All West Midlands articles – Page 64
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HSJ LocalMidlands trust spends £13.5m on Portakabin units
STRUCTURE: University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust has placed a £13.5m order for temporary buildings to expand its ward and operating theatre capacity, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ Local
Sheffield CCG accountable officer steps down
WORKFORCE: The accountable officer of Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group has announced he is stepping down.
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CommentThe guidance you can swear by for the 'F' word frailty
A guide for health and social care workers to identify frailty
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HSJ LocalSingle trust responsible for over half of national 12 hour waits
PERFORMANCE: University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust had 100 patients waiting over 12 hours in accident and emergency, accounting for more than half of such waiters nationally, figures for the last three months of 2014 reveal.
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HSJ LocalLegal challenge to Stafford Hospital transfer ruled out
STRUCTURE: A legal challenge against the transfer of services from Stafford Hospital to the Royal Stoke Hospital has been ruled out in legal advice to the local authority.
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HSJ LocalFinance director of troubled trust dismissed over gross misconduct
WORKFORCE: The finance director of the challenged Barnsley Hospital Foundation Trust has been dismissed for gross misconduct after misstating its accounts.
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HSJ LocalTrust hopes for £6m income from new cancer unit
FINANCE: A West Midlands acute trust is hoping to generate £5.9m in extra income per year following the opening of a new £23m cancer treatment unit this month.
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NewsA&E performance at all-time low as emergency admissions peak
Hospitals say there is ‘unprecedented’ demand on their emergency services as admissions hit their highest level in 10 years.
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HSJ LocalLeeds CCG appoints associate medical director
WORKFORCE: Leeds West Clinical Commissioning Group has appointed Fiona Day as associate medical director.
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HSJ LocalMidlands trust signs five year IT contract
University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust is installing a multimillion pound electronic patient record system to help integrate its clinical information systems across both Stoke and Stafford hospital sites.
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NewsUnrealistic better care fund targets must be revised, says NHS England
Projected savings of more than £250m from the government’s flagship integrated care policy are at risk.
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NewsHSJ leadership inquiry member knighted in new year's honours
Sam Everington, chair of Tower Hamlets CCG, is among a number of NHS managers, nurses and doctors included in the new year’s honours list
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SupplementsHSJ Rising Stars 2014
Identifying ambitious rising stars driving opportunities in healthcare
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HSJ PartnersContracting to commissioning: why does NHS change take so long?
A transformational shift is needed
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SupplementsCommissioning special report: Case studies in how to build primary care
Co-commissioning primary care
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NewsExclusive: Staff shortage fuels recruitment of nearly 6,000 overseas nurses
A shortage of registered nurses to fill an increasing number of posts has driven nearly three-quarters of hospital trusts to recruit overseas, an HSJ investigation has revealed.
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NewsExclusive: Top hospital chief criticises 'out of area' referrals move
An attempt by NHS England to protect patient choice by preventing hospitals closing their doors to ‘out of area’ referrals has been strongly criticised by a leading foundation trust chief executive.
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CommentHSJ100 analysis – safety and quality: Post-Francis NHS must stay safe without spending more
HSJ100 LEADERS ICON-SAFETYHSJ100 LEADERS ICON-SAFETY After the sea change in focus on quality and safety that followed the 2013 Francis report, 2015 will be about ensuring the issue remains at the top of the list in the face of an ever more challenging financial position.The pre-eminence ...