University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust – Page 25
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HSJ Local
Mid Staffs medical director announces resignation
WORKFORCE: The medical director of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust has announced he is to resign, less than six months before the end of his contract.
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NewsMonitor: governors should step in earlier to address problems
Monitor’s chief operating officer has told foundation trust governors they should step in earlier if there are quality problems at their trust.
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NewsExclusive: regulator mulls new squad of fixers for most-troubled trusts
Struggling foundation trusts may be forced to take on new Monitor troubleshooters who will advise trust boards and inform the regulator about weak board members, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsCQC board faces further shake-up
The Care Quality Commission board faces a shake-up following the resignation of its chief executive and the publication of a Department of Health review.
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South Staffs PCT wants to see 24 hour A&E at Stafford Hospital
STRUCTURE: The Staffordshire primary care trust has announced it is to launch a public consultation on the future of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust in May.
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NewsMid Staffs inquiry to get May/June report
The chairman of the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry is aiming to publish his report in the last week of May or the first week of June, HSJ understands.
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HSJ LocalGPs suggest 'radical' approach for Mid Staffs future
STRUCTURE: GPs in Staffordshire have proposed a “radical” approach to service provision at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust.
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Integrated A&E at Mid Staffs to open by October
STRUCTURE: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust is “optimistic” its accident and emergency department will open fully in time for May and is hoping to open a new department in October.
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NewsSacked Mid Staffs lawyer awarded £100,000
A lawyer who was sacked by Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust after allegedly trying to cover up failings in a patient’s care has won more than £100,000 at an employment tribunal.
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AMU causes hike in mixed sex breaches at Mid Staffs
PERFORMANCE: Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust overtook Barts last month to become the trust with the most mixed sex breaches after a visit by NHS West Midlands identified a reporting loophole.
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NewsManagers encouraged to blow whistle on colleagues in draft plans to regulate NHS leaders
NHS leaders must blow the whistle on colleagues if necessary, understand the “limitations” of their roles and openly explain budget decisions, under draft standards to regulate the profession.
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NewsMid Staffs inquiry impacting Commissioning Board risk model
The NHS Commissioning Board’s approach to managing risk is being heavily influenced by anticipated recommendations of the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ Local
Patients launch legal action as trust reviews services
PERFORMANCE: A group of almost 20 patients and relatives are planning to launch legal action against a struggling West Midlands trust, claiming their treatment was a breach of the Human Rights Act.
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Mid Staffs lawyers make recommendations for future of the CQC
Care Quality Commission chief executive Cynthia Bower showed a “cynicism” that may not have helped the organisation get off to a good start, counsel to the Mid Staffordshire Public Inquiry has suggested in closing submissions.
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HSJ Local
Stafford Hospital shuts overnight A&E services
WORKFORCE: The planned closure of Stafford Hospital’s accident and emergency department between 10pm and 8am has begun.
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NewsFrancis: Mid Staffs report will aid NHS managers
The chair of the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry has outlined the areas he will focus on in his final report into the failings that allowed poor care to go unnoticed for so long at the trust.
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NewsOperating framework piles pressure on hospital sector
The NHS’s financial plans for 2012-13 will further concentrate pressure on acute providers and could force a wave of hasty mergers, experts have warned.
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Comment'Choosing the comfortable path is a route towards trouble'
NHS trust boards are more on the ball than they used to be, but there is much more to be done when risk management is preferred to risk prevention, writes Nigel Edwards.
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NewsSHA and PCT blame reorganisation for failure to spot Mid Staffs
The reorganisation of the NHS in 2006 was a key reason why problems at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust were not spotted sooner, closing submissions to the public inquiry claimed.
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Revealed: the six trusts that need DH support with their PFI
Six hospital trusts have been identified as needing Department of Health cash support with their private finance initiative payments in order to make foundation trust status, HSJ can reveal.