All REGIONS articles – Page 16
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SupplementsIntegration supplement: Seamless synergy takes the right skills
Assembling the skillset for integrated care
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HSJ LocalKettering FT blames NHS England for stall in seven day plans
PERFORMANCE: A senior figure at Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust has blamed the trust’s slow progress with its seven day service planning on a lack of engagement from NHS England and local commissioners.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat the NHS can learn from engineering to improve doctor education
Essential non-technical skills all doctors need
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NewsGMC to review decision making in Dame Barbara Hakin investigation
The General Medical Council is to review a decision made during its investigation into complaints against NHS England national director Dame Barbara Hakin.
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HSJ LocalLincolnshire trust requests emergency DH bailout
FINANCE: Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Foundation Trust has asked for one-off emergency loan from the Department of Health to help it deal with ‘unprecedented pressure’ on its finances.
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HSJ LocalTrust scraps patient parking fees after petitions
STRUCTURE: East Cheshire Trust has bowed to patient pressure and announced it will maintain free parking for visitors for up to four hours at its hospitals in Knutsford and Congleton.
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HSJ LocalChief executive of special measures trust resigns
The chief executive of one of the five trusts in special measures since 2013 has resigned.
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HSJ KnowledgeChange Challenge video: Improving patient safety through collaboration
A large scale transformation programme
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HSJ Local£3.6m set aside for new ambulance base in Stoke
FINANCE: West Midlands Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has allocated £3.6m over two years to build a new ambulance base in Stoke-on-Trent.
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HSJ LocalLupus unit retains centre of excellence status
PERFORMANCE: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust’s unit treating patients with lupus has retained its national ‘centre of excellence’ status following an analysis of its working practices.
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HSJ LocalSmall hospitals must ask 'searching questions' on future, says DGH chief
STRUCTURE: Smaller hospitals must ask ‘searching questions’ about the services they can realistically provide in order to guarantee their sustainability, a district general hospital chief executive has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeChange Challenge videos: The Just Do it scheme
Overcoming barriers to change at Nottingham University Hospital
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NewsCQC 'shines spotlight' on outstanding care
The Care Quality Commission has said it is ‘shining a spotlight’ on good and outstanding NHS care with a new report.
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NewsLeading trusts defy NHS England over 'out of area' referrals
Teaching hospitals are continuing to refuse ‘out of area’ referrals in defiance of new rules from NHS England.
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HSJ LocalUnited Lincolnshire out of special measures
PERFORMANCE: United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust has been taken out of special measures.
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NewsRevealed: Virgin handed £280m Staffordshire contract
Virgin Care has been awarded a £280m, seven-year prime provider contract to manage services in East Staffordshire, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalTrust to move some services to leisure centre
STRUCTURE: Leicester Partnership Trust and West Leicestershire Clinical Commissioning Group are to relocate community nursing and musculoskeletal services from Ashby and District Hospital to a leisure centre.
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HSJ LocalFoundation trusts sign children’s services deal
STRUCTURE: Two foundation trusts in Derbyshire have signed a three year agreement to deliver services for children, young people and families together to improve ‘quality, productivity and efficiency’.
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NewsExclusive: Vanguard areas call for tender moratorium
NHS England and Monitor are facing calls to exempt ‘vanguard’ areas from requirements to tender services, amid fears that procurement processes could undermine efforts to establish integrated primary, community and acute care models.