All West Midlands articles – Page 59
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HSJ KnowledgeDiabetes: How to tackle UK's biggest public health threat
We need an intervention for the whole of the UK
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HSJ LocalTrust appoints Warrington deputy as new chief executive
WORKFORCE: Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital has appointed Simon Wright as its new chief executive.
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HSJ LocalCheshire trust 'requires improvement'
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has told East Cheshire Trust it ‘requires improvement’, following an inspection.
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NewsDiagnostic waiting list grows by over half in five years
The national diagnostic waiting list has grown by more than half in five years, in a further sign of growing demand on hospital services.
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HSJ LocalCQC takes ‘urgent action’ against West Midlands trust
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has taken ‘urgent action’ against Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust following an unannounced inspection of its accident and emergency services.
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CommentFinish with a bang: Target smashed as 'managed breach' ends
Record numbers of long waiting patients admitted
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News'Record breaking' number of long waiting patients admitted
Trusts have admitted a ‘record breaking’ number of patients waiting over 18 weeks for treatment, according to the latest data.
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NewsPatient Safety Awards shortlist announced
We are recognising and rewarding outstanding practice within the NHS
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HSJ LocalPFI company could ban hospital staff from trust restaurant
Hospital staff could be banned from an NHS foundation trust restaurant under plans by one of the FT’s private finance initiative partner companies, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalMidlands trust loses £2m funding for extra nurses
FINANCE: Royal Wolverhampton Trust will not receive £2m earmarked for additional nurses following the arbitration of a dispute with its clinical commissioning group.
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SupplementsRoundtable: Leading the way in developing new care models
The pros and cons of vanguard sites developing new care models
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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.