Streeting names and shames trust for ‘really poor’ care
The health and care secretary has singled out a trust for “really poor-quality care,” just moments after he said he was “not in the business of public humiliation.”
Patient Safety Watch: Falling through the gaps
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
Nursing and medical director failed to act on suicide risks, court told
A trust’s nursing director and associate medical director should have reduced risk on a mental health inpatient ward by ensuring bin liners were removed, a court has heard.
Nineteen hospitals targeted for ‘urgent support’ before winter
NHS England has revealed the hospitals it is targeting for “urgent support” to avoid deterioration in emergency care performance ahead of winter.
London Eye: The next big NHS care scandal?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
Three staff disciplined over death at ‘culture of impunity’ trust
Three staff have been put on “improvement plans” after a patient’s death which a coroner said nurses had been dishonest about, HSJ has learnt.
Trust and manager deny corporate manslaughter
A mental health trust and a band seven ward manager it employed have denied manslaughter charges over a death on an inpatient ward.
Deaths inquiry extended to last three years
A statutory inquiry into deaths of mental health patients will now cover fatalities that took place as late as December 2023.
London Eye: Accountability
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
The importance of integration to making virtual wards work
To ensure virtual wards succeed, they shouldn’t be seen as another new service but should be viewed as part of the existing ecosystem – not just in acute trusts, but across the whole ICB, writes Jardine Barrington-Cook
London Eye: The capital’s most challenged service
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
London Eye: Doctors think the board wants them to take risks with safety
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
ICS calls in turnaround director after plunging £70m into the red
An integrated care system has brought in a financial turnaround director after racking up an unplanned deficit of more than £70m in the first five months of the 2023-24 financial year.
Mental Health Matters: Child’s death highlights expectation vs reality gap on suicide
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector, by correspondent Emily Townsend — contact me in confidence.
Trust and manager charged with manslaughter
North East London Foundation Trust has been charged with corporate manslaughter – making it only the second NHS provider to be prosecuted for the crime.
‘Shocking’ A&E with ‘police everywhere you look’ must be solved, says director
A former national director has expressed her shock at visiting an accident and emergency department struggling with record numbers of mental health patients accompanied by police officers, and warned the issue needs an “absolute solution” from the area’s mental health trusts.
‘Outstanding’ trust names interim chief
East London Foundation Trust has named an interim chief executive, following the departure of her predecessor to lead its neighbour.
‘Outstanding’ trust CEO joins neighbour
A mental health trust chief executive is taking up the same role at the neighbouring provider, it has announced.
Revealed: the trusts with the highest locum usage
The heavy reliance of mental health trusts on locum doctors has been laid bare by new research suggesting four of the five trusts with the highest locum usage were providers from this sector.
London Eye: ‘Culture of impunity’
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.