University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust – Page 12
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NewsExclusive: DH bailouts already higher than 2013-14 total
The total value of trust bailouts paid out by the Department of Health so far this financial year has already outstripped last year’s total, HSJ research shows.
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HSJ LocalStafford Hospital inpatient surgery transferred
Surgical services and procedures requiring overnight inpatient stays have been transferred from the former Stafford Hospital to Royal Stoke University Hospital and Royal Wolverhampton Trust.
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HSJ LocalMidlands trust responsible for over half of patients waiting over 12 hours
University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust was responsible for 65 per cent of the patients in England waiting over 12 hours to be admitted from accident and emergency departments in January, according to NHS England figures.
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NewsCQC could become enforcer of ‘zero harm’ rules
A proposed new law on patient safety would open the door to tougher regulation of health and care providers by the Care Quality Commission, legal experts have told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalNHS consortium challenges NHS England £80m contract decision
A consortium of NHS trusts have lodged a formal challenge against NHS England following its decision to hand a 10 year, £80m contract for PET CT scanning to a private company.
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HSJ LocalMidlands trust spends £13.5m on Portakabin units
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust has placed a £13.5m order for temporary buildings to expand its ward and operating theatre capacity, HSJ has been told.
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NewsRecord number of patients waiting over 12 hours to be admitted
A record high of 241 patients waited over 12 hours to be admitted last week, according to the latest figures on accident and emergency performance from NHS England.
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HSJ LocalSingle trust responsible for over half of national 12 hour waits
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust had 100 patients waiting over 12 hours in accident and emergency, accounting for more than half of such waiters nationally, figures for the last three months of 2014 reveal.
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HSJ LocalLegal challenge to Stafford Hospital transfer ruled out
STRUCTURE: A legal challenge against the transfer of services from Stafford Hospital to the Royal Stoke Hospital has been ruled out in legal advice to the local authority.
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HSJ LocalMidlands trust signs five year IT contract
University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust is installing a multimillion pound electronic patient record system to help integrate its clinical information systems across both Stoke and Stafford hospital sites.
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NewsExclusive: Staff shortage fuels recruitment of nearly 6,000 overseas nurses
A shortage of registered nurses to fill an increasing number of posts has driven nearly three-quarters of hospital trusts to recruit overseas, an HSJ investigation has revealed.
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CommentHSJ100 analysis – safety and quality: Post-Francis NHS must stay safe without spending more
HSJ100 LEADERS ICON-SAFETYHSJ100 LEADERS ICON-SAFETY After the sea change in focus on quality and safety that followed the 2013 Francis report, 2015 will be about ensuring the issue remains at the top of the list in the face of an ever more challenging financial position.The pre-eminence ...
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HSJ Local'Perfect storm' tips Walsall trust into the red
Walsall Healthcare Trust has instigated an action plan to clear its ‘significant’ waiting list after being hit by a ‘perfect storm’ of IT problems and heightened demand that threatens to push it £9m into the red.
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NewsPatient safety bill to legislate for zero NHS harm
The NHS could be required to achieve ‘zero avoidable harm’ if a government backed bill being driven through Parliament by the MP for Stafford makes it onto the statute books.
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NewsRevealed: Bidders for £1.2bn cancer and end of life care contracts
The NHS and independent sector organisations which have reached the next stage of bidding for two huge contracts to run cancer and end of life care services in Staffordshire have been revealed
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HSJ KnowledgeThe go-to leader for trusts in a crisis
Strong leadership sets Manjit Obhrai apart from the rest
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NewsTrust special administration process under fire after Mid Staffs' demise
The process established to dissolve Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust should be overhauled to make it more “financially efficient”, two of the chiefs taking over its services have said
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CommentFour hour performance: the decline continues
There’s little sign of it being reversed this year
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HSJ LocalStaffordshire health services to receive £250m as Mid Staffs dissolved
More than £250m is to be invested in the Staffordshire health economy as part of proposals to dissolve the troubled Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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HSJ LocalMid Staffs workers 'fatigued' says CQC inspectors
Staff at troubled Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust are “fatigued” according to the latest Care Quality Commission inspection, which also highlights concerns over staffing levels.