All articles by Alison Moore – Page 23
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NewsEmergency performance slumps again as covid hits
Emergency care performance has again plunged to near-record lows, despite demand falling compared to the previous month.
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NewsExclusive: Minister misled MPs over ambulance crisis
A health minister incorrectly told the Commons on Wednesday that additional surge capacity for the struggling ambulance service was in place to help deal with the pressures created by the heatwave, despite the contract to procure the extra resources not having been finalised, HSJ has learned.
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News24 hour ambulance handover on ‘worst night ever’
All ambulance services are now understood to be on the highest level of alert due to ‘extreme pressures’ caused by the hot weather and covid absences among staff.
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NewsNHSE chief visits trust to ‘learn lessons’ from troubled IT project
The go-live of a new electronic patient record at two hospitals has led to operational problems and a visit from an NHS England board director to ‘learn lessons’ for future roll-outs.
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NewsNon-executive directors took over aspects of running struggling trust, review finds
A trust’s executive and non-executive roles were ‘confused’ and board members behaved in a way which was ‘not aligned” with trust values, an external review has found.
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NewsA&E promoted from ‘inadequate’ to ‘good’
The Care Quality Commission has improved the rating of a long-struggling A&E from ‘inadequate’ to ‘good’, as part of a system-wide inspection of urgent and emergency services
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News‘Shift to untrained staff’ leaves over half stroke units with too few nurses
Fewer than half of stroke units in England have the recommended number of trained nurses — a drop of 10 percentage points in two years, a report has warned.
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NewsBullying and harassment ‘normalised’ at trust put back in special measures
An ambulance trust has been placed in special measures after the Care Quality Commission rated its leadership ‘inadequate’ and said staff felt unable to raise concerns without fear of reprisal
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NewsTrust rows back on ‘too tall or too short’ dismissal threat
Staff risk being sacked because they are too short or too tall to drive a van-conversion ambulance, union officials have warned.
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NewsRail strikes ‘will kill people’, warns NHS leader
Next week’s rail strikes will “probably end up killing people” as they will prevent staff working for already struggling ambulance trusts from getting to work, a senior NHS leader has told HSJ.
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NewsInterim CEO drafted in to calm trust’s leadership woes
An ambulance trust which is expected to be heavily criticised in an imminent Care Quality Commission report has appointed a new interim chief executive.
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NewsTrust’s improvement plan ‘limited in robustness’
A trust’s attempts to improve safeguarding – believed to have been prompted by a case where a patient with dementia was restrained and forcibly treated – have been criticised by an independent review.
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HSJ LocalReconfiguration greenlighted by Javid faces 12-month delay
A contentious reconfiguration of stroke services which has already suffered years of delays now faces a further setback, after commissioners declared another review of the scheme.
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News‘Outstanding’ trust appoints new chief executive
An ‘outstanding’ London trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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News‘Deeply disappointing’ ICS strategy criticised by council
An integrated care board’s plans to work with the public and patients have been attacked as ‘deeply disappointing’ and ‘box ticking’ by the chair of a local authority oversight committee.
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NewsHospital seeks ‘non-medical consultant’ to supervise A&E
A hospital is seeking to appoint an advanced clinical practitioner to work on its emergency department “consultant rota”, meaning they would likely be able to supervise its emergency department in place of a medical consultant.
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NewsTrusts lose out on cash after safety ‘mis-declarations’
Three trusts have lost out on more than £1m in rebate from the maternity clinical negligence scheme after they ‘mis-declared’ that they were compliant with safety requirements.
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Return to work scheme scrapped after just five doctors find jobs
A Health Education England programme to help doctors who had left medicine return to practice has been abolished after it found work for just five medics.
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NewsExclusive: Sharp drop in quality of stroke care
The proportion of stroke units awarded the top ratings in a national audit has fallen significantly, HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsMortuary abuse inquiry suggests contractors’ criminal checks could be shared with trusts
Contractors could be required to provide trusts with the findings of criminal records checks on their employees, an update from Michael inquiry into mortuary security has suggested.