All Yorkshire and the Humber articles – Page 51
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Choose and Book under used in North Kirklees
PERFORMANCE: The latest performance board papers for North Kirklees CCG warn that the proportion of patients booked for their first outpatient appointment by their GPs using Choose & Book continues to show an “underperformance against the national standard”.
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Doncaster A&E performance warning
PERFORMANCE: Recent board papers for Doncaster CCG warn of falling A&E four hour waiting time target performance at Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in March.
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Mid Yorkshire Hospitals plans 'progress towards FT'
STRUCTURE: Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust has issued a statement saying it is “putting together plans to progress towards becoming a foundation trust following major improvements in service and financial performance”.
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New non-execs for Mid Yorks
WORKFORCE: Four new members have joined the board of Mid Yorkshire Hospitals Trust.
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Mid Yorks opens orthopaedic unit at Pontefract
STRUCTURE: A new orthopaedic unit has opened which will help make Pontefract Hospital a centre for planned orthopaedic surgery.
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Durham Dales falling short on health checks
PERFORMANCE: GP surgeries in the Durham Dales are not calling enough patients for health checks to meet targets.
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Sheffield Hospitals opens £11m lab
SERVICES: A £11m laboratory centre which will process more than 10m tests a year has opened at the Northern General Hospital.
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Leeds hospitals chief executive leaving post
The chief executive of Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust is to leave next month. Maggie Boyle’s departure follows persistent performance problems at the trust, and an investigation into mortality rates among children undergoing heart surgery.
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CommentWhat can NHS leaders learn from the voluntary sector?
Lessons from innovators in the third sector
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News
Troubled Rotherham FT plans £5m 'corporate' savings
Rotherham Foundation Trust is planning to save £5m from its “corporate overheads” as it battles to deliver £50m cost cuts in the next three years.
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NewsAnalysed: Rotherham's IT system and performance struggle
How the troubled implementation of a new IT system exacerbated financial woes at Rotherham and what lies ahead for the trust
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HSJ KnowledgeHow leadership style affects mental health recovery
Engaged leadership has a positive impact on patients
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Hull and East Yorks considers food venture
PERFORMANCE: A trust is examining ways it could mass produce a new range of foods which have won it a national award.
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Success for Hull and East Yorks hip programme
PERFORMANCE: A 12 week project to help hip patients recover has led to a dramatic fall in mortality at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals trust.
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New non-executive for Hull and East Yorks
WORKFORCE: Andy Snowden has been appointed as a non-executive director at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust.
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Calderdale and Huddersfield leading on new cornea surgery
SERVICES: Patients at Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust are benefiting from a new cornea transplant process.
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Vale of York CCG plans £3.3m surplus and to pay off debt
FINANCE: Vale of York CCG is planning for a surplus of £3.3m in its first financial year – but hopes to pay off nearly £3.5M of the deficit it is inheriting.
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Keyhole kidney stone treatment introduced at Huddersfield
SERVICES: Keyhole treatment for kidney stones is now available at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, saving patients a journey to Wakefield or Leeds. And a new centralised urology unit at the hospital can also use lithotropsy to break up smaller stones.
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York CCG decides not to routinely fund IVF
SERVICES: Vale of York CCG has decided to follow the example of its predecessor PCT and not routinely fund IVF treatment.
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Scarborough and Ryedale CCG overturns PCT decision on MIU weekend closure
SERVICES: A CCG has taken the decision to reopen a minor injury unit at the weekend – but wants more information before it decides how it is to be run.