All West Midlands articles – Page 55
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CommentNew care models: To keep up, the NHS must shift focus in three ways
As changes take place locally
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NewsPrivate providers could take big hit from NHS price changes
Private hospitals could see a steep cut in their income from NHS funded services under draft prices proposed for 2016-17, Monitor has warned.
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HSJ LocalCCGs widen access to IVF treatment
FINANCE: Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin clinical commissioning groups will increase the age at which women can be eligible to NHS funded IVF treatment from 37-and-a-half to 40.
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HSJ LocalStaffordshire transformation body appoints chair
WORKFORCE: The new body in Staffordshire created to draw up a region-wide transformation programme has appointed an ‘independent’ chair to oversee its work.
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HSJ LocalCCG blames NHS Shared Business Services for missing financial target
FINANCE: Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group has blamed NHS Shared Business Services for an error which caused the CCG to fail to meet its cash balance target in June, according to board documents.
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NewsTen more trusts brought into Carter efficiency review
The Department of Health has named 10 more trusts that will take part in Lord Carter’s major review into hospital efficiency.
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HSJ LocalNew GP federation and trusts in collaboration talks
STRUCTURE: A new GP federation covering North Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent is in talks with local health bodies to examine proposals for more integrated working.
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HSJ LocalTwo more directors off sick for months at troubled trust
WORKFORCE: Two directors at a struggling acute trust have been off sick since at least May – the same period of sick leave as the former chief executive who resigned last month, HSJ has learned.
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CommentClever patient scheduling won't prevent a waiting list breach
A longer queue means longer waits
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HSJ LocalSouth Warwickshire FT and GPs plan joint contract bids
COMMERCIAL: South Warwickshire Foundation Trust has established a partnership with a large scale GP federation, with the intention of bidding together for a local community services contract.
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NewsTrusts shortlisted for GS1 barcoding system trials
Twelve NHS trusts have been shortlisted by the Department of Health as potential test sites for rolling out GS1 barcoding standards.
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HSJ LocalCCG will no longer tender for stroke care pathway
A North Staffordshire clinical commissioning group has said it does not intend to go out to tender for a prime provider to cover stroke care across its region.
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HSJ LocalParamedic struck off over 'offensive' Stafford Hospital Facebook posts
A West Midlands paramedic has been struck off after posting on Facebook that he hoped Julie Bailey, who helped expose poor care at Stafford Hospital, would suffer ‘a life threatening illness’.
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HSJ LocalHundreds of patients 'excluded' from specialist trust's waiting list
PERFORMANCE: Hundreds of patients waiting to start treatment at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital were excluded from its referral to treatment waiting list on a monthly basis, an independent review has revealed.
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HSJ LocalHeart of England to ‘boost efficiency’ by pooling patient data
PERFORMANCE: One of the country’s largest acute trusts is to embark on a research project collecting patient data to improve health outcomes across its patch, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalLast Staffordshire trust pulls out of £690m cancer consortium
COMMERCIAL: The main acute provider in Staffordshire has pulled out of a consortium bid to take on a £687m, 10 year prime provider contract for cancer services.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: NHS England will not stop hearing aid ‘rationing’ plan
NHS England will not intervene in a clinical commissioning group’s attempt to ‘ration’ access to hearing aids, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local
Staffordshire CCGs appoint joint nursing director
WORKFORCE: North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Clinical Commissioning Groups have appointed Jayne Downey as joint director of nursing and quality.