Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust

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CEO interview: Richard Kirby, CEO of Birmingham Community Healthcare Foundation Trust

2024-03-19T12:32:00+00:00

This is the latest in a series of interviews with provider chief executives, which are available exclusively to HSJ Insight subscribers.

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Revealed: Worst hospitals for food hygiene

2024-02-13T12:56:00+00:00

More than 30 hospitals in England failed to receive the top ratings for food hygiene in their latest inspection.

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Executives all white in city where 40pc of population is BAME

2020-09-01T05:23:00+01:00

Every current executive director at the five NHS trusts in Birmingham is white, despite more than 40 per cent of the city’s population being from a black, Asian or ethnic minority background.

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Revealed: The trusts put on notice over risks to staff

2020-02-17T05:46:00+00:00

NHS providers were given 40 official warnings because regulators believed they were failing to protect staff from violence, injury and hazardous substances in the past two years, HSJ can reveal.

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Two-thirds of trusts failing to protect staff from violence

2020-01-06T05:42:00+00:00

Around two-thirds of NHS providers were found to be breaking laws aimed at protecting staff from violence and aggression, when inspected by the Health and Safety Executive, information released to HSJ reveals.

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Trusts fail to appoint shared chair ahead of merger

2019-04-03T11:43:00+01:00

Two West Midlands trusts have failed to appoint a joint chair ahead of their merger next year.

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Just one trust has 50pc BME board share

2019-01-24T06:00:00+00:00

Only one trust has as many black and minority ethnic board members as white, and 96 trusts say they have no BME board directors at all, new data has revealed.

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Two trusts to unite after triple merger fails

2018-11-15T16:04:00+00:00

Two mental health providers previously involved in failed plans for a triple merger have now decided to become one trust.

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HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2018: Care of Older People

2018-07-10T00:01:00+01:00

Winner South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust: Community first responder lifting scheme

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HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2018: Patient Safety in the Community

2018-07-10T00:01:00+01:00

Winner East Midlands Ambulance Service Trust: Cycle response unit in Northampton town

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Exclusive: Three-trust merger plan dropped

2018-03-02T17:30:00+00:00

A merger of three trusts has been dropped because it would have created a trust spanning two sustainability and transformation partnership areas, along with concerns over clinical and financial viability, HSJ can reveal.

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HSJ Top Chief Executives 2014

2018-03-01T11:00:00+00:00

The 50 top chief executives nominated by their peers

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Former NHSI director to be chief executive of struggling trust

2018-01-02T12:18:00+00:00

A former director for NHS Improvement has been appointed as chief executive of a trust in special measures.

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Merger of three trusts paused by NHS Improvement

2017-12-05T11:24:00+00:00

A merger of three trusts in the West Midlands has been put on hold by NHS Improvement.

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Special measures trust to replace nearly half its executive posts

2017-10-26T10:35:00+01:00

A struggling trust in the West Midlands is set to replace almost half of its executive board roles.

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Merger trust appoints new chief executive

2017-10-24T13:36:00+01:00

The chief executive of an inadequate rated trust has been appointed to lead a neighbouring trust going through a merger.

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Revealed: Triple trust merger delayed

2017-09-26T12:00:00+01:00

A merger between three West Midlands trusts to create one of the biggest community and mental health providers in the county has been delayed, HSJ can reveal.

Leading vanguard will not procure contract as it 'would take longer'

2017-08-22T10:29:00+01:00

One of the most advanced national vanguard projects has decided to form a multispecialty community provider through an alliance agreement rather than go out to procurement as it “would take longer”.

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Providers chosen for first comprehensive MCP contract

2017-08-10T11:04:00+01:00

Four trusts in partnership with GPs are on course to win a multibillion pound new care model contract.