Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust – Page 2
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Trust group appoints interim CEO as chief takes leave
A hospital group has named its chief digital information officer as interim chief executive, after its substantive CEO went on leave at short notice for personal reasons.
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Staff shortages leaving women in ‘barbaric’ pain
Patient safety campaigners have said ‘too many women’ are still not being offered a general anaesthetic for a diagnostic test because of staff shortages, leaving them in severe pain.
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HSJ Local
Police drop inquiries into alleged manipulation of waiting list
Police have dropped a case against a Midlands trust which was accused of manipulating its waiting lists.
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HSJ Local
Hospital group’s ‘collective brand’ may help DGHs recruit, say chiefs
Two district general hospitals are planning a major clinical reconfiguration and developing a “collective brand” which they hope could ease their staffing problems, their leaders have told HSJ.
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Revealed: Trusts with the biggest falls in staff confidence in care provided
Several large teaching hospitals are among those which saw the steepest declines in the proportion of staff who would recommend the care of their organisation, according to the NHS staff survey results.
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More than a dozen trust chairs receive two salaries as shared leadership spreads
Sixteen people are now chairing more than one NHS trust, but there is significant variation in how much they are paid for their extra roles, an HSJ analysis has found.
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HSJ Local
Trust pleads for cash advance to fix ‘UK’s most cramped A&E’
An acute trust with the ‘most cramped and limited emergency department in the UK’ has warned delaying promised capital funds will mean treating patients in unsuitable facilities until 2030.
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Senior CQC inspector appointed hospital CEO
A Care Quality Commission deputy chief inspector has been appointed hospital chief executive at an East Midlands trust.
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Covid pressures linked to increased fall rates and patient deaths
Two patients have died and at least seven more have come to harm in recent falls linked to covid-19 pressures at a small acute trust.
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HSJ Local
Trust boss warns region faces ‘absolute crisis’ with trusts ‘hanging on by their fingernails’
Hospital chiefs in the South West have warned the region will not avoid the extreme pressures felt by other parts of the NHS, amid rapidly rising numbers of covid-19 inpatients.
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HSJ’s most read technology stories of 2020
With 2020 down to its final days, it’s time to take a look back at HSJ’s most read technology stories of the year.
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Comment
Promoting equality and diversity through the BAME Staff Network
Kettering’s goal is to drive positive change that will impact equality, diversity, and inclusion amongst staff, and promote a safe and confidential environment to raise any issues and concerns, writes Carol Verner
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HSJ Local
CCG lead condemns ‘heartbreaking’ visiting rule at local hospitals
A GP commissioning leader has publicly criticised hospital visiting rules at local hospitals, after hearing that a stroke patient was denied seeing family or friends for six weeks.
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Second covid wave will be ‘10 times harder’ for the NHS, says CEO
The second wave of the covid pandemic will be ‘10 times harder’ for the NHS, and will require a step-change in the service’s use of technology, according to the chief executive of a trust group in the Midlands.
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HSJ Partners
The long road to purging the pager
Dr Jonathan Bloor argues that clinical value is the key to adoption of emerging tech
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Value Awards 2020: Diabetes Care Initiative of the Year
Winner Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust: Youth Empowerment Skills Programme (YES) The Youth Empowerment Skills (YES) programme is a psycho-educational intervention for young people (age 14-20 years) with type 1 diabetes, co-developed by young people and co-delivered by a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals, youth workers and peer educators. ...
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Value Awards 2020: Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation Award
Winner The Great North Children’s Hospital, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust: The Kidzmed project - teaching children to swallow tablet medication The Kidzmed project was a quality improvement project to teach children and young people how to take tablet medication. Tablets are safer, more convenient and cheaper than ...
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Value Awards 2020: Respiratory Care Initiative of the Year
Winner University Hospitals of Derby and Burton Foundation Trust: ImpACT+ The ImpACT+ service is delivered by a team of respiratory consultants, specialist respiratory nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists along with admin and clinical support staff. The service has transformed specialist community respiratory services for people with Chronic Respiratory Disease living ...
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Value Awards 2020: Operations and Performance Initiative of the Year
Winner Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust: Clinical Coding Transformation Programme - Getting it right for outpatients, our staff and our trust The Clinical Coding team are vitally important for Kettering as clinically coded data forms the bedrock of information they have on their patients. The trust is on a journey ...
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Value Awards 2020: Acute Service Redesign Initiative
Winner Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care Foundation Trust and Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council: Integrated Urgent Care Team - Home First The Integrated Urgent Care Team now work together with other transformation services to support older people living in the community in an integrated model of care to deliver ‘integrated urgent ...