All SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST articles – Page 7
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HSJ Local
Birmingham A&E performance dips
PERFORMANCE: Accident and emergency performance in Birmingham and Solihull declined in September, and is rated as amber.
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HSJ Knowledge
Drive change with staff engagement
A Midlands trust won an HSJ Award for its Listening into Action programme
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News
Next generation of PFI announced by Osborne
“Soft facilities management” services like cleaning and catering will be excluded from future NHS private finance projects, new government guidance reveals.
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News
West Midlands trust set to benefit from new-style PFI
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust is among the first NHS bodies to use the revamped private finance initiative which will be launched tomorrow.
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HSJ Local
Large teaching hospital trust appoints new chief executive
WORKFORCE: University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has appointed Sandwell and West Birmingham’s chief executive John Adler to their top job.
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HSJ Local
Sandwell trust judged as 'performing'
PERFORMANCE: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust has been described as “performing” after meeting most key performance standards.
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HSJ Local
Stroke and TIA care misses targets at Sandwell trust
PERFORMANCE: Stroke care at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust fell behind target in three key areas in May.
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HSJ Local
Sandwell trust beats finance target after staff underspends
FINANCE: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust is ahead of its financial target for 2012-13 so far, but is significantly underspending on staff.
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HSJ Local
Concerns over diagnostic performance in Birmingham and Solihull
PERFORMANCE: Increased demand for endoscopy tests has caused the Birmingham and Solihull primary care trust cluster to struggle to hit its target on diagnostic waits.
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News
Pension funds to bankroll £298m hospital in finance first
Two pension funds have offered to finance a foundation trust’s new hospital in what could emerge as an alternative to conventional sources of private capital.
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HSJ Local
Sandwell meets infection targets
PERFORMANCE: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital Trust has met its annual target for both MRSA and C difficile infections.
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News
Unpaid work experience scheme to be extended to more hospitals
A scheme that gives unpaid job seekers the chance to provide patient care in the wards of a hospital is set to be extended, it has emerged.
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HSJ Local
Sandwell trust beats surplus target
FINANCE: Sandwell and West Birmingham Trust has beaten its surplus target for 2011-12.
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HSJ Local
Elective activity soars as emergency care drops at Sandwell trust
PERFORMANCE: Elective activity is more than 10 per cent over its planned level at Sandwell and West Birmingham Trust.
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HSJ Local
'Ward matrons' to manage care 24/7 at Sandwell trust
WORKFORCE: Sandwell and West Birmingham Trust is planning to create “ward matrons” in a bid to balance budgets and improve care quality.
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HSJ Local
Midlands trust helps jobseekers find work
WORKFORCE: A Midlands hospital is helping to get people back into work after teaming up with the Jobcentre Plus.
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HSJ Local
Eye surgery error at Sandwell
PERFORMANCE: A patient had the wrong lens fitted during eye surgery at the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust.
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HSJ Knowledge
Learning from listening: engaging the healthcare workforce
HSJ looks at three case studies from the Listening into Action programme aimed at engaging the NHS workforce.
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HSJ Local
Analysed: Birmingham and Solihull CCGs find their form
HSJ Local Briefing is our new in-depth analysis of the key issues facing the NHS’s major health economies. This week: how the CCGs in Birmingham and Solihull are shaping up, and their plans to tackle QIPP.
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HSJ Local
Consultation to decide location of Sandwell's hyper-acute stroke unit
STRUCTURE: A consultation has been launched on centralising strike services at one of Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust’s two hospital sites.