All Cheshire and Merseyside ICS articles – Page 6
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Liverpool promises to change
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HSJ Local
Trust merger ‘bedevilled with problems’, says key proponent
One of the key proponents of a major trust merger has told HSJ its implementation has been “bedevilled with problems”, and that leaders have so far failed to deliver its benefits.
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HSJ Local
Doctors ‘embarrassed and ashamed’ by care at new hospital
A clinical director and 30 senior medics have told trust executives they are ashamed of the ‘dreadful conditions’ faced by patients after moving into a ‘chaotic’ new emergency department.
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HSJ Local
CEO resigns after breakdown in relations with chair
There is confusion around the leadership of a struggling acute trust, after a breakdown in relations between the chair and chief executive.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Cutting staff numbers in ICBs
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HSJ Local
A&E staff ordered to receive ambulances ‘in all instances’
Directors of a major hospital have ordered their accident and emergency staff to continue receiving ambulance patients into their department “in all instances”, following angry exchanges with paramedics.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Unease around waiting list prioritisation
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: New lows for ambulance handover crisis
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: main hospital corridor turned into ‘makeshift ward’
The main corridor of an acute hospital has been closed to patients and staff and turned into a ‘makeshift ward’, in what sources describe as an ‘absolutely unprecedented’ situation.
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News
Hospitals to begin cancelling operations due to blood supply crisis
Operations are set to be cancelled after the first ever ‘amber alert’ was issued by the organisation that supplies blood to the NHS, according to internal messages seen by HSJ.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Devo leaders jump on life expectancy findings
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HSJ Local
Hospital merger confusion blamed for cancer deaths
A ‘leading’ cancer service has reported a series of safety incidents which contributed to patients being severely harmed or dying, HSJ has learned.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: The downfall of a ‘pioneering’ private provider
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News
Campaigning MP to chair foundation trust
A long-serving Labour MP is leaving the Commons after 17 years and will join a mental health trust as its chair, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local
Hospital issues ‘full capacity’ alert days before move to smaller building
A major acute site has issued a ‘full capacity’ alert to staff, just days before the services are due to move into a replacement hospital with fewer beds.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: GPs angered as ‘place’ maps redrawn
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North by North West: Why the North West waits
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North by North West: The software upgrade that sparked huge IT failure
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Expert Briefing
'CQC don’t want to hear about the pandemic'
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HSJ Local
Trust branded ‘inadequate’ for leadership and maternity
One of the trusts worst affected by coronavirus has been issued with two warning notices and rated ‘inadequate’ for leadership, following a Care Quality Commission inspection.