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NewsCQC restricts provider’s admissions after staff ‘fell asleep’ during patient observations
Adult wards at a major independent mental health provider where it was claimed staff fell asleep during work have been described as unsafe, prompting an urgent move to restrict admissions.
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NewsCompulsory jabs may drive out 73k NHS staff, government admits
The government has estimated 73,000 NHS staff will no longer be eligible to work with patients face to face and may leave their jobs, as a result of it making covid-19 vaccination compulsory.
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NewsNHS now getting ‘slaps not claps’, warns national elective chief
The NHS has gone from getting clapped by the public to ‘getting slaps’ because patients’ tolerance of long waits for health services has deteriorated, NHS England’s elective chief has warned.
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NewsVictim’s family questions why mortuary sex abuser was not detected earlier
The sister of one of David Fuller’s hospital mortuary victims has questioned why his crimes were not uncovered earlier.
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NewsTrust CEO predicts ‘unprecedented’ pressure will last a year
An acute trust CEO has predicted her organisation will be under extreme pressure for 12 months due to ‘relentless and stressful’ demand on services.
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HSJ LocalTwo 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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Trust led by ICS CEO locked in dispute with system commissioners
Commissioners in an integrated care system have issued a formal contract challenge to a provider led by the ICS interim chief executive.
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NewsCovid admissions start to decline after month-long rise
Admissions of covid positive patients to English hospitals have started to decline for the first time in a month.
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NewsJavid announces independent inquiry into mortuary sex offences
The government is to effectively take over the independent investigation into David Fuller’s mortuary crimes – but has stopped short of ordering a public inquiry.
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NewsDemand on 111 surges linked to ‘primary care challenges’
Yorkshire’s 111 services have experienced huge surges in demand during certain times of day, and leaders consider it “unlikely that the service will ever fully return to the pre-pandemic pattern”.
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Leader‘This is far worse than January – the vaccine hasn’t saved us this time’
“We should all be rated inadequate.” The call HSJ received on Sunday lunchtime from one of the most respected chief executives in the NHS carried an air of desperation.
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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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News‘Outstanding’ rated trust given CQC warning notice after staff raised alarm
An acute trust currently rated ‘outstanding’ has been served with a warning notice by the Care Quality Commission, after senior doctors’ safety concerns prompted an inspection.
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NewsInspection raised no security concerns at mortuary where bodies were sexually abused
An inspection of the mortuary where dozens of bodies were sexually abused found no major security issues, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: The full story of David Fuller’s mortuary attacks
HSJ first learned of David Fuller’s crimes in June this year, but agreed to a request by Kent police not to publish before his trial concluded. We can now reveal all that we discovered.
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NewsJavid approves hospital reconfiguration after two year delay
Sajid Javid has given the go-ahead to a controversial stroke reconfiguration, more than two years after plans were agreed by the NHS locally.
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News100 corpses sexually abused in two NHS mortuaries over 12 year period
A man who murdered two women 34 years ago went on to sexually abuse 100 female corpses in hospital mortuaries, taking videos and images of his crimes, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS England orders trust’s governors to work towards controversial merger
NHS England and Improvement has imposed extra conditions on a specialist trust’s licence, effectively ordering its council of governors to work towards a merger with a larger neighbour.
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NewsCovid pressure forces cancellation of most operations
Planned operations including ”priority two” procedures were postponed at short notice at one of England’s largest hospital trusts earlier this week due to rising covid compounding other operational pressures, HSJ understands.
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NewsFormer trust CEO to lead investigation into mortuary offences
The news of David Fuller’s assaults came as a horrendous shock to senior leaders at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust. But their ability to respond has been limited because of the need to keep the offences secret until the murder trial had concluded.