University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust – Page 17
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Comment
No respite for East Midlands trusts despite CQC shortage
The Care Quality Commission has made no secret of its shortage of inspectors and funds. NHS leaders facing equally pressing financial concerns may see a respite from the regulator’s prying eyes as a blessing, but those in the East Midlands have had little chance to rejoice.
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HSJ Local
Commissioners reject University Hospitals of Leicester waiting times action plan
PERFORMANCE: An action plan drawn up by University Hospitals of Leicester Trust to address waiting times has been rejected by commissioners.
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HSJ Local
Turnaround directors get started at Leicester
FINANCE: Turnaround advisors from Deloitte and Finnamore have started working on the three month contract they have agreed with the trust.
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HSJ Local
Leicester planning to raise parking charges
FINANCE: The trust is proposing to increase staff parking charges by at least 13.5 per cent.
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HSJ Local
£700m estates contract links primary and secondary care
FINANCE: A contract worth up to £700m is up for grabs in what is thought to be the first tender to provide estate and facilities management across primary and secondary care.
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HSJ Local
University Hospitals Leicester asked for assurance on quality
PERFORMANCE: NHS Leicester City has written to University Hospitals of Leicester Trust after it failed to deliver on agreed improvement plans on a number of patient safety areas.
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HSJ Local
Super merger plans let down by £116m PFI shortfall
STRUCTURE: A planned merger that would create England’s largest NHS trust would require £116m of support in its first year.
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News
Exclusive: fifth acute trust says it is considering private franchise management
A fifth hospital trust has said it will consider private franchise management.
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HSJ Local
University Hospitals Leicester racks up £8.4m deficit
FINANCE: Trust board finance papers reveal that at the end of June the organisation had spiralled into a debt of £8.4m already this year, a position the finance director Andrew Seddon describes as “most disappointing”.
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HSJ Knowledge
The benefits the 'Productive Ward' can deliver to patients, staff and organisations
The Productive Ward - a programme designed to help nurses and therapists spend more time on patient care - can improve safety, reliability and efficiency on hospital wards, as University Hospitals of Leicester Trust discovered when it implemented a medicines module. Dominick Tompkins explains.
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HSJ Local
Leicester trust seeks to increase car parking charges
FINANCE: Leicester’s Hospitals is asking for public views on proposals to increase the charge to park at the hospitals.
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HSJ Local
At least half of University Hospitals of Leicester services make a loss
FINANCE: University Hospitals of Leicester Trust makes a loss on at least half of its services and the remainder do not make enough to cover the losses, an analysis has shown.
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HSJ Local
Northampton General sets toughest QIPP plans in region
FINANCE: Northampton General Hospital Trust has the most challenging quality, innovation, productivity and prevention target of any provider in the region, according to its finance plan.
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HSJ Local
University Hospitals Leicester could run out of cash by August
FINANCE: Staff at University Hospitals Leicester Trust have been warned the trust may run out of money to pay staff by the end of the summer.
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Comment
East Midlands trusts aiming to clamp down on A&E underperformance
Scrapping the national target to keep accident and emergency waits below four hours has failed to ease the pressure on trusts and commissioners in the East Midlands.
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HSJ Local
University Hospitals of Leicester placing health economy's A&E target at risk
PERFORMANCE: Long waits at University Hospitals of Leicester Trust’s A&E unit could lead to Leicester’s whole health economy missing its target.
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HSJ Local
PCTs hand University Hospitals Leicester £15m productivity fund
FINANCE: University Hospitals of Leicester Trust has been given £15m of top-sliced funds to spend on improving productivity.
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News
Joint pathology venture fairly awarded, CCP decides
A foundation trust did not breach competition principles in selecting a public/private partnership for its pathology services, the NHS market regulator has found.
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HSJ Local
Concerns raised over children's waiting times at University Hospitals of Leicester
PERFORMANCE: Concerns have been raised over the length of time children are having to wait for elective treatment at University Hospitals of Leicester Trust.
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HSJ Local
'Contract query' over University Hospitals of Leicester stroke performance
PERFORMANCE: Commissioners have sent a “contract query” to University Hospitals of Leicester Trust over its stroke performance.