All West Midlands articles – Page 69
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NewsPrivate health firms report big increases in NHS work
Three private healthcare groups have revealed big increases in the work they are doing for the NHS.
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HSJ LocalCouncil threatens Mid Staffs with 'inevitable' legal challenge
Plans to shift maternity services away from Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust as part of its dissolution could face a legal challenge from Stafford Borough Council.
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HSJ LocalMorecambe Bay seeks maternity services partner
COMMERCIAL: Hospital trusts up to 200 miles away from University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust have answered its appeal for a ‘maternity stability partner’, a role which could require sharing staff.
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HSJ KnowledgeMake or break: How George Eliot secured a future for its paediatric service
Redesign turned it around
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CommentEnd Game: Managers take trust by storm
Managers had an electrifying time in South Warwickshire
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NewsHEE puts spotlight on patient safety education
Health Education England has appointed a former president of the Royal College of Surgeons to head a panel tasked with embedding patient safety in healthcare training.
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HSJ LocalSouth Warwickshire agrees collaboration with George Eliot
COMMERCIAL: A West Midlands trust has agreed a package of support for the financially troubled George Eliot Hospital Trust, months after its bid to take over the organisation was scuppered.
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HSJ LocalHeart of England prepares for reconfiguration consultation
STRUCTURE: Heart of England Foundation Trust will consult on controversial proposals to reshape surgical services across its three main hospitals.
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HSJ LocalDual trust chief defends role
WORKFORCE: The chief executive of two ambulance trusts has defended his ability to carry out both roles adequately amid criticism from prominent local MPs.
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HSJ Local
The Dudley Group slips against savings plan
FINANCE: The Dudley Group Foundation Trust is at risk of overshooting its planned deficit for 2014-15 after making a “poor start” to the year.
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NewsLabour slams 'too full' hospitals
Hundreds of thousands of patients in need of emergency care are being left at the doors of accident and emergency in ambulances because hospitals are too full, Labour has said.
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HSJ LocalSingle emergency centre plans tested in Shropshire
STRUCTURE: Health organisations in Shropshire are assessing the feasibility of a single emergency centre to serve the entire county.
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HSJ LocalStaffordshire trust seeks 300 nurses from Europe
WORKFORCE: University Hospital of North Staffordshire is to recruit 300 nurses over the next year to help provide staffing at Stafford Hospital.
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HSJ Local£1.2bn Staffordshire procurement defended
Most cancer and end of life care services in Staffordshire are unlikely to change providers following a £1.2bn contract procurement, one of the directors behind the commissioning process has said.
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HSJ LocalMid Staffs judicial review bids fail
Two judicial reviews to block the dissolution and downgrade of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust have been rejected by the High Court.
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HSJ LocalBurton stays in special measures
PERFORMANCE: A West Midlands “Keogh trust” will remain in special measures after receiving a critical inspection report from the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalDelay to Mid Staffs dissolution could be 'disastrous', administrators warn
STRUCTURE: Failure to secure changes to services at Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust before winter could be “potentially disastrous” for the local health economy, the trust’s special administrators have claimed.
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: Stafford Hospital safety review triggered by doctor shortage
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has been called in to inspect Stafford Hospital following concerns its shortage of doctors has spread, causing more services to become ‘fragile’.
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HSJ LocalCCG's 'unprecedented' hearing aid charging proposals attacked
FINANCE: An “unprecedented” proposal by a Staffordshire clinical commissioning group to significantly restrict funding for hearing aids has been attacked by charities and labelled the “thin end of the wedge” for wider NHS charging.