All REGIONS articles – Page 17
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HSJ LocalTrust helps pay for barriers at multi-storey car park known for suicides
PUBLIC HEALTH: North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust has contributed to the installation of barriers at a multi-storey car park in Midway, Newcastle-under-Lyme, as part of its public health remit to help reduce suicide attempts.
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NewsLeaked report exposes Staffordshire's 'oppressive culture'
A leaked report has delivered a damning verdict on the NHS leadership in Staffordshire, describing the health economy as beset with an ‘oppressive culture’ and in ‘perpetual crisis mode’.
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HSJ LocalTwo more trusts reach foundation status
STRUCTURE: Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust and Kent Community Health Trust have been granted foundation trust status by Monitor.
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HSJ LocalAcute trust warns 2015-16 deficit could hit £23m
FINANCE: Burton Hospitals Foundation Trust is predicting that its deficit could worsen to from £12.7m to £22.7m by the end of 2015-16.
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HSJ LocalCCG to fund genetic testing for high cholesterol condition
PERFORMANCE: Dudley Clinical Commissioning Group has become one of only a small number of CCGs to agree funding for DNA testing of familial hyperlipidaemia, a condition which causes cholesterol levels to be much higher than normal from birth.
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HSJ LocalTrust chief asks staff to trust internal whistleblowing procedures
WORKFORCE: Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Partnership Trust is urging staff to use internal whistleblowing systems for their complaints after the Care Quality Commission conducted an unannounced inspection based on anonymous ‘concerns’.
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NewsMidlands trust launches independent bullying inquiry
A Midlands trust is launching an independent investigation following claims nurses quit the organisation due to bullying.
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NewsSavile inquiry calls for change in law for screening staff
There is ‘very patchy’ management of volunteer schemes in trusts and the law should be changed so that all staff and volunteers in contact with patients should be given a barring list check, the authors of an investigation into Jimmy Savile’s historic sexual abuse have said.
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SupplementsDelivering value supplement: Get hip, pay less
It has been shown that better procurement could quickly release millions of pounds to an NHS organisation. Why is it still underexploited? Jennifer Trueland reports, in association with Inverto
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NewsHealth Education England approves savings plan for major reconfiguration
Controversial changes to England’s 13 local education and training boards have been approved by Health Education England despite widespread concerns.
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NewsUnison in warning over regional pay
Health workers believe that plans to introduce regional pay and conditions would have a “devastating” impact on their lives, according to a report.
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NewsThousands protest against heart surgery closure
Parents, nurses and MPs have joined together to take part in a demonstration against the ending of children’s heart surgery at a hospital.
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HSJ Local
SHA steps in over quality issues at West Herts
NHS East of England has stepped in to arrange an “escalation meeting” at West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust to discuss quality issues.
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NewsHealth secretary to get powers over commissioning board
The secretary of state for health is to be given powers to decide which services will be commissioned by the new NHS Commissioning Board.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: SHAs need to decide their priorities, and soon
One of the more dramatic parts of the 2011-12 operating framework is the withholding, by strategic health authorities, of 2 per cent of primary care trust funding.
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NewsPathfinder consortia revealed
HSJ has obtained the names of the 54 organisations that will spearhead the government’s plans to hand commissioning over to GP consortia.
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CommentNoel Plumridge on foundation trusts
Are foundation trusts here to stay? Five years have passed since the prototypes first saw the light of day. Once controversial enough to bring the government’s very survival into question, how far has this radically new and politically controversial way of organising NHS hospitals simply become normal?