All West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals Trust articles – Page 8
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HSJ Local
Epsom and St Helier communications director leaving for Hertfordshire job
WORKFORCE: Antony Tiernan, head of communications, is leaving Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals Trust to take up a post as director of corporate affairs and communications at another trust.
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HSJ Local
West Herts trust appoints new finance director
WORKFORCE: A new finance director has been appointed at West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust – which has also got a new medical director as it refreshes its leadership team.
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Private sector brought in to cut West Herts elective backlog
PERFORMANCE: Operations are being outsourced to the independent sector at West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust as it attempts to meet the 90 per cent target for referral to treatment across all specialties.
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HSJ Local
Emergency pressures drag down ambulance turnarounds at West Herts
PERFORMANCE: Only a third of ambulances are able to leave West Hertfordshire Hospitals within the target time of 15 minutes.
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West Herts trust reports £500,000 deficit
FINANCE: West Hertfordshire Hospitals had a deficit of £0.5m at the end of February – but was hoping to breakeven at the end of the year.
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News
Health secretary working in hospital A&E
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt is working in Watford General Hospital’s accident and emergency department today as part of an initiative to give health ministers and officials frontline experience, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
West Hertfordshire falls behind on complaints responses
PERFORMANCE: Complaints ranging from an elderly patient pursued by debt collectors over a parking ticket to a pregnant woman who was told to “stop wasting hospital time” and subsequently had a stillbirth were among 20 complaints discussed at West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust board meeting.
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Herts hospitals miss stroke targets
PERFORMANCE: Both West Herts Hospital Trust and East and North Herts Trust failed to meet targets for patients spending time on a stroke ward with performance at 70.8 per cent and 78.9 per cent respectively in month nine against a target of 80 per cent.
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News
East of England pathology shake-up announced
NHS Midlands and East has announced the successful bidders in a tender for pathology services across the East of England, as part of a long-awaited reconfiguration intended to cut the region’s lab bill by up to £29m.
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HSJ Local
Great Ormond Street appoints West Herts chief to its top job
WORKFORCE: Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Foundation Trust has appointed Jan Filochowski as chief executive.
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News
Vascular services set for major reconfiguration
A major shake-up in vascular services is planned for the East of England, with several hospitals set to lose work.
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HSJ Local
New IT strategy for West Herts
FINANCE: West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust has adopted a new IT strategy which, if fully implemented, could ultimately cost £67m over five years.
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HSJ Local
West Herts considers mobile bed units
PERFORMANCE: West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust is examining how it could provide additional beds to meet increased demand.
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Business case for new hospital in Hemel
STRUCTURE: A business case of the development of a local general hospital on the Hemel Hempstead Hospital site could be prepared by the end of the year.
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HSJ Local
West Hertfordshire £2.4m behind on surplus target
FINANCE: West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust was £2.4m behind its planned surplus at the end of month five, board papers show.
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HSJ Local
SHA highlights 'never events' at West Herts Hospitals
PERFORMANCE: West Hertfordshire Hospitals has admitted it has had seven “never events” since October 2010, after concerns were raised by its strategic health authority.
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West Hertfordshire nearly £2m behind on recovery plan
FINANCE: A failure to identify key savings has put West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust £1.8m behind on its financial recovery plan, board papers show.
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Comment
Concern over 'red risk' providers in East of England
A performance report from NHS East of England this month showed a mixed picture. While referrals are down in the region, activity for both elective and non-elective procedures is nearly 2 per cent higher than last year.
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HSJ Local
SHA steps in over quality issues at West Herts
NHS East of England has stepped in to arrange an “escalation meeting” at West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust to discuss quality issues.
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News
Exclusive: care quality variations revealed in Dr Foster data
Large disparities in key patient care indicators across trusts in England have been revealed in data shared exclusively with HSJ.