All East of England articles – Page 6
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News‘Inadequate’ action on cap-ex changes leading to ‘suboptimal’ decisions
Capital spending plans in some health systems are being adversely impacted by an accounting change that was not supposed to affect operational decisions.
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HSJ LocalCEO leaves trust criticised over suicide review
The chief executive of a trust recently pressured into commissioning an external review of dozens of suicides is leaving after under two years in post.
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HSJ LocalICS row breaks out over patients being shunted to GPs
A row has broken out between senior leaders in Norfolk and Waveney over the volume of work being passed to GPs by the acute sector.
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NewsRevealed: The ICBs paying a third of care home bills late
Several commissioning boards have been routinely failing to pay the money they owe to care homes in a timely fashion.
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HSJ Local‘Special measures’ lifted from long-struggling trust
East of England Ambulance Service Trust has been removed from the support programme formerly known as special measures.
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NewsLondon gets well over ‘fair share’ of specialised services while rural areas miss out
People in some more rural areas are missing out on specialist treatments they should be getting, while Londoners are receiving a lot more than their “fair share”, new NHS England figures suggest.
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NewsThirteen trusts write off £1.3m in overpayments to staff
Thirteen trusts were responsible for just over half of £2.6m overpayments to staff written off by NHS providers last year, data obtained by HSJ reveals.
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HSJ LocalICB sued by trust over £500m deal
A company part-run by an NHS trust has launched a legal challenge against a neighbouring integrated care board over a £500m pathology contract.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE crackdown on 10-hour ambulance delays
NHS England has launched a new crackdown on trusts it says have a ‘management strategy’ to hold patients in the back of ambulances to cope with emergency pressures inside their hospitals, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCore bed numbers fall in seven systems, despite NHSE plan
The number of ‘core’ acute beds has fallen in seven health systems since the summer, according to official sitrep data.
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NewsTrust boss: Minority staff ‘could be put off applying’ for teams which lack diversity
A trust chief executive has said people from minority ethnic backgrounds “could be put off applying” for roles in teams which lack diversity.
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NewsA&E doors upgraded after child lost part of their finger
A trust is upgrading its safety protections after a child lost part of their finger after getting it stuck in a hospital door.
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HSJ LocalCQC sorry for failing to act on ‘note tampering’ concerns
The Care Quality Commission has apologised after admitting it failed to act on whistleblowing concerns “in a timely manner”.
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NewsNHSE warns widely used EPR could pose ‘serious risks to patient safety’
NHS England has issued a national alert to all trusts providing maternity services after faults were discovered in IT software that could pose “potential serious risks to patient safety”.
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NewsTwenty ICBs to control specialised services from April
Integrated care boards in three out of seven NHS regions will take over budgets for 59 specialised services from April, although the commissioning staff will remain employed by NHS England for another year.
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HSJ LocalTrust reveals major data breaches involving over 22,000 patients’ data
A major teaching trust mistakenly released private information belonging to more than 22,000 patients in two major data breaches.
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HSJ LocalTrust considers closing hospital in favour of new integrated hub
An acute trust is formally considering closing one of its hospitals and replacing it with a town centre health campus instead.
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NewsNorth West gets biggest share of emergency care fund
The government has announced 54 areas getting a share of a £40m fund to help with urgent and emergency care this winter, with the North West receiving nearly four times as much as a neighbouring region.
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NewsHealth secretary told to intervene over ‘systemic’ ambulance deaths
Ministers must intervene over systemic failures which are ‘too big for hospital or ambulance trusts to fix on their own’ and have led to multiple preventable deaths, a senior coroner has warned.
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NewsStiffer stroke target introduced – despite failure to meet old standard
The failure of trusts to offer stroke patients the level of rehab required by standards introduced 10 years ago has not prevented the publication of new guidance which demands even higher performance.