All West Midlands articles – Page 59
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NewsLabour and Tories promise to block reconfiguration plans
Senior Labour and Conservative health figures have committed to blocking reconfiguration plans if their party wins the general election.
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HSJ LocalTDA appoints improvement director at troubled West Midlands trust
PERFORMANCE: The NHS Trust Development Authority has appointed an improvement director in an attempt to turn around a West Midlands trust beset by problems in its accident and emergency department.
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HSJ LocalHeart of England rules out bidding to run urgent care centre
COMMERCIAL: Heart of England Foundation Trust has ruled out bidding to provide the new urgent care centre at Solihull Hospital.
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HSJ LocalWest Midlands trust ends year with deficit millions worse than planned
FINANCE: A West Midlands trust finished last year with a deficit £18.7m worse than that it originally planned for, recent board papers reveal.
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HSJ Local
Commissioners dip into reserves to fund trust’s tariff option
FINANCE: Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group has had to raid its reserves in order to cover the costs of implementing its main acute trust’s enhanced tariff option, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalTrust replaces A&E doctors after en masse resignation
WORKFORCE: Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust has managed to fill four out of five vacant accident and emergency consultant posts after a group of consultants resigned en masse in protest at the way a review of acute services was being handled.
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NewsMore CCGs tendering services due to fear over competition rules
More than 40 per cent of commissioners say their organisations are inviting competition for NHS services due solely to their concerns about controversial competition rules, an HSJ survey has found.
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NewsSurvey: Third of CCGs consider limiting access amid cash squeeze
More than a third of clinical commissioning groups are considering introducing limits on access or eligibility for services this year amid huge financial pressures, the latest HSJ survey of CCG leaders suggests.
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HSJ LocalSpecialist West Midlands trust plans for 'unprecedented' deficit
FINANCE: The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation Trust is planning for a financial deficit for the first time in its history.
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HSJ LocalCCG to develop community teams based around GP lists
STRUCTURE: Herefordshire Clinical Commissioning Group is devising a new service model for community healthcare based around GP practice populations.
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HSJ LocalNew £1.3m unit opened at Cannock Hospital
ACUTE CARE: A new £1.3m endoscopy unit is due to open at Cannock Chase Hospital today after investment from The Royal Wolverhampton Trust.
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HSJ LocalWest Midlands trust misses backlog clearance deadline
PERFORMANCE: Walsall Healthcare Trust has missed its target to clear an elective care backlog by the end of March, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentThe 18 week target success will only be short lived
Using short term measures means it won’t last
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SupplementsIntegration supplement: Seamless synergy takes the right skills
Assembling the skillset for integrated care
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat the NHS can learn from engineering to improve doctor education
Essential non-technical skills all doctors need
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HSJ LocalTrust scraps patient parking fees after petitions
STRUCTURE: East Cheshire Trust has bowed to patient pressure and announced it will maintain free parking for visitors for up to four hours at its hospitals in Knutsford and Congleton.
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HSJ Local£3.6m set aside for new ambulance base in Stoke
FINANCE: West Midlands Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has allocated £3.6m over two years to build a new ambulance base in Stoke-on-Trent.
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HSJ LocalLupus unit retains centre of excellence status
PERFORMANCE: Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust’s unit treating patients with lupus has retained its national ‘centre of excellence’ status following an analysis of its working practices.
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NewsCQC 'shines spotlight' on outstanding care
The Care Quality Commission has said it is ‘shining a spotlight’ on good and outstanding NHS care with a new report.
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NewsLeading trusts defy NHS England over 'out of area' referrals
Teaching hospitals are continuing to refuse ‘out of area’ referrals in defiance of new rules from NHS England.