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Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Troubled NHS trust to quit prison health contract
An NHS trust has announced its plans to withdraw from a contract to provide healthcare to prison inmates. Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) is currently responsible for looking after prisoners at seven jails across the East Midlands and an immigration centre. In a letter to staff, seen by the BBC, the trust said it had taken the "difficult" decision so it could focus on making improvements in other areas after a damning report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Last year, the watchdog published a review, known as a Section 48, criticising the trust, which had been responsible for the care of paranoid schizophrenic Valdo Calocane, who fatally stabbed three people in Nottingham in June 2023. The CQC ordered the trust to make improvements after identifying "a series of errors, omissions and misjudgements" by mental health services over Calocane's care. In its letter to staff, the trust said: "The board felt that we were unable to maintain the quality improvements we have made, in part due to our need to focus capacity and resources on the Trust's improvement journey following the Section 48, CQC and homicide report recommendations." It added: "We have also had difficulty recruiting into these services on a sustainable basis, and the consensus was that a specialist provider might have more success with this. "And when, certainly from a regulatory point of view, our focus must be on the Section 48 improvements, we felt that a specialist provider may be better placed to make the improvements needed in the offender health setting." Under the current contract, the trust cares for inmates at HMP Nottingham, HMP Ranby and HMP Lowdham Grange in Nottinghamshire. The contract also covers HMP Fosse Way in Leicestershire, HMP Morton Hall, Swinderby Immigration Centre, HMP Lincoln and HMP North Sea Camp in Lincolnshire. The trust's chief operating officer Becky Sutton said: "We can confirm that we have served notice on the offender health (prison healthcare) contracts that we currently deliver on behalf of NHS England. "Following the Section 48 recommendations, our priority is to focus our capacity and resources on achieving the objectives of our Integrated Improvement Plan. "We will be working closely with colleagues who are affected, partners at NHS England and prison services to support a smooth transition of services when a new provider is identified, and until that time our teams will continue to provide care in these settings." The trust said the decision did not affect Rampton Hospital, in Nottinghamshire, where it is responsible for the care of prisoners at the secure mental health unit. Follow BBC Nottingham on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@ or via WhatsApp on 0808 100 2210. Call for review after first inmate death at new jail 'Repeated failures' at jail where three men died CQC 'gave legitimacy' to trust before Nottingham attacks Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Troubled NHS trust to quit prison health contract
An NHS trust has announced its plans to withdraw from a contract to provide healthcare to prison inmates. Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) is currently responsible for looking after prisoners at seven jails across the East Midlands and an immigration centre. In a letter to staff, seen by the BBC, the trust said it had taken the "difficult" decision so it could focus on making improvements in other areas after a damning report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Last year, the watchdog published a review, known as a Section 48, criticising the trust, which had been responsible for the care of paranoid schizophrenic Valdo Calocane, who fatally stabbed three people in Nottingham in June 2023. The CQC ordered the trust to make improvements after identifying "a series of errors, omissions and misjudgements" by mental health services over Calocane's care. In its letter to staff, the trust said: "The board felt that we were unable to maintain the quality improvements we have made, in part due to our need to focus capacity and resources on the Trust's improvement journey following the Section 48, CQC and homicide report recommendations." It added: "We have also had difficulty recruiting into these services on a sustainable basis, and the consensus was that a specialist provider might have more success with this. "And when, certainly from a regulatory point of view, our focus must be on the Section 48 improvements, we felt that a specialist provider may be better placed to make the improvements needed in the offender health setting." Under the current contract, the trust cares for inmates at HMP Nottingham, HMP Ranby and HMP Lowdham Grange in Nottinghamshire. The contract also covers HMP Fosse Way in Leicestershire, HMP Morton Hall, Swinderby Immigration Centre, HMP Lincoln and HMP North Sea Camp in Lincolnshire. The trust's chief operating officer Becky Sutton said: "We can confirm that we have served notice on the offender health (prison healthcare) contracts that we currently deliver on behalf of NHS England. "Following the Section 48 recommendations, our priority is to focus our capacity and resources on achieving the objectives of our Integrated Improvement Plan. "We will be working closely with colleagues who are affected, partners at NHS England and prison services to support a smooth transition of services when a new provider is identified, and until that time our teams will continue to provide care in these settings." The trust said the decision did not affect Rampton Hospital, in Nottinghamshire, where it is responsible for the care of prisoners at the secure mental health unit. Follow BBC Nottingham on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@ or via WhatsApp on 0808 100 2210. Call for review after first inmate death at new jail 'Repeated failures' at jail where three men died CQC 'gave legitimacy' to trust before Nottingham attacks Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
BBC News
09-04-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Troubled NHS trust to quit East Midlands prison health contract
