Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Lincolnshire

‘Confident’ ICS released from ‘mandated support’

2023-12-04T12:52:00+00:00

An integrated care system has been lifted out of the highest level of oversight by NHS England, after facing years of operational and financial challenges.

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The staff wellbeing strategies that work

2023-10-18T05:10:00+01:00

Zosia Walecka says that trusts are dedicated to improving staff morale and patient care through their emphasis on culture, evidence-based methods, resource allocation, stress management, and promoting equality and diversity

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Two trusts to miss deadline for eliminating ‘distressing’ wards

2023-10-17T11:43:00+01:00

At least two trusts are set to fall short on a high-profile pledge to eradicate ‘dormitory’ style wards in mental health facilities, with delays caused by cost pressures and shortage of materials and labour.

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Trust chief resigns ahead of provider joining ‘group model’

2023-06-30T10:56:00+01:00

A community trust chief executive has announced she is stepping down, ahead of a new provider group being formed with a neighbouring acute.

Lincolnshire

Trusts adopt ‘group model’

2023-06-08T12:17:00+01:00

NHS leaders in Lincolnshire have committed to bringing two of the county’s three trusts together in a “group” model.

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Safety fears prompt NHS trusts to support troubled independent provider

2022-08-18T10:34:00+01:00

Five East Midlands trusts are working with the country’s largest independent mental health provider in a bid to improve service quality, amid concerns patient safety would have been put at risk if they had not stepped in.

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Struggling system asks NHSE for help with ambulance handovers

2022-05-05T04:15:00+01:00

Health leaders in Lincolnshire have admitted they do not have a ‘robust’ response to managing the risks posed by ambulance handover delays and poor response times.

Hospital staff

Staff survey: Best and worst for mental health

2020-02-18T12:30:00+00:00

Staff working for mental health and learning disability providers remain the least likely to say they are happy with the standard of care offered by their organisation – although there has been a slight improvement.

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All but two health systems now have an independent chair

2020-01-29T12:53:00+00:00

Almost every health system now has an independent chair in place or are actively recruiting to the post, HSJ analysis shows.

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Half of trust’s BME staff report abuse from public

2019-10-30T12:42:00+00:00

Almost half of all black and minority ethnic background staff at a Lincolnshire trust said they experienced abuse, bullying or harassment from patients and visitors last year.

Patient transport

Manager wins short-staffing whistleblowing case

2019-10-21T05:15:00+01:00

A manager has won his employment tribunal against a patient transport company he alleged had misled clients over staffing.

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Special measures trust to ban GMC concern medics

2019-09-19T06:28:00+01:00

A rural trust is rowing back on hiring locum doctors with General Medical Council restrictions, after a non-executive director questioned the “high number” of such staff being employed.

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A&E downgrade pushes demand onto struggling neighbour

2019-08-28T05:49:00+01:00

The full extent of the increased pressure on a struggling city hospital after the downgrading of a neighbour’s emergency department has finally been revealed.

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Trusts turn to artificial intelligence to tackle staff shortage

2019-08-20T11:48:00+01:00

Two East Midlands trusts are trialling the use of artificial intelligence tools to diagnose breast cancer in a bid to mitigate the national shortage of radiologists.

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Mental health trust appoints new chief

2019-03-06T12:36:00+00:00

An East Midlands mental health trust has announced it has appointed a new chief executive.

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Exclusive: Tens of thousands of junior doctors working beyond contract

2019-01-14T07:14:00+00:00

Junior doctors have worked beyond their contracted terms and conditions more than 63,000 times since 2015, resulting in fines worth more than £250,000, HSJ can reveal today.

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Many mental health trusts are too small, says top CEO

2018-12-19T11:00:00+00:00

Many mental health trusts are too small and risk being “left on the side” in system integration plans, a leading chief executive has warned.

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Revealed: Hundreds of children wait more than a year for specialist help

2018-08-30T06:22:00+01:00

Hundreds of young people assessed as needing specialist mental health treatment have been made to wait more than a year, an investigation by HSJ can reveal.

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New chief for mental health trust announced

2018-08-10T11:42:00+01:00

Nottinghamshire Healthcare has appointed Dr John Brewin as its new chief executive after the retirement of Ruth Hawkins in September.

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70 trusts working with NHSI to boost workforce retention

2018-02-08T06:25:00+00:00

Seventy NHS trusts have now been recruited by NHS Improvement to its programme to improve workforce retention rates in the health service.