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Eight patients left on trolleys for over 12 hours
Eight patients at King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust were left to wait on a trolley for over 12 hours over the Christmas period, according to NHS England data.
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Yorkshire trust under investigation after CQC inspection
Monitor has launched an investigation into Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, following concerns raised by the Care Quality Commission about accident and emergency staffing levels.
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Yorkshire ambulance staff poised to strike
WORKFORCE: Staff at Yorkshire Ambulance Service Trust are balloting for strike action over concerns changes to shift patterns could lead to paramedics working up to 10 hours without a meal break.
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Tube wrongly put in patient's lung
A elderly woman died from a combination of natural disease, stroke and the “misplacement” of a feeding tube into her lung due a hospital blunder, a coroner has said.
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Never events at Barts Health Trust
Three never events have been reported by Barts Health Trust according to newly released data from NHS England’s that aims to provide detail on medical incidents that should not occur if proper practice is being followed.
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CQC lifts concerns at Weston
PERFORMANCE: The Care Quality Commission has found Weston Area Health Trust is now meeting all standards for acute trusts.
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NewsHSJ Live: 09.01.14 Yorkshire ambulance staff poised to strike
Concern that staff could work 10 hours without a break, and the rest of today’s news
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Board level culture undermines paperless ambition
Senior managers’ lack of knowledge about the clinical and cost benefits of improved IT systems is hindering progress towards the health secretary’s ambition for a paperless NHS, an exclusive HSJ survey suggests.
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NewsAnalysed: Practices urged to work at greater scale
NHS England’s planning guidance, which calls for GP practices to “work at a greater scale”, will not mean the end of single-handed practices, the national body has said.
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NewsFinnamore bought by health giant
The health and social care consultancy Finnamore has been bought by the firm GE Healthcare, one of the world’s largest health technology companies.
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CQC identifies further failings at Heatherwood and Wexham Park
The Care Quality Commission has told Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals Foundation Trust to make urgent improvements, after an inspection found it was more focused on “responding to… targets” than “ensuring that overall patient experiences were positive”.
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NewsMP: Let communities run hospitals
“Communities” must be given the chance to own and run smaller hospitals and help push forward the changes the NHS needs to succeed, a Conservative MP has said.
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LeaderIt is time to bring social care spending in from the cold
Remove the artificial barriers between health and social care
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NHS Wales chief takes top job at East Midlands trust
The chief executive of NHS Wales has been appointed to run Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust.
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NewsHSJ Live 08.01.14 Top health consultancy is taken over
Influential UK health and social care consultancy acquired by international health giant, and the rest of the day’s news and comment.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Circle mulls bid to partner Peterborough with Hinchingbrooke
Private provider Circle could table a rescue bid for debt-stricken Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals Foundation Trust involving partnering it with nearby Hinchingbrooke Health Care Trust, HSJ has been told.
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NewsA&Es meet four-hour target
Accident and emergency departments together managed to meet the four hour waiting time target between October and December, according to NHS England data.
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NewsInfluential MP to demand greater CCG accountability
An influential Conservative MP is planning to raise concerns in the Commons about a lack of accountability in the reformed NHS, and the government potentially missing commitments to improve cancer outcomes.
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Colchester acting chief executive resigns
WORKFORCE: The acting chief executive of Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust, under investigation by police over allegations of cancer data manipulation, has announced her resignation.
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Royal Devon seeks solution to poor stroke performance
STRUCTURE: Stroke care in the Exeter area may need to be restructured in order to meet key performance targets, board papers reveal.