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The Yorkshire and the Humber Strategic Health Authority was formed on 1 July
2006. Where possible reports will continue to be shown under:
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire Strategic
Health Authority
South Yorkshire Strategic Health Authority
West Yorkshire Strategic Health Authority
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Hospitals 'opt out'
of IT system. Some NHS trusts are opting out of offering patients a choice
of hospital under a new IT system being rolled out, according to family
doctors. GPs said they are unable to book appointments using the online
system, Choose and Book, for
hospitals with long waiting lists. They said hospitals did not want to exceed
the 13-week diagnosis target, and it was interfering with choice. From the
beginning of this year, patients have been given the choice of at least four
local hospitals for treatment. This has been subsequently expanded to include
foundation hospitals and a range of private clinics. In some of the places it
has been introduced, such as
Yorkshire, the Midlands and the
south west, family doctors said hospitals with
waits exceeding 13 weeks for diagnostic tests are not being put on the system.
Summary by
Keep our NHS Public
of BBC Online 9
August 2006
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Union anger as 400 ambulance staff get notice. The
Yorkshire ambulance service
sent redundancy notices to 400 NHS staff yesterday in a move condemned by unions
as "cruel and disgraceful." The trust said it needed to reorganise staffing to
meet government targets and establish a "best in class" service. It hoped
compulsory redundancies could be kept to a minimum and paramedics would not be
affected. Simon Worthington, the acting chief executive, said 400 employees in
management, administrative and support roles were being given 90 days' notice of
redundancy if they could not secure redeployment. John Carvel, social affairs
editor
Thursday December 21, 2006 The Guardian
- Rethink on
ambulance jobs axe. Up to 400 non-frontline workers at
Yorkshire Ambulance Service
were told before Christmas that restructuring measures could see their posts
axed. But now after meeting with union chiefs, health bosses have agreed to
rethink the decision. Formal 90-day redundancy notices issued in December have
now been revoked. Some staff could still lose their jobs in June, but bosses
have pledged that cuts will only be made if all redeployment options have been
exhausted. They stress any cutbacks would be kept to a minimum and only
"backroom" workers such as management, administrators and support staff would be
affected. The Transport and General Worker's Union today welcomed the move,
which it called a "u-turn." A spokesman added: "The unions involved made it
clear they felt that due process was not followed." Summary by
Keep our NHS Public of Yorkshire
Post 12 January 2007
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NHS cutbacks leave
£500m unspent. The NHS has underspent by half a billion pounds as a result
of the aggressive cuts imposed by the health secretary, Patricia Hewitt, a
Guardian analysis of health authority figures has revealed. The size of the
underspend caused fury among health union leaders yesterday, who said it was
generated by an unnecessarily harsh squeeze on spending during the winter months
when many NHS trusts economised by closing wards, axing jobs and delaying
operations until the start of the new financial year in April. ... The biggest
surplus was in the north-west, where the NHS
ended the financial year with £161m in spare cash. Other surpluses included
£116m in Yorkshire and Humberside,
£92m in
London and £73m in the north-east. The only deficits came in the
eastern region, which overspent by £152m,
and the south-east coast, which was nearly £55m
in the red. John Carvel, social affairs editor
Tuesday May 29, 2007 The Guardian
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Quarter of NHS trusts miss targets for superbug. One in four NHS trusts
in England admit they are failing to comply with hygiene regulations introduced
last year to halt the spread of MRSA and other hospital superbugs, health
inspectors disclose today. The Healthcare Commission said 99 of the 394 trusts
confessed to not meeting all the standards included in a compulsory hygiene code
introduced by health ministers last October. Self-assessments by the trusts show
widespread hygiene problems, including failure to decontaminate reusable medical
equipment. Hygiene failings were admitted by 38 hospital trusts, the ambulance
service in Yorkshire,
Staffordshire and the South-East Coast areas,
mental health organisations and primary care trusts. John Carvel, social affairs
editor
Monday June 18, 2007 The Guardian. Link to the
Healthcare Commission, including an Excel workbook with detail of self
assessments.
- Charges blunder
may hit services. Ministers were accused of "serial incompetence" over a
blunder in calculating new dental charges which has left the NHS facing a
massive multi-million pound shortfall - prompting fears services could be cut.
Figures suggest health chiefs in the region were as much as £15m out of pocket
in 2006-7 due to an error by the Department of Health in calculating earnings
from new fees paid by patients. The
Yorkshire deficit would translate to a shortfall of more than £130m
nationwide. The miscalculation comes on top of the new GP contracts costing
£300m more each year than expected, the pay deal for hospital consultants which
is £90m overspent, and a deal for other health workers which is racking up extra
annual costs of £220m. NHS primary care trusts (PCTs) have been told they will
get no extra cash to cover the deficit leading to concern dental services face
being scaled back despite the plight of thousands of patients in the region
still without an NHS dentist. Summary by
Keep our NHS Public of Yorkshire
Post 6 July 2007
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Backlash threat to
shake-up in health services. Landmark changes to NHS care which could see
patients travelling further for specialist treatment face substantial
opposition in the region, a major
Yorkshire Post survey has found. Plans to provide complex treatments in
large centres as opposed to local hospitals will prove controversial as only
one in three people would be prepared to travel more than 20 miles for
treatment. Health chiefs are also expected to examine moves which would see
cuts in consultant-led maternity units and more women giving birth at home.
But four in five people surveyed said pregnant women should only face journeys
of less than 10 miles for labour. The poll was carried out as officials
prepare a health blueprint which is expected to trigger a shake-up of
services. They are expected to set out details in the New Year which could
include the centralisation of trauma care for seriously injured accident
victims as well as smaller numbers of fully-equipped 24-hour accident and
emergency units. Summary by
Keep our NHS Public of Yorkshire
Post 20 November 2007
- Private deal with
NHS to bring expansion of Kidney treatment. A deal signed under the
independent treatment centre programme is to bring improvements in care to
kidney dialysis patients. The ISTC programme has come under fire in
Yorkshire for offering poor
value for money with millions wasted on procedures which were never carried out.
The scale of taxpayer support for the programmes has also remained shrouded in
secrecy as officials again refused to say how much money was being spent on the
scheme. More than 550,000 dialysis sessions will be provided under the
seven-year contract with private provider Fresenius Medical Care Renal Services
UK although patients will remain under the care of NHS clinicians. Annette Laban,
director of commissioning and performance at Yorkshire's strategic health
authority, said: "This will offer these patients greater choice in where they
receive their dialysis and, more importantly, to ensure that the dialysis is
delivered in units closer to people's homes." Summary by
Keep our NHS Public of Yorkshire
Post 11 January 2008
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Heat Map Yorkshire and
the Humber
SHA
forecasts 2006 07 Yorkshire and the Humber
Healthcare organisations weak for quality of services
East Leeds Primary Care Trust
Leeds North West Primary Care Trust
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
South Leeds Primary Care Trust
South Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust
West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Healthcare organisations weak for use of resources
Airedale NHS Trust
Bradford District Care Trust
Craven, Harrogate and Rural District Primary Care Trust
Hambleton and Richmondshire Primary Care Trust
Huddersfield Central Primary Care Trust
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
North Lincolnshire Primary Care Trust
North Sheffield Primary Care Trust
Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Scarborough, Whitby and Ryedale Primary Care Trust
Selby and York Primary Care Trust
Sheffield South West Primary Care Trust
Sheffield West Primary Care Trust
South East Sheffield Primary Care Trust
South Huddersfield Primary Care Trust
West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Yorkshire Wolds and Coast Primary Care Trust
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