Hospital bosses get pay rise

HOSPITAL managers got a pay rise in a year where care was criticised by inspectors, new accounts show.

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Bed blocking fines cancelled

HOSPITAL chiefs will not fine council bosses for failing to prevent OAP bed blocking, it has been announced.

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£434k redundancy for 13 NHS workers

MORE than £400,000 in redundancy payments were made to 13 NHS workers last year, figures uncovered by The Silhillian show.

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Hospital waits increase under coalition

HOSPITAL waiting times have worsened for Solihull patients since April last year, new figures show.

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NHS chief's bonus higher than reported

THE controversial bonus of an NHS chief at Solihull’s hospital authority was £4,000 higher than first reported, it has been revealed.

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Patient dies after nose tube 'misplaced'

A PROBE has been launched into a patient death after a tube which is inserted via the nose was ‘misplaced’.

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Patient died after x-ray not followed up

HEALTH chiefs have launched a probe after staff failed to follow up a patient’s lung x-ray more than a year before their death.

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Watchdog lifts hospital conditions

TWO out of three conditions placed on Solihull Hospital bosses by the national NHS regulator have been lifted, The Birmingham Mail reports.

Doctor: maternity axe will bring 'improvements'

REMOVING most births from Solihull Hospital offers will deliver ‘far reaching improvements to health’ a top doctor has said.

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Hospital's Wii for patients

SOLIHULL Hospital has bought a Nintendo Wii games console – where users have to move about to use – to help patients recover.

It has put the console in its physiotherapy gym to help patients with conditions such as strokes and Parkinson’s disease.

The console’s controllers are motion sensitive, meaning users have to physically move their body to take part.

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Hospital authority second most complained about

SOLIHULL Hospital bosses were the second most complained about in the West Midlands last year, new figures show.

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Letter reveals NHS concerns over baby death

A HEALTH chief quizzed another over lack of staff and procedures after a baby death and other near misses that led to maternity cuts in Solihull Hospital, The Silhillian can reveal.

Ian Mather, consultant in public health at Solihull NHS Care Trust wrote to hospital boss Ian Cunliffe with concerns following two September 2008 incidents that ended with one newborn dead.

This led to concerns within the trust – which decides where NHS cash is spent – that led to plans to close the maternity unit. Bosses said lack of staff posed too much a danger.

In the first incident a woman expecting a normal birth had to undergo a caesarean at Solihull Hospital after the baby’s heart rate increased.

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Maternity to re-open on July 19

SOLIHULL Hospital’s maternity unit will re-open on July 19, NHS bosses confirmed yesterday.

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£32k bonus for boss at crisis NHS trust

A BOSS at a hospital authority slammed over children’s care and maternity changes paid a boss a £32,000 bonus, newly released figures show.

The bonus for the un-named director was paid as Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust began to gather controversy over plans to change maternity at Solihull Hospital.

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MP 'hopeful' for maternity with Tory Government

MERIDEN MP and cabinet minister Caroline Spelman says she is ‘more hopeful’ for under-threat maternity services now the Conservatives are in power.

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Midwife ban

A MIDWIFE who worked at Solihull Hospital has been banned from practising over fears about her competency, The Birmingham Mail reports.

Baby fears as Heartlands slammed

A HEALTH campaigner has said she is concerned for Solihull mums-to-be after a damning report into another hospital they now face having to go to.

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NHS authority slammed over childcare

THE health authority which runs Solihull Hospital has been slammed over children's care, including the death of a teenager, the BBC reports.

Pregnant women stage maternity protest

PREGNANT women and Conservatives held a protest against this week's temporary closure of maternity services at Solihull Hospital, The Birmingham Mail reports.

Solihull maternity closes on Monday

SOLIHULL’S maternity service will close from Monday until mid July – as fears rise that mums will struggle to go elsewhere.

Solihull Hospital will close to all deliveries over managers’ fears that there are not enough staff to meet safety standards.

It had pledged to consult before changes but made the shock move in January because they said standards could not be guaranteed.

It will re-open for midwife led births only and its long-term future will be consulted on in the autumn.

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