All WALSALL HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST articles – Page 7
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HSJ Local
Hospital and paramedic staff suspended after A&E death
WORKFORCE: Eleven NHS staff have been suspended by a Midlands hospital and West Midlands Ambulance service after an A&E patient collapsed and died.
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HSJ Local
Trust plan to cut mortality
PERFORMANCE: Walsall Healthcare Trust has developed a plan to cut the trust’s high mortality rate.
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HSJ Local
GPs 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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News
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.
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News
30th annual HSJ Awards winners revealed
The 30th HSJ Awards took place at the Grosvenor House Hotel in central London, recognising trusts and organisations for outstanding excellence in healthcare service and innovation across 18 key health categories.
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HSJ Local
Minor concerns found by CQC at Manor Hospital
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission found the trust was meeting standards relating to dignity and nutrition, but also noted minor concerns on both, during a spot check as part of a wider investigation into how older patients are treated.
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HSJ Local
Palliative coding surge raises death rate worry
PERFORMANCE: Mid-Staffordshire and two other West Midlands trusts were involved in a “concerted effort” which involved “removing deaths” from their performance record, an expert on death rates has claimed.
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News
Patients 'being coded as palliative to cut death rates', inquiry told
Patients with diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis are being coded under palliative care to reduce death rates, a leading expert has told the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry.
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HSJ Local
Wolverhampton City overspends on private providers by 88 per cent
FINANCE: NHS Wolverhampton City has overspent on private providers by the equivalent of 88 per cent of the total value of the contracts.
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Comment
A chief executive merry-go-round in London
It appears to be poacher turned gamekeeper season among the capital’s chief executives.
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News
Exclusive: government admits PFI deals mean 22 trusts will struggle to meet foundation status target
The Department of Health has named 22 hospitals with private finance deals that are “an obstacle to them achieving FT status by April 2014”.
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HSJ Local
NHS Walsall's providers over-performing by £6m
FINANCE: Acute contracts for services commissioned by NHS Walsall are over-performing to the tune of £6.2m.
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HSJ Local
Walsall Hospitals Trust predicting £2.2m loss under A&E cap
FINANCE: Walsall Hospitals Trust will lose £2.2m this year if it continues to overperform on emergency activity.
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HSJ Local
'Very disappointing' breast cancer performance from Walsall Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: Walsall Hospitals Trust is reporting “very disappointing” year to date performance after missing a target that 93 per cent for referring patients with suspected breast cancer to consultants within two weeks.
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News
PCT chiefs help drive new structure
Five primary care trust chief executives have left their organisations for full time roles developing the new commissioning infrastructure.
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News
RCM highlights maternity care variations
Women should receive good maternity care wherever they live and should not have to rely on “chance and plain old good luck,” the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has said.