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Tracey Fletcher

Central support ‘set to be withdrawn’ from maternity scandal trust

2024-10-21T11:20:00+01:00

A trust at the centre of a maternity scandal is expected to come out of NHS England’s maternity support programme early next year – despite concerns raised by a parent whose child died under its care.

Rob Hodgkiss

COO to leave after a year at challenged trust

2024-08-28T05:00:00+01:00

The chief operating officer of one of England’s most challenged trusts is to leave his job after a year because the commute is too much for him.

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Exclusive: Lack of surgery capacity adding to risk for babies and mothers

2024-07-24T04:01:00+01:00

A lack of surgery capacity at dozens of maternity units is adding to the risk of serious harm to mothers and newborn babies, HSJ has found.

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Revealed: The trusts with the longest discharge delays

2024-07-11T11:00:00+01:00

Patients are waiting over two weeks in hospital after their “ready for discharge” date at some trusts – more than double the average delay, according to new NHS England data.

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Trust to take on 2,500 long-waiters after buying private hospital

2024-07-10T11:20:00+01:00

A trust that recently bought a small private hospital is to take on 2,500 long-waiters from across its integrated care system.

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‘Ludicrous’ expectation pushes trusts to plan savings of up to 9%

2024-07-03T11:45:00+01:00

NHS trusts are signing up to deliver efficiency savings of up to 9 per cent of costs, HSJ  has found.

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1,300 trust staff secure ‘special leave’ in lieu of covid bonus

2024-06-27T11:43:00+01:00

Trust staff who were denied a £1,600 covid bonus will now receive extra holidays worth the same amount.

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Maternity services ‘overwhelmed with reporting requirements’, warns DHSC group

2024-06-18T10:00:00+01:00

Government has been warned by its own advisory group that maternity services are being “overwhelmed with reporting requirements” which are hindering safety improvement work, according to documents seen by HSJ.

Aidan Fowler

‘Burdensome’ patient safety inquiries taking up too much time, says NHSE chief

2024-06-14T05:00:00+01:00

NHS England’s head of patient safety has suggested too much time and resource is being spent on “burdensome” inquiries to investigate failings in the system.

James Paget

Six trusts drop into ‘most challenged’ group

2024-06-10T04:00:00+01:00

Six more trusts have dropped into the “tier 1” group for the most challenged providers for their elective or cancer performance.

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40% of funding targeted at improving emergency care goes unspent

2024-05-20T04:00:00+01:00

Fourty per cent of the £150m capital funding pot NHS England made available to incentivise urgent and emergency care improvements was not distributed, data shown to HSJ reveals.

John-Goulston

Former hospital chief to chair second trust

2024-05-10T05:02:00+01:00

A former trust chief executive has been appointed chair of a second trust in the South East.

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EXCLUSIVE: Trusts regularly breaching security standards

2024-05-07T05:11:00+01:00

Twenty one serious security failures at hospital mortuaries were discovered by the Human Tissues Authority between April 2022 and March 2024, HSJ can reveal.

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A&E problem trusts targeted for tech investment

2024-04-22T11:42:00+01:00

Some of the worst-performing trusts for emergency care performance are set to get funding from NHS England to help manage patient flow through hospital.

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IT system which sparked safety alert dropped by 13 trusts

2024-04-12T04:30:00+01:00

More than a dozen trusts have changed their maternity IT system – or are in the process of doing so – following a national patient safety alert.

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Contamination risk may cost trust £50m a year

2024-04-08T11:00:00+01:00

A trust could face a £50m yearly bill for outsourcing preparation of chemotherapy drugs, after external inspections raised concern about a leaking roof and other infection risks.

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HSJ Podcast: The latest safety crisis for maternity care

2024-04-05T05:00:00+01:00

On this episode, we discuss the quality of maternity services in the NHS, which have remained firmly in the spotlight.

Bill Kirkup

Families must prove trust caused death of babies, despite inquiry’s damning conclusions

2024-04-02T11:58:00+01:00

The man who led an independent investigation into poor maternity care at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust has called for a “more compassionate approach” to grieving families who are still battling for compensation.

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Revealed: Best trusts for raising concerns and being inclusive

2024-03-19T12:30:00+00:00

The share of a trust’s staff who say it respects differences, and how much confidence they have to speak up, are two of the most strongly linked answers in the NHS Staff Survey, HSJ  analysis has found. Our chart reveals the strongest and weakest organisations on those measures.

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ICB pauses work on new stroke unit after ‘assurance’ concerns

2024-02-23T11:55:00+00:00

A decade-long bid to establish a hyper-acute stroke unit has been delayed further after commissioners raised “assurance” concerns.