All UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST articles – Page 10
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NewsTrust's plans to takeover city's primary care 'truly frightening'
The chief executive of the teaching trust serving the UK’s second city has declared it must drive the integration of primary and secondary care to prevent waiting lists returning to 1990 levels and specialist services being “crowded out” by emergency demand – sparking a furious reaction from local GPs.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Why Babylon in Birmingham matters
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Contact Ben Heather in confidence here.
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NewsMajor trust opens talks with Babylon, claiming GPs unable to stem demand
One of the country’s biggest hospital trusts has entered talks with digital health company Babylon Healthcare after concluding local GPs were unable to support its “painful” transformation efforts, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHSE regional director shifts to trust
NHS England’s medical director for the West Midlands has left to take up a role at a hospital trust.
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NewsExclusive: NHS trusts dismiss Brexit impact on staff retention
NHS trusts are not expecting disruption to services caused by EU staff leaving because of Brexit, according to analysis by HSJ.
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NewsRevealed: The trusts where A&E has slipped most
Waiting time performance for major emergency admissions at one London trust has deteriorated by 29 percentage points in the last two years, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: Hospitals to miss flagship winter target
Hospitals were on course to miss a flagship target to free up 4,000 beds, information obtained by HSJ suggests.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Waxing of the merger moon
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover
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NewsNo-deal Brexit threat forces hospitals to set up 'clinical prioritisation' taskforce
A major teaching hospital is putting plans in place to prioritise which patients to treat if a no-deal Brexit causes critical shortages in drugs and/or medical devices.
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NewsNational radiotherapy plan 'impossible to realise' without more funding
Consolidation of radiotherapy services “will be impossible” without more money, a royal college has warned.
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The centre 'thinks teaching hospitals are fat and rich'
University hospitals face bias from national leaders, and growing challenges from tightening funding and Brexit, their trade body has said.
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NewsSir David Nicholson to stay on at troubled trust
Sir David Nicholson has been appointed permanent chair of a troubled hospital trust, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsSome DGH chiefs paid more than CEOs at largest trusts
Fifteen trust chief executives were paid at yearly rates of more than £250,000 last year, including several in the north east running district general hospitals, according to HSJ analysis.
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NewsTrust exploring commercial deal with Saudi Arabia
A foundation trust is working on a commercial partnership with Saudi Arabia.
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Matt Hancock tells chief execs: Get a CIO on your board
The health secretary has said NHS chief executives should “be asking serious questions” of themselves if their board does not include a chief information officer.
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NewsUniversity hospital opens China office after CEO trip
One of the country’s biggest trusts has opened an office in China, with the chief executive meeting with a “very influential person in Beijing”.
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NewsExclusive: Genomic trusts named but 18 months from full operation
Seven hub trusts and 27 partners have been selected to be part of a high profile new genomic test network, but will not be fully operational for a further 18 months.
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NewsShelford Group trust chief criticised over unfair dismissal
A Shelford Group chief executive was “deliberately misleading” or failed to show sufficient “care and attention” in the dismissal of a whistleblowing surgeon, an employment tribunal has said.
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NewsTime to cull NHS regulators, says Dame Julie
Dame Julie Moore has claimed there is no “coherent policy framework for the NHS” and accused regulators of making it harder for trust chief executives to do their job.
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NewsDame Julie Moore moves to troubled trust
Dame Julie Moore is moving from the helm of one of the biggest trusts in the country to helping govern one of its troubled neighbours.