All articles by Annabelle Collins – Page 9
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: The workforce plan is still unfunded and uncosted
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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NewsICBs face £5.5m cost for CQC assessments
The Care Quality Commission is planning to charge integrated care boards up to £290,000 each annually to fund system inspections, it has revealed in consultation documents.
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NewsJoint CEO for trusts with £2bn turnover
A joint chief executive has been appointed across three acute trusts in the East Midlands in the next stage of their “formal collaboration”.
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NewsConfirm there is no plan to ‘replace doctors’, NHSE told
The medical regulator has told NHS England to ‘directly tackle’ a perception there is a plan to replace doctors with physician associates amid an ‘intense’ debate about their future.
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News‘Notable decline’ in ambulance, mental health and maternity care, says CQC
The quality of maternity, mental health and ambulance services has seen a “notable decline” over the last year, which is contributing to “unfair care” and worsening health inequalities, the Care Quality Commission has warned.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: Not just another royal college row
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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NewsFinance directors need to do more to keep patients safe, warns watchdog
Financial directors need to take responsibility for safety, which should be at the core of how the NHS runs services, the leadership of the Health Services Safety Investigations Body said at its launch yesterday.
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News‘Vital’ safety deadline thought to have been missed by most trusts
Most trusts are thought to have missed the deadline to launch a new national incident reporting system that has already been beset by difficulties and delays.
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News‘Insular’ trust has to rebuild ‘hope’ and relationships, says turnaround CEO
The chief executive of a major acute trust has said performance problems caused it to ‘look inwards’ and described how it has been working to ‘build back relationships’ and give ‘hope’ to staff.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: In search of bold policy
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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NewsPolice investigate trust for corporate manslaughter
Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust is being investigated for corporate manslaughter following Lucy Letby’s conviction for murdering babies while working on its neonatal unit.
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News‘Zero harm is unachievable’, says NHS England safety chief
The national director for patient safety in England has cautioned against the ‘false hope’ of trying to achieve ‘zero harm’ from healthcare, describing it as unachievable.
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NewsManagers raising safety concerns ‘must not be jumped on’, says NHSE director
Regulation of managers must not lead to a disbarring process without also introducing ”developmental” and supportive measures, NHS England’s national patient safety director has said.
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NewsRevealed: Trusts underperforming on infant mortality
The number of trusts outperforming their peers on infant mortality has fallen, according to a national audit.
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HSJ LocalTrust ‘led with integrity’ in face of maternity scandal, says CQC
A trust facing a police investigation into one of the NHS’s largest ever maternity scandals is no longer rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission in its well-led and maternity domains.
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NewsRevealed: Best and worst trusts for inpatient experience
There was a small fall in patients reporting a ‘good’ experience of inpatient care in 2022, according to a Care Quality Commission survey, with five trusts seeing a ‘significant’ fall in their score compared to 2021.
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HSJ LocalPolice launch investigation into maternity failings
Nottinghamshire police have launched an investigation into an acute trust at the centre of a major maternity scandal.
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NewsU-turn on interim role for ex-CEO of hospitals at centre of maternity scandal
An integrated care board announced the appointment of an interim chief executive – who led a health board in Wales at the centre of a maternity scandal – only for her to withdraw about two weeks later, it has emerged.
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NewsNHS ‘a long way’ from being ‘proactive’ on safety, watchdog warns
Integrated care systems should factor patient safety into all their operational and financial decisions, the Healthcare Safety Investigations Branch’s chief investigator has urged.
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NewsNHSE calls urgent meeting over powers to strike off managers
Amanda Pritchard has said it is time to “look again” at whether NHS England should be given formal powers to disbar managers for “serious misconduct”.