and discharged within four hours has fallen sharply below national standards, latest commissioner board papers show.
-
HSJ Local
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals FT elects new governors
WORKFORCE: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has elected four new governors Alan Morrow ,David Williams, June McGuire, and Maureen Bamber.
-
NewsGovernment approves £425m Royal Liverpool construction following delays
The government has approved a £425m private finance initiative rebuild of the Royal Liverpool Hospital, following delays.
-
HSJ Local
North West 111 launch beset by 'serious problems', says Eastern Cheshire CCG chief
STRUCTURE: The March launch of the NHS 111 service for the North West has been beset by “a range of serious problems”, according to Jerry Hawker chief officer of NHS Eastern Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group.
-
HSJ Local
Sumara appointed Bolton chief as trust reports 'encouraging' coding review findings
PERFORMANCE: Antony Sumara has been appointed as interim chief executive at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust. In a statement trust chair David Wakefield said that the organisation had received “encouraging interim findings from an independent review into sepsis recording at the trust.
-
HSJ Local
East Cheshire outsources HR service
COMMERCIAL: East Cheshire NHS Trust has awarded a four-year, single supplier framework contract to arvato UK & Ireland, the company has announced.
-
News
Morecambe Bay inquiry can begin before police investigation finishes
PERFORMANCE: Cumbria police have given the go ahead for an independent inquiry into care failings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay’s maternity services to begin without waiting for the on-going police investigation into the same failures to be completed, the foundation trust has announced.
-
HSJ Local
Morecambe Bay denies service closure claims
SERVICE DESIGN: University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust has denied that the oncology and haematology services at the Furness General Hospital are set to be closed.
-
HSJ Local
University FT uses A&E data to tackle crime
RESEARCH- Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is using A&E data to tackle violent crime and reduce A&E admissions caused by assault and alcohol-related violence.
-
HSJ Local
Warrington FT consults on 200 posts cut
WORKFORCE: Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation is set to axe 200 posts as part of plans to meet national efficiency targets over the next year.
-
News
West Cumberland Hospital in manslaughter probe
A Cumbrian hospital is at the centre of a manslaughter investigation after a 40-year-old patient died while in its care.
-
HSJ Local
Green recognition for UHSM
PERFORMANCE: University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust remains one of the greenest nationally, according to the Environment Agency.
-
HSJ Local
CMO opens new clinical research centre at UHSM
CLINICAL RESEARCH: England’s Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies has opened a new £2.45 million clinical research centre at University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust.