University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust – Page 12
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Exclusive: 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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Comment
HSJ100 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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Patient 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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Revealed: 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 Knowledge
The go-to leader for trusts in a crisis
Strong leadership sets Manjit Obhrai apart from the rest
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Trust 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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Comment
Four hour performance: the decline continues
There’s little sign of it being reversed this year
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HSJ Local
Staffordshire 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 Local
Mid 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.
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Special measures can have 'detrimental effect', trust chief warns
The special measures regime for struggling hospitals has the potential to demoralise staff and hamper efforts to fill much needed vacancies, according to a high profile troubleshooter tasked with putting one trust back on track.
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Supplements
Value in Healthcare Awards: Value and Improvement in the use of Diagnostics
FinalistsChelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust - winnerGreater Manchester Clinical Assessment and Treatment Service, Care UKHealth and Social Services Department, States of JerseySalford Royal Foundation TrustUniversity Hospital of North Staffordshire TrustUniversity Hospitals of Leicester TrustWindsor, Ascot and Maidenhead Clinical Commissioning Group and Berkshire Healthcare Foundation TrustChelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation ...
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Value in Healthcare Awards: Value and Improvement through Outsourcing
FinalistsEast Cheshire Trust and Arvato UK - winnerLondon Procurement Partnership - highly commendedArden Commissioning SupportNorth Bristol TrustUniversity Hospital of North Staffordshire TrustEast Cheshire Trust and Arvato UK: Transformation through innovationThe judges said that an amazing cultural change had been achieved which delivered demonstrable benefits to trust managers and staff and ...
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HSJ Local
Second inquest into Stafford Hospital death resumes
A second inquest into the death of a man who died after being treated at Stafford Hospital in 2006 was due to resume in Leicestershire today.
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HSJ Local
Council threatens Mid Staffs with 'inevitable' legal challenge
Plans to shift maternity services away from Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust as part of its dissolution could face a legal challenge from Stafford Borough Council.
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News
HEE puts spotlight on patient safety education
Health Education England has appointed a former president of the Royal College of Surgeons to head a panel tasked with embedding patient safety in healthcare training.
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Full scale of DH bailout of trusts revealed
One in four hospital trusts received bailout funding from the Department of Health last year, with several receiving financial aid worth more than 10 per cent of their turnover, HSJ analysis has found.
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HSJ Local
Staffordshire trust seeks 300 nurses from Europe
WORKFORCE: University Hospital of North Staffordshire is to recruit 300 nurses over the next year to help provide staffing at Stafford Hospital.
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HSJ Local
Mid Staffs judicial review bids fail
Two judicial reviews to block the dissolution and downgrade of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have been rejected by the High Court.