All Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust articles – Page 13
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HSJ Local
South Central consults on redesign for stroke, vascular and trauma care
STRUCTURE: A consultation is underway recommending a reconfiguration of stroke, vascular and major trauma care in the South Central region.
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News
First large hospital merger approved by CCP
A plan to shake up hospital care in Hampshire has become the first merger of large acute trusts to pass a key test designed to enshrine competition in the NHS.
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HSJ Local
Oxford Radcliffe falls short on nutrition standard
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has called for improvements in care at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, after finding that the food and drink provided was not meeting patients’ dietary needs.
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HSJ Local
Oxford Radcliffe consults on GP paediatric advice service
STRUCTURE: Paediatricians at Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust have consulted with GPs on proposals for an advice service for them.
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HSJ Local
Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire CIPs slip as acutes over-spend
FINANCE: The Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire primary care trust cluster is struggling to meet cost improvement programme savings as acute provider contracts over-perform.
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Comment
Support for children's heart unit intensifies in the South
Nothing mobilises a community quite like a hospital reconfiguration. Especially, it turns out, when the service threatened with possible closure is a children’s heart unit.
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HSJ Local
Delay to Oxford Radcliffe merger with Nuffield Orthopaedic Hospital
STRUCTURE: The proposed merger of Oxford Radcliffe Hospital and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre has been delayed until the autumn.
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HSJ Local
Royal Berkshire FT set to lose patients from Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to rival
STRUCTURE: The acute trust reported that it had complained to the strategic health authority NHS South Central about the designation of level three Neonatal Intensive Care Unit services, which would see it lose patients to the John Radcliffe Hospital.
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News
Centralising blood services could help trusts achieve huge savings
The number of full service transfusion laboratories in England could be cut from 220 to just 30 if a system about to be piloted by NHS Blood and Transplant in partnership with NHS trusts proves successful.
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HSJ Local
NHS Swindon misses radiotherapy target by 20 per cent
PERFORMANCE: NHS Swindon missed the target that 94 per cent of patients receiving radiotherapy after treatment should do so within 31 days, by almost 20 percentage points during 2010-11.
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News
Acute trusts' FT plans slip back a year
More than a quarter of the acute trusts still bidding for foundation status have seen their application date slip by over a year.
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HSJ Local
Pressure ulcers spark serious incident reports at Oxford Radcliffe
PERFORMANCE: Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust reported 19 serious incidents requiring investigation (SIRIs) in the three months to December 2010.
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News
Exclusive: government admits PFI deals mean 22 trusts will struggle to meet foundation status target
The Department of Health has named 22 hospitals with private finance deals that are “an obstacle to them achieving FT status by April 2014”.
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HSJ Local
CQC finds Oxford Radcliffe has more work to do on four essential standards
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has found Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust is complying with 12 out of the 16 registration standards.
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HSJ Local
Around 30 MARS approvals at Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals
WORKFORCE: Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals has had applications for the mutually agreed resignation scheme approved for 31 staff as it tries to reduce staff costs.
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HSJ Local
Oxford Radcliffe and Nuffield merger under scrutiny
STRUCTURE: The Co-operation and Competition Panel (CCP) has started work on assessing the proposed integration of Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre.
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HSJ Local
Trusts merger will create 'powerful and global brand'
STRUCTURE: Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre plan to use their proposed merger to create a “powerful, globally recognised brand”.
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News
PCTs agree to consult on children's congenital heart services
A joint committee of primary care trusts has given the go-ahead for a consultation on plans for greater centralisation of paediatric cardiac care.
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HSJ Local
Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals look to become global brand through merger
COMMERCIAL: The boards of Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre plan to use the merger to create a powerful, globally recognised brand.
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HSJ Local
NHS Oxfordshire health system 'failing'
PERFORMANCE: The health system in the NHS Oxfordshire area has been judged as failing by South Central SHA.