University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust – Page 23
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HSJ Local
Elective activity through the roof in Birmingham cluster
PERFORMANCE: GP referrals in the Birmingham and Solihull area are 32 per cent above plan in May this year, with other activity level indicators also showing significant overperformance.
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HSJ Local
UH Birmingham praised on VTE
RESEARCH: University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust has been named an “exemplar centre” for venous thromboembolism in recognition of its work on blood clot prevention.
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HSJ Local
Heart of England begins hearing loss research project
RESEARCH: Heart of England Foundation Trust has launched a pilot project with charity Action on Hearing Loss in a bid to improve nursing practice for older patients with hearing difficulties.
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NewsMost powerful hospital trusts ask for more funding
England’s 10 most prestigious teaching and research hospital trusts have asked the Department of Health and the Treasury for a 10 per cent top-up to their tariff payments, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local
BBC to feature Birmingham liver research
RESEARCH: Pioneering research carried out at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham is to be featured on a BBC Radio 4 programme on liver disease.
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HSJ Local
Bowel campaign scuppers attempts to cut diagnostic waits
PERFORMANCE: Long diagnostic waits in Birmingham and Solihull have been blamed on the Heart of England Foundation Trust and a national bowel screening drive.
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NewsExpand independent sector provision, says 'most powerful' hospital chief
The NHS’s most powerful hospital trust chief executive has used a HSJ interview to call for an expansion of independent sector provision.
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HSJ Local
Bid for Birmingham 'medical quarter'
COMMERCIAL: Property developers and a leading healthcare technology firm have joined forced to try and create a ‘medical quarter’ in Birmingham.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham trust introduces new skin cancer drug
Two patients at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham were among the first in the country to start receiving a new anti-cancer drug within days of it being granted a licence.
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HSJ Local
Increased income at Birmingham trust exceeds overspend
FINANCE: Clinical divisions at University Hospitals Birmingham reported a £1.5m favourable variance in divisional income against expenditure for 2011-12, due to healthcare income £13.3m more than expected.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham FT £1.8m behind on CIP
FINANCE: University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust achieved 91 per cent of its £18.8m cost improvement plan savings in 2011-12.
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HSJ Local
Lessons learned from war injuries
RESEARCH: Lessons learned by doctors and surgeons treating injured soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan in the past decade have been set out in a new report.
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HSJ Local
Demand outstrips plan in Birmingham and Solihull
PERFORMANCE: Emergency and elective admissions have exceeded plan in Birmingham and Solihull, with particular pressure around the Heart of England Foundation Trust.
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HSJ LocalAnalysed: 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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NewsExclusive: London and Manchester to get beam therapy investment
Andrew Lansley will tomorrow announce two hospitals that will offer Proton Beam Therapy for the treatment of cancer.
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HSJ Local
Heart of England pulls out of mooted George Eliot takeover
STRUCTURE: Heart of England Foundation Trust has pulled back from a mooted takeover of George Eliot Hospital Trust, HSJ has learnt.
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NewsBirmingham chief executive made a dame in new year's honours
The chief executive of University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust has been made a dame in the new year’s honours list.
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HSJ Local
Birmingham hospitals identify surgery reconfiguration benefits
STRUCTURE: A proposed service model for a single clinical team for vascular surgery in Birmingham has been identified by the trust as part of reconfiguration plans.
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044 - Julie Moore
Chief executive, University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust (New entry)