North Bristol NHS Trust

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Hospital sets target to recruit more staff from deprived areas

2024-08-30T04:58:00+01:00

An acute trust has set the unique goal of employing almost 40 per cent of its workforce from the most deprived areas of its patch by next year.

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Revealed: the impact of the North Bristol model across 40 trusts

2024-08-28T04:50:00+01:00

Trusts which have adopted controversial “North Bristol-style” continuous flow models have seen mixed results, with the approach contributing to worsening performance in some places, research by HSJ  suggests.

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Tiering system needs ‘streamlining’, says trust CEO in programme

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

NHS England should streamline its “tiering” intervention programme to reduce the time and resource demands it places on struggling trusts, a CEO in the regime has told HSJ.

Maria Kane

CEO appointed for £2bn hospital group

2024-07-18T11:56:00+01:00

Two city acute trusts have announced a joint chief executive.

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West Country Chronicle: How an ICB became the best place to work (again)

2024-04-29T11:06:00+01:00

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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New £2bn hospital group appoints chair

2024-04-26T11:10:00+01:00

Two trusts which are forming a hospital group have appointed a new chair.

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West Country Chronicle: An ICB finds inspiration in Brazil

2024-03-27T18:16:00+00:00

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: Where four out of five CEOs are new

2024-03-04T14:05:00+00:00

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: A £2.5m bureaucratic nightmare

2024-02-05T13:09:00+00:00

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: New year, same story?

2024-01-08T12:31:00+00:00

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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CEO interview: Maria Kane, chief executive, North Bristol Trust

2023-12-22T16:08:00+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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City’s two acutes to share CEO and chair

2023-12-06T16:29:00+00:00

A city’s two acute trusts have announced plans to share a chair and chief executive.

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Rush to reduce elective backlog increasing ‘never events’, report finds

2023-11-29T13:00:00+00:00

Moving less complex procedures out of operating theatres and into other care settings to free up capacity to support elective recovery has ‘inadvertently’ increased the risk of ‘never events’ at an acute trust, a report has warned.

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HSJ Podcast: How one trust changed England’s A&E model

2023-11-17T05:00:00+00:00

A trust that gave its name to a controversial A&E policy has seen performance improve significantly, so this week we discuss how North Bristol Trust handled the risks and how quickly its model could spread throughout the NHS.

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Ward staff ‘must accept extra workload to help A&E’

2023-11-15T05:39:00+00:00

Hospitals are being prevented from adopting models which spread risk away from emergency departments because other teams refuse to take on the extra work, according to a top accident and emergency doctor.

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‘Controversial’ A&E policy 'showed we're all shouldering the pain', says CEO

2023-11-08T05:16:00+00:00

A high-profile shift to admitting patients from A&E to wards irrespective of bed capacity has ‘turned the dial’ for an acute trust’s emergency care, its chief executive has told HSJ.

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Revealed: Four trusts report quarter of all ‘critical incidents’

2023-10-25T12:18:00+01:00

More than a quarter of ‘critical incidents’ have been declared by just four trusts since the start of the crisis in urgent and emergency care.

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Trusts miss out on £50m of pledged ‘net zero’ funds

2023-09-01T11:59:00+01:00

Nearly a fifth of the capital funding allocated to the NHS for ‘net zero’ projects was never received by trusts, with at least two schemes prevented from going ahead due to a lack of flexibility in the scheme.

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Trust leaders using ‘aggressive tactics’ to ‘break’ strikes, BMA claims

2023-07-04T17:11:00+01:00

The BMA has hit out at a trust after it emerged that striking junior doctors could ‘needlessly’ have eight days’ wages deducted from July’s pay, despite there being five days of strike action this month.

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Sixteen trusts win £150m for green energy projects

2023-03-28T07:26:00+01:00

Sixteen trusts have been allocated a combined £150m for heat pumps and other projects to reduce emissions from their estates.