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Trust ‘could force us out of business’, claims PFI firm

9 October 2024

A private finance initiative company has warned it may go bust if a trust imposes any more fines after “severe” fire safety defects were found at its community hospital run by the firm.

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Fire concerns at PFI hospital sees key services move

31 July 2024

A hospital built under the private finance initiative has been forced to move key services due to “severe” fire safety defects found by investigators.

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Whole health system’s IT goes down

11 June 2024

An ICS is dealing with a “catastrophic” IT failure that is believed to have affected all health providers in the region.

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NHSE finance chief reveals services exempt from national staffing squeeze

28 May 2024

Clinical teams in mental health and maternity services should be exempt from the national squeeze on workforce costs this year, NHS England’s chief financial officer has revealed.

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Joint ICB/trust committee given binding powers to improve system’s care quality

7 May 2024

An integrated care system has agreed to establish a unique body comprising both commissioners and providers, which will be empowered to make binding decisions affecting the entire health economy.

Ellen Wilkinson

Medic to review dozens of suicides linked to trust

3 April 2024

A trust has appointed a chair to lead an independent review into dozens of suicides that were sparked by allegations of record tampering.

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West Country Chronicle: Trust’s concern over ‘short-term’ funding agreements

30 October 2023

From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.

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West Country Chronicle: How a Nightingale hospital is, finally, the answer

2 October 2023

From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.

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ICS pauses roll-out of ‘unique’ joint committees after legal advice

20 September 2023

An integrated care system has paused its implementation of unique new joint committees that sought to bridge the gap between providers and commissioner.

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Ministers name 30 trusts receiving share of £250m fund

15 August 2023

Ministers have named the 30 trusts which will receive a share of a £250m fund to increase urgent and emergency care capacity.

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‘Disappointing’ failure to boost community care revealed by internal data

8 August 2023

A ‘disappointingly slow’ transformation of community services means thousands of mental health patients are still presenting at emergency departments within weeks of being discharged from an inpatient facility.

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West Country Chronicle: Leadership change comes to the peninsula

7 August 2023

From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.

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Troubled ICS reveals ‘first in England’ shake-up of structure

7 August 2023

Cornwall’s commissioning board and two providers are set to delegate authority to two new joint committees in what local chiefs claim is a first-of-its-kind governance shake-up for the health service.

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ICS plans ‘integrated NHS groups’ spanning ICB and trusts

15 February 2023

An integrated care system that has struggled with ‘strained and challenging relationships’ is exploring ‘joint constitutional committees’ spanning its integrated care board and two provider trusts.

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ICS chief agrees to pay back covid bonus

22 July 2022

The chief executive of an integrated care board will return a bonus paid for her ‘response and management’ of the pandemic, following enquiries by HSJ about the payment.

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West Country Chronicle: Scandal-hit trusts show signs of progress

16 May 2022

From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.

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Nearly half of trust’s beds filled by patients fit to be discharged

10 May 2022

A chief executive has described her ‘considerable regret’ that growing difficulty in discharging patients has resulted in nearly half of her trust’s inpatients being clinically ready to leave.

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Governance scandal trust failing to manage complaints

12 April 2022

A trust which is facing major governance issues is failing to respond to hundreds of complaints properly, with patients and families waiting more than twice as long as the NHS target for responses to their concerns, an external review has found.

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‘Considerable disquiet’ over lack of savings from £7m consultancy contract

7 October 2021

There has been ‘considerable disquiet’ among board members of a beleaguered NHS trust over £7m of spending on a consultancy contract, which according to auditors has so far delivered ‘no tangible savings’.

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London Eye: Forgetting the war that’s still happening

8 September 2021

Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.