Stockport NHS Foundation Trust – Page 7
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NewsTrusts battle to secure 'specialist' status amid Healthier Together controversy
Battle lines have been drawn between the four acute trusts in Greater Manchester fighting for ‘specialist hospital’ status in a major citywide reorganisation.
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NewsManchester launches consultation on major hospital care shake-up
NHS England has given the green light for public consultation on a major reconfiguration of general surgery and emergency care across eight acute trusts in Greater Manchester.
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NewsShake up of Greater Manchester services backed by city's CCGs
Greater Manchester’s CCGs have submitted proposals to NHS England for public consultation on a major shake up of general surgery and emergency care
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HSJ LocalManchester heart attack test could reduce A&E admissions
Researchers in Manchester have developed what they claim is a new approach to diagnosing heart attacks in patients admitted to emergency departments.
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NewsHSJ Live 28.03.2014: Involve providers in 'better care fund' talks, ministers say
Norman Lamb and communities minister Brandon Lewis have jointly written to health and wellbeing board chairs calling for more involvement of providers in plans for the better care fund, and the rest of today’s news and comment
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NewsAnalysis: Increase in procurement and competition challenges
Providers are increasingly willing to use the procurement, patient choice and competition regulations to challenge decisions, experts have stated, after HSJ analysis identified six of the first legal challenges to emerge.
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NewsMonitor will focus on competition in Manchester cancer investigation
Monitor has revealed its investigation into the commissioning of cancer services in Manchester will focus on whether competition rules were breached.
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HSJ Local
Stockport records £645,000 deficit in Q1
FINANCE: Stockport Foundation Trust recorded a deficit of £645,000 for the first three months of 2013-14, its latest finance report states.
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NewsAnalysed: The latest round in Manchester's cancer conflict
Two foundation trusts have referred NHS England to Monitor over the way specialised cancer surgery services are commissioned.
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HSJ Local
Chief exec and chair face public in Question Time event
WORKFORCE: Stockport residents will have the chance to quiz Stockport FT chief executive Ann Barnes and chair Gillian Easson on their plans at an hour-long Question Time event at Stepping Hill Hospital.
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HSJ Local
Stepping Hill introduces 'paperless' A&E
STRUCTURE: Stepping Hill Hospital, part of Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, has become one of the first hospitals to introduce a paperless A&E department, it has said.
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HSJ Local
A&E performance plummets at Stockport FT
PERFORMANCE: The proportion of Stockport FT accident and emergency patients admitted or treated and discharged within four hours has fallen sharply below national standards, latest commissioner board papers show.
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NewsStockport FT obtains injunction to retrieve financial data
COMMERCIAL: A foundation trust had to go to court to retrieve some of its financial records when a sub-contractor went into administration.
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HSJ Local
East Cheshire, South Manchester and Stockport are collaborative working
STRUCTURE: East Cheshire NHS Trust has formed a working partnership with University Hospitals of South Manchester and Stockport NHS Foundation Trust to establish a collaborative framework ‘ensuring clinical and financial sustainability’ across the three organisations.
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HSJ Local
Three north west trusts to collaborate on 'sustainability'
STRUCTURE: Three trusts to the south of Manchester are to work more closely together.
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HSJ Local
Stockport FT placed in significant breach over A&E target
PERFORMANCE: Stockport Foundation Trust has been found in significant breach of its terms of authorisation for “successive failure” to meet national accident and emergency waiting standards.
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HSJ Local
Chief executive steps down at north-west trust
WORKFORCE: Stockport Foundation Trust’s chief executive Chris Burke has announced his retirement, after 12 years in post.
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HSJ Local
University Hospital of South Manchester one of 12 awarded podiatry contract
COMMERCIAL: University Hospital of South Manchester Foundation Trust is one of 12 NHS and private sector providers that have been awarded “any qualified provider” status to provide podiatry services across Greater Manchester.
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HSJ Local
Providers awarded contracts for Greater Manchester hearing services
COMMERCIAL: Sixteen NHS and private sector providers have been awarded “any qualified provider” contracts to provide adult hearing services across Greater Manchester.
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HSJ Local
Greater Manchester awards 'any qualified provider' diagnostics contracts
COMMERCIAL: Twenty three NHS and private sector providers have been awarded “any qualified provider” contracts to offer direct access diagnostics across Greater Manchester.