Patient Safety Watch: The NHS remains an organisation with amnesia
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
‘Conflict of interest’ concerns over consultants hired to fix NHS finances
Concerns have been raised that consultants advising systems on savings plans could be “marking their own homework”, with many of the firms having already done similar exercises for the same organisations.
NHSE holds back cash support for struggling trusts
Trusts could be forced to slow down payments to suppliers and delay capital projects after NHS England restricted access to cash for providers in deficit, finance directors have warned.
Capital budgets cut at trusts with largest repair backlogs
Hospitals with some of the biggest maintenance backlogs have had their budgets for repairs slashed as a result of new NHS finance rules, HSJ can reveal.
Midwives call women in labour ‘Asian princesses’ amid ‘hostile’ environment fears
The NHS Race and Health Observatory has raised fundamental concerns about racism towards maternity patients after several cases have come to light in recent months, including midwives branding patients “Asian princesses”.
HSJ Podcast: The latest safety crisis for maternity care
On this episode, we discuss the quality of maternity services in the NHS, which have remained firmly in the spotlight.
Patient Safety Watch: ‘Our son was not a learning opportunity’
HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
Patient Safety Watch: ‘Martha’s Rule will mean that she didn’t die completely in vain’
HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
Trust cuts board posts to make savings
An acute trust has made cuts to its board to save money and help reduce its deficit.
Trusts ‘unlock radical ambitions’ with move to same EPR
More than half of the acute trusts in a single region are set to move to the same electronic patient record system, a shift one of their CIOs described as a “serendipitous” opportunity for sharing staff and other resources.
A&E target set to be raised, despite NHS missing lower bar
NHS England and government are set to raise their target for four-hour A&E performance, despite most hospitals failing to meet the current ask.
Trust leaders raise alarm over ‘mad’ approach to scrutiny of maternity services
The management of fragile maternity services is being hamstrung by a lack of clear standards and direction from government and regulators, trust chairs and chief executives have told HSJ.
‘Insular’ trust has to rebuild ‘hope’ and relationships, says turnaround CEO
The chief executive of a major acute trust has said performance problems caused it to ‘look inwards’ and described how it has been working to ‘build back relationships’ and give ‘hope’ to staff.
The Ward Round: Trusts’ ‘unknown’ disability problem revealed
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, this week by HSJ employment and equalities correspondent Nick Kituno, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and ...
Trust ‘led with integrity’ in face of maternity scandal, says CQC
A trust facing a police investigation into one of the NHS’s largest ever maternity scandals is no longer rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission in its well-led and maternity domains.
Police launch investigation into maternity failings
Nottinghamshire police have launched an investigation into an acute trust at the centre of a major maternity scandal.
Revealed: 60pc of trusts have a ‘first-time’ CEO
Nearly two-thirds of trusts have a ‘first-time’ chief executive, while one-third of the sector’s CEOs have been in their current post for 18 months or less, following a period of remarkable turnover since the covid crisis.
The Ward Round: The great car parking debacle
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
Around 20 trusts ‘still without electric vehicle charging points’
Around 20 trusts have not yet installed any electric vehicle charging points on their sites, HSJ analysis shows.
Trust receives record fine for maternity care failure
An acute trust has been fined a record sum by the Care Quality Commission for failing to provide safe maternity care, which resulted in the death of a baby after 23 minutes.