All EAST KENT HOSPITALS UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST articles – Page 5
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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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NewsBuilding order of ‘new hospitals’ revealed as £550m consultancy deals announced
Projects in Dorset and Devon are set to be the first within the government’s New Hospital Programme to agree construction contracts.
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HSJ LocalTrust appoints former Department of Health leader as CEO
A former Department of Health leader is set to take the helm at an East of England trust.
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NewsTrust admits staff shortages causing inappropriate discharges
A trust has admitted it is having to discharge patients inappropriately into care homes or community hospital beds because of a shortage of home care workers.
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NewsTrust unsure ‘whether and how’ its ‘mini Nightingale’ might be used
A trust has revealed its wide-ranging concerns about the Nightingale surge hub that has been built on its premises under national plans to cope with a future wave of covid admissions.
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NewsTrust seeks £30m for hot/cold split of orthopaedic services
An acute trust is seeking £30m in national funding to build a new elective care centre which it says would cut outsourcing costs and increase activity across its integrated care system.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: How are hospital bosses feeling? Surprisingly upbeat
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsCEO of ‘outstanding’ trust makes switch to maternity scandal provider
The chief executive of an ‘outstanding’ London trust is to move to one of the most troubled trusts in the country.
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NewsExclusive: Police drop manslaughter investigation into trust
A trust will not face a second prosecution over the death of a baby seven days after a chaotic birth at one of its hospitals, unless new evidence emerges.
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Trust promises jobs to partners of new consultants
A trust is attempting to boost its recruitment of senior medics by offering ‘guaranteed’ jobs to the partners of those consultants offered a substantive post.
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NewsJavid approves hospital reconfiguration after two year delay
Sajid Javid has given the go-ahead to a controversial stroke reconfiguration, more than two years after plans were agreed by the NHS locally.
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NewsTrusts failing to report ‘concerning’ numbers of hospital-acquired covid cases
Some acute trusts have failed to report large numbers of hospital-acquired covid infections as patient safety incidents, despite NHS England describing this as ‘fundamental’.
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NewsCQC criticises care scandal trust for 'unsafe staffing'
The trust at the centre of a maternity scandal does not have enough midwifery staff to keep women and babies safe, a Care Quality Commission inspection has revealed.
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NewsTrusts struggle with growing backlog of uninvestigated incidents
The backlog of serious clinical incidents that need investigating is building up throughout the NHS, due to the impact of coronavirus and emergency service pressures.
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NewsTroubled trust’s chief executive to stand down
The chief executive of a trust with major care quality concerns, including a maternity scandal investigation, is to stand down.
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NewsFour ICSs and four trusts placed in new ‘special measures’ regime
Four health systems have been put into NHS England’s replacement for the special measures regime, as well as four more acute trusts.
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NewsTrust fined £733,000 in groundbreaking CQC prosecution
An acute trust has been fined £733,000 for failing to meet fundamental standards of care, in a groundbreaking case brought by the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ PartnersBeating the backlog: why tech is key to supporting recovery in the NHS
New technologies that propel better patient care and streamline processes will be essential to bringing the NHS back on track, writes Tim Weil
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CommentFining NHS trusts is a pointless gesture
Peter Carter points out better ways need to be constructed than prosecuting NHS trusts and spending money on legal costs as means of improving standards and eliminating poor practice
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HSJ LocalHeavily criticised trust recognised for improvements on infection control
A trust which was heavily criticised for poor infection prevention and control last summer has been praised for making improvements.