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Longest-serving acute trust CEO steps down

2024-07-11T16:10:00+01:00

The NHS’s longest-serving general acute trust chief executive has announced she is stepping down after more than 20 years.

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Revealed: Official data masking long waits for the sickest patients

2023-11-24T05:10:00+00:00

Several trusts are failing to admit their sickest emergency patients in a timely fashion, despite performing well in official waiting time statistics, HSJ can reveal.

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Population health tools and new pathways are helping Cheshire and Merseyside support those most at risk of fuel poverty.

2023-10-09T04:00:00+01:00

In response to the UK’s rising fuel poverty crisis, a collaborative initiative in Cheshire and Merseyside utilises data-driven strategies to identify and assist vulnerable individuals, making a meaningful impact on their lives and setting a precedent for broader implementation in the region

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North by North West: NHSE’s handling of Christie whistleblowing case faces judicial review

2023-07-10T12:30:00+01:00

Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.

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‘No new suppliers’ promises ICS as four trusts eye EPR purchases

2023-05-16T04:14:00+01:00

A major acute provider will make a second attempt at procuring a new electronic patient record, while three neighbouring trusts are planning to launch a separate tender process, HSJ has learned.

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Revealed: Best and worst trusts for cleanliness and food

2023-04-11T11:39:00+01:00

The best and worst trusts for cleanliness and food have been revealed in a national assessment by patients and staff.

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How trusts are saving thousands of hours, which can be spent with patients instead

2023-03-16T06:00:00+00:00

Guy Lucchi on how the CareFlow electronic patient record can help clinicians provide safer and more efficient care while spending more time with patients

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North by North West: Takeover and a makeover

2023-02-06T14:20:00+00:00

Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.

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North by North West: Liverpool promises to change

2023-01-23T11:25:00+00:00

Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.

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CQC names worst trusts for maternity care

2023-01-16T06:31:00+00:00

The trusts with substantially worse experience of maternity care have been identified by the Care Quality Commission.

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Revealed: CEO and exec turnover at each acute trust

2022-08-22T05:37:00+01:00

Some acute trusts have kept more than half of their executive directors over a five-year period – whereas others have seen all of them change, according to HSJ analysis of top-level managerial stability.

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EPRs are in the spotlight (again) – but ICSs will bring new opportunities to the table

2022-05-04T06:00:00+01:00

EPRs that are custom designed for ICSs and the NHS are vital for collaborative, data driven, preventive and supportive care. By Dr Jonathan Bloor

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HSJ Partnership Awards 2022: Staffing Solution of the Year

2022-03-25T00:01:00+00:00

WINNER: Patchwork Health and St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals Trust: Establishing the North West Collaborative Bank - The Largest in the UK

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Neonatal units face ‘redesignation’ under national shake-up

2022-03-16T12:53:00+00:00

A major shake-up of neonatal care, aimed at reducing mortality and illness, could see dozens of units restricted to caring for less premature babies.

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Russian-owned energy firm supplies at least 11 NHS trusts

2022-02-28T12:50:00+00:00

At least 11 trusts have paid just over £4m to a Russian government-owned energy supplier in the current financial year, while 17 paid the company £17m the year before, HSJ analysis shows.

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Care increasingly disrupted by building failures as NHS repair bill grows

2021-10-15T15:38:00+01:00

Patient care is being disrupted by increasing numbers of infrastructure failures amid a continued rise in the cost of fixing outdated and potentially dangerous parts of the NHS estate, new figures show.

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Trusts receive half of funding for ‘essential’ maternity improvements

2021-10-15T05:29:00+01:00

Trusts have so far received just over half of the £102m they said was needed for ‘immediate and essential’ improvements in maternity services.

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Chief executive to run two trusts

2021-09-03T11:33:00+01:00

Two trusts in the North West will share a chief executive and work in partnership to help secure “fragile” services.

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HSJ Value Awards 2021: Diabetes Care Initiative of the Year

2021-09-02T23:01:00+01:00

This was the development of a diabetes dashboard modelled on the National Diabetes Audit, which provided monthly updates on key care components. The data was displayed at both individual GP level as well as at a Locality level (now PCN level) and CCG level. Discussion about the dashboard was incorporated ...

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HSJ Value Awards 2021: Paediatric Care Initiative of the Year

2021-09-02T23:01:00+01:00

The Asthma and Wheeze Project is overseen by the integrated borough-based partnership “Tower Hamlets Together” and sought to significantly reduce non-elective admissions of children and young people with asthma and wheeze to the Royal London Hospital. As a system the project mapped the primary and secondary drivers for admissions and ...