Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

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Winter pressures funding leads to ‘panic buying,’ says CEO

2024-10-22T06:00:00+01:00

Last-minute national funding to ease winter pressures often leads to “panic buying” and is “not always well spent”, a trust chief executive has said.

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ICB sanctioned for failing to stop trusts’ over-recruitment

2024-08-12T11:40:00+01:00

NHS England has issued enforcement notices to an integrated care board and four of its trusts, warning that the additional staff they have recruited are “not financially affordable”.

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HSJ Podcast: Return of the control totals

2024-05-31T03:00:00+01:00

NHS England has announced incentives and penalties in a bid to improve the health system’s financial plans, so this week we discuss what the new regime involves and if it will make any difference to the national £3bn deficit.

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New hospital set to open with £40m running cost