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NewsTrust reviewing 800 cases over child surgery failures
A large teaching trust has launched reviews of surgery on nearly 800 patients operated on by a children’s orthopaedic surgeon – and whether concerns raised 10 years ago could have prevented harm.
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HSJ LocalCEO: Staff suffering ‘moral injury’ from poor estates
Staff are suffering “moral injury” as deteriorating estates disrupt their ability to provide care, a chief executive whose hospital rebuild has been delayed has warned.
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NewsStaffing vital to high hear and treat rates, say trusts
Some 30,000 emergency ambulance trips could be avoided every month if trusts provided more advice over the phone, according to NHS England figures.
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HSJ LocalTrust sticks by overtime pay cut despite harm to elective recovery
Despite the decision to cut doctors’ overtime rates slowing elective recovery at one of the service’s most challenged trusts, HSJ has learned the provider does not plan to reverse the move.
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NewsExperienced chair joins trust facing deaths inquiry
A new chair has been announced for a trust at the centre of a public inquiry into mental health deaths.
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HSJ LocalFormer trust boss named as hospital MD
A former chief executive has been hired to run a hospital belonging to a major trust in the East of England.
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HSJ LocalHospital warned over 'significant' safety gaps
An acute trust has been served a warning notice due to “significant concerns” over patient safety in one of its emergency departments.
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HSJ LocalTrust ends over three years in ‘special measures’
A mental health trust which has suffered prolonged performance, leadership and cultural problems has been lifted out of the regime formerly known as special measures after more than three years.
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HSJ LocalTrust in CQC row has service upgraded
A trust that had a public row with the Care Quality Commission over delays to the publication of a report which rated one of its maternity departments “inadequate,” has had the service upgraded just a month after the initial rating was released.
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NewsICBs missing checks on vulnerable children
Integrated care boards are warning they are failing to carry out health checks for vulnerable children in care because of a lack of paediatricians and rising demand, HSJ has found.
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NewsICBs ‘exit’ 800 staff in cost-cutting programme
Integrated care boards paid exit packages to 809 staff under centrally-ordered cost cuts last year, with some spending four to five times the average, HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsNHSE commends ICBs for ‘strong leadership’
The quality of leadership at 13 integrated care boards has been praised by NHS England in its latest formal assessment of their performance.
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NewsCleaning firm sues trust over £8m contract
A facilities management company is suing an ambulance trust over the procurement of a £8m contract for cleaning services.
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NewsRevealed: 14 ICBs cutting spend on the third sector
Nearly half of all integrated care boards are due to cut their spending on voluntary, community and social enterprise services this financial year, HSJ analysis suggests.
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HSJ LocalICB pays consultants £230,000 to help it escape deficit
An integrated care board has hired external consultants in a bid to improve its finances, and support one of its trusts to exit the highest rung of national oversight.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Winter returns with a vengeance
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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HSJ LocalTrust ordered to pay £100,000 after sacking doctor with PTSD
A judge has ordered a trust to pay £100,000 to a doctor with PTSD who had been unfairly dismissed.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: System launches first EPR to cover all trusts
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by correspondent Zoe Tidman who covers the NHS in Essex.
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HSJ LocalCEO criticises ‘hugely disappointing’ CQC delay amid downgrade
A trust has criticised what it called “hugely disappointing” delays to a Care Quality Commission inspection report, in which one of its hospitals was downgraded.
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HSJ LocalTrust's fifth CEO in five years made permanent
Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust has announced interim CEO Caroline Donovan, who was previously expected to leave this summer, will take up the role permanently.