All HSJ Local articles – Page 22
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Ambulance 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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Two more directors go amid heavy criticism of trust’s management
Two more directors have announced they are stepping down from their roles at a troubled acute provider, following heavy criticism of the trust’s management and some key services.
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Leaked 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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UPDATED: Downgraded trust’s CEO describes ‘hugely taxing’ effort to balance safety with collaboration
A long-serving CEO has described the “hugely taxing” task for trust leaders to balance internal patient safety risks with wider system partnership work during the pandemic.
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Acute chief moves to head up neighbouring trust
A West Yorkshire acute trust has appointed a new chief executive, who will join from a neighbouring organisation after its previous leader left to head up a large hospital group.
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Executives of major acute trust ‘biased’ and ‘out of touch’, says report
The leadership of a newly merged acute trust has been rated ‘inadequate’ after inspectors criticised executives for being seen as ‘out of touch’ and displaying ‘bias’ towards a hospital they had previously run.
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Troubled 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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ICS sounds alarm as fifth of hospital patients stay more than three weeks
Regional bosses say they need to understand ‘if and how’ hospitals can reduce the number of long-stay patients – with some areas reporting more than one in five beds being ‘blocked’.
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Deaths of two children spark ‘urgent’ investigations at leading trust
Five serious incidents, including the deaths of two children, have sparked ‘urgent’ investigations into the processes through which clinicians are alerted to potential safety concerns over medical products used on patients.
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NHSE 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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Trust chiefs fear ‘reduction’ in new hospital plans after NHSE rejects capital request
An acute trust has warned it may have to scale down its plans for a new hospital after NHS England refused to allow previously allocated funds to be spent on a much-needed elective care centre.
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Acute trust chair steps down amid ICS creation
The chair of Gloucestershire Hospitals Foundation Trust will step down earlier than planned to allow his successor to start the role when integrated care systems are formally established.
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ICS fails in second attempt to appoint a chair
A troubled integrated care system has failed to appoint a chair for a second time.
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Trust says ‘game-changing’ deal will expand capacity by 25pc
An integrated trust has opened a “game-changing” first-of-its-kind imaging facility together with a private company in a bid to “sustainably” increase diagnostic capacity amid rising backlogs of patients, according to its chief executive.
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‘Considerable disquiet’ over lack of savings from £7m consultancy contract
There has been ‘considerable disquiet’ among board members of a beleaguered NHS trust over £7m of spending on a consultancy contract, which according to auditors has so far delivered ‘no tangible savings’.
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CEO returns from overseas to lead struggling trust
An acute trust struggling with governance issues has appointed a new chief executive from the Australian health system.
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CEO of major acute trust steps down after contracting covid
The chief executive of a major acute trust has stepped down from her role after being off sick with covid since July.
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East Midlands trust appoints former MP as new chair
Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust has appointed a former Labour MP as its new chair.
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Neighbouring acute trusts work to dampen ‘rivalry’
Two major trusts which are widely perceived to have an intense local rivalry have been making efforts to improve their relations, according to the chair of one of the providers.
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ICS sets ‘maturity’ test for its ‘places’ to access budgets
Nine areas within a large integrated care system are to be assessed in terms of their ‘maturity’ — with the most developed potentially taking on delegated budgets and decision-making from April next year.