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NewsNHS trouble-shooter appointed chair of trust where governors are resisting merger
One of England’s smallest trusts – which is in dispute with its governors over an impending merger – has appointed a new chair.
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HSJ LocalAmbulance trust’s comms system knocked out by system failure
An ambulance trust today suffered a system failure severing the communications link between control room and crews, raising fundamental concerns about staff and patient safety, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalLeaked recording of ‘scared’ CEO says major hospital ‘ceasing to function’
The chief executive of a major teaching trust has told an internal meeting he is ‘anxious and scared’ that its main acute site is under so much pressure it ‘is ceasing to function as a hospital’.
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NewsCovid admissions more than doubled in two regions during October
Hospital admissions of covid positive patients more than doubled in two regions last month as national bed occupancy reached levels not seen since early March.
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HSJ LocalTroubled trust given maximum fine for duty of candour breach
A troubled trust, where leaders are braced for a review into high-profile bullying allegations, was today fined for breaching duty of candour regulations in a separate case.
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NewsCovid admissions reach seven-month high
The number of patients being admitted to hospital with covid-19 has now surpassed this summer’s peak and is at the highest level in more than seven months.
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HSJ LocalNHSE regional boss to step down
NHS England and Improvement East of England regional director Ann Radmore is stepping down and plans to retire, it was announced today.
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NewsSpecial measures trust appoints police and fire chief as new chair
A mental health trust that was placed into NHS England’s new ‘recovery support programme’ this summer has appointed a new chair.
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NewsTwo regions see covid admissions increase by a quarter in one week
The South West and East of England regions have seen a sharp rise in covid admissions, with the former now outstripping the much larger London region.
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NewsRegion aims to clear all two-year waiters by March
An NHS region is aiming to have no patients waiting more than two years on its waiting lists by the end of March.
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News'Outstanding' trust appoints new chief executive
Norfolk Community Health and Care Trust has appointed a director of operations and mental health nurse as its new chief executive.
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NewsTroubled provider sees ‘outstanding’ services downgraded to ‘inadequate’
A mental health trust already subject to an inquiry into a string of adult patient deaths has had its rating for children’s wards downgraded from “outstanding” to “inadequate”.
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NewsTory council review challenges use of ‘profit driven’ private hospitals
A review which examined the deaths of three vulnerable patients has challenged the continued use of “profit-driven” private hospitals by NHS commissioners.
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NewsNHSE hires trust chief as national director
NHS England has hired a retiring trust chief as national director for learning disability and autism.
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NewsScandal-hit trust sees surge of staff voicing concerns
A trust facing serious questions about its working culture has had a dramatic rise in the number of concerns raised about issues such as harassment and bullying.
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NewsCentre described hospital chief as ‘sensationalist’ over roof problems
The NHS England media team believed a hospital chief executive had taken a ‘sensationalist tone’ over serious problems with the building’s roof, according to a briefing written by the Department of Health and Social Care.
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NewsCovid hospital occupancy hits new high for summer wave
The number of covid patients in English hospitals has hit a new high in this summer’s wave, leaping sharply over the weekend.
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News‘Outstanding’ trust appoints new chief executive
A mental health trust in the east of England has appointed a new CEO.
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NewsCQC found emergency caesarean taking place without basic safety measures
Inspectors have raised concerns about ‘safety culture’ in a maternity unit, including that an emergency caesarean was taking place without the mother’s heart being monitored.
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HSJ LocalCEO quits trust accused of ‘witch hunt’
The chief executive at Matt Hancock’s local troubled trust, where leaders have been accused of bullying staff during a ‘witch hunt’ for a whistleblower, is to leave the post, HSJ can reveal.