An NHS trust has announced its plans to withdraw from a contract to provide healthcare to prison Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) is currently responsible for looking after prisoners at seven jails across the East Midlands and an immigration a letter to staff, seen by the BBC, the trust said it had taken the "difficult" decision so it could focus on making improvements in other areas after a damning report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).Last year, the watchdog published a review, known as a Section 48, criticising the trust, which had been responsible for the care of paranoid schizophrenic Valdo Calocane, who fatally stab three people in Nottingham in June 2023. The CQC ordered the trust to make improvements after identifying "a series of errors, omissions and misjudgements" by mental health services over Calocane's care. In its letter to staff, the trust said: "The board felt that we were unable to maintain the quality improvements we have made, in part due to our need to focus capacity and resources on the Trust's improvement journey following the Section 48, CQC and homicide report recommendations."It added: "We have also had difficulty recruiting into these services on a sustainable basis, and the consensus was that a specialist provider might have more success with this. "And when, certainly from a regulatory point of view, our focus must be on the Section 48 improvements, we felt that a specialist provider may be better placed to make the improvements needed in the offender health setting." Under the current contract, the trust cares for inmates at HMP Nottingham, HMP Ranby and HMP Lowdham Grange in contract also covers HMP Fosse Way in Leicestershire, HMP Morton Hall, Swinderby Immigration Centre, HMP Lincoln and HMP North Sea Camp in trust's chief operating officer Becky Sutton said: "We can confirm that we have served notice on the offender health (prison healthcare) contracts that we currently deliver on behalf of NHS England."Following the Section 48 recommendations, our priority is to focus our capacity and resources on achieving the objectives of our Integrated Improvement Plan. "We will be working closely with colleagues who are affected, partners at NHS England and prison services to support a smooth transition of services when a new provider is identified, and until that time our teams will continue to provide care in these settings." The trust said the decision did not affect Rampton Hospital, in Nottinghamshire, where it is responsible for the care of prisoners at the secure mental health unit.
Associated Press
26-02-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Aemetis Biogas Receives Proceeds from Sale of $7.7 Million of Investment Tax Credits
Investment tax credits were generated by renewable natural gas project investments CUPERTINO, CA - February 26, 2025 ( NEWMEDIAWIRE) - Aemetis, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMTX), a renewable natural gas and renewable fuels company, announced today the receipt of $6 million of cash, after transaction costs, from the sale of $7.7 million of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) investment tax credits generated by the construction of dairy biogas digesters by the Aemetis Biogas subsidiary of the company. The investment tax credits were sold to a corporate purchaser that had previously agreed to purchase the tax credits as a part of a multi-closing purchase arrangement. The IRA was signed into law in August 2022 and provides transferable federal income tax credits for investments in certain renewable fuel projects, as well as production tax credits for low carbon intensity renewable fuels. Aemetis generated IRA Section 48 investment tax credits from its investment in dairy biogas digesters constructed and placed in service by Aemetis in Q4 2024. 'The $6 million of net cash proceeds received by Aemetis yesterday is in addition to $11 million of cash proceeds from tax credits sold last month, funding domestic energy production projects and reducing dependence on imported crude oil,' stated Eric McAfee, Chairman and CEO of Aemetis. 'The next sales of investment tax credits will be generated by biogas digester and pipeline projects that are currently under construction and expected to be completed in Q2 2025.' The Aemetis Keyes ethanol plant supplies about two million pounds of animal feed daily to feed more than 100,000 dairy cows at about 80 dairies in the local area. To capture methane at dairies and produce renewable natural gas (RNG), Aemetis is operating twelve dairy digesters, 36 miles of biogas pipeline, a central biogas to RNG production facility, and a PG&E utility gas pipeline interconnection. Aemetis expects to produce 550,000 MMBtu of RNG per year from its existing projects combined with those planned for completion in Q2. Approximately 25% of methane emissions in California are emitted by dairy waste lagoons that do not have methane capture systems such as those installed by Aemetis. When fully built, the Aemetis Biogas project plans to capture methane from the waste produced by more than 150,000 cows at dairy farms in California and produce 1,650,000 MMBtu of renewable natural gas from captured dairy methane each year. When fully operational, the Aemetis Biogas project in California is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to an estimated 6.8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide over ten years. About Aemetis Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Aemetis is a renewable natural gas, renewable fuel and biochemicals company focused on the operation, acquisition, development, and commercialization of innovative technologies that replace petroleum-based products and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Founded in 2006, Aemetis is operating and actively expanding a California biogas digester network and pipeline system to convert dairy waste gas into Renewable Natural Gas. Aemetis owns and operates a 65 million gallon per year ethanol production facility in California's Central Valley near Modesto that supplies about 80 dairies with animal feed. Aemetis owns and operates an 80 million gallon per year production facility on the East Coast of India producing high quality distilled biodiesel and refined glycerin for customers in India and Europe. Aemetis acquired the 125-acre former Army Ammunition Production Plant site in Riverbank, California to develop a carbon sequestration project and a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel fuel biorefinery to utilize renewable hydrogen, hydroelectric power, and renewable oils to produce low carbon intensity renewable jet and diesel fuel. For additional information about Aemetis, please visit Safe Harbor Statement This news release contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding assumptions, projections, expectations, targets, intentions or beliefs about future events or other statements that are not historical facts. 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