All SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST articles – Page 9
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HSJ Local
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals starts A&E alcohol screening
PERFORMANCE: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust is introducing a screening programme to help reduce alcohol-related illnesses.
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HSJ Local
New medical director for West Mercia Cluster
WORKFORCE: A new medical director has been appointed to the West Mercia cluster of primary care trusts.
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NewsGovernment will act as guarantor on PFI
The government will continue to act as a guarantor for private finance initiative schemes, the health secretary has announced.
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HSJ Local
City Hospital pulled up for minor concerns on nutrition
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition, but with minor concerns on nutrition, during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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HSJ Local
Sandwell General Hospital fails CQC spot checks
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was not meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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HSJ Local
Talks commence on Sandwell and West Birmingham's new hospital
FINANCE: Talks between the Treasury and Department of Health have commenced on a proposed new hospital, to be built with £370m of private finance initiative funds.
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HSJ Local
'Unsound' financial start to year for Sandwell and West Birmingham
FINANCE: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust has run up a deficit of £204,000, which is £296,000 worse than the planned position.
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NewsDH to review FT application process to avoid 'embarrassment'
The Department of Health is overhauling the process for checking whether a trust is ready to apply for foundation status to avoid “embarrassing” the health secretary, HSJ has discovered.
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Sandwell requests £8.9m of top-sliced funds
FINANCE: NHS Sandwell has asked NHS West Midlands for £8.9m of the region’s top-sliced funds set aside for non-recurrent spending.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow free technologies are mapping new ground for community health projects
Communities can connect with local projects thanks to free technology such as Google Maps, writes Birmingham University’s knowledge transfer associate Tom Lawrence.
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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
Sandwell and West Birmingham in 'difficult' contract talks
COMMERCIAL: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust is struggling to reach an agreement on its 2011-12 contract with its lead commissioner.
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HSJ Local
£1m from private mental health underspend funding acute overspends at NHS Dudley
FINANCE: NHS Dudley is using a £1m underspend on its private sector mental health services to offset a £2.9m acute overspend.
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Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust has better than expected surplus
FINANCE: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust has achieved a “bottom line” surplus of £1.205m, which is £158,000 better than the planned position, as measured against the Department of Health’s performance target.
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HSJ Local
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust get go-ahead for new hospital
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY: Health secretary Andrew Lansley has backed a plan by Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust to buy land for a new hospital via a compulsory purchase order.
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HSJ Local
NHS Walsall's providers over-performing by £6m
FINANCE: Acute contracts for services commissioned by NHS Walsall are over-performing to the tune of £6.2m.
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NewsNew Birmingham hospital clears further hurdle and gains name
Plans to build a “super hospital” in Birmingham have been given the go ahead by NHS West Midlands but with 60 fewer beds than originally intended.
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NewsHospital trusts gain under new payment by results tariff
Hospital trusts could save “real money” as a knock-on effect of meeting new tariff standards for hip fracture surgery, according to a leading clinician.
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NewsTrusts putting patients' lives at risk, claims AvMA
NHS hospitals are putting lives at risk by failing to comply with key alerts on patient safety, a report has said.
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HSJ KnowledgeOutpatient experience
The Picker Institute Europe coordinated the national outpatients survey for the Care Quality Commission in 2009. This is a summary of the key findings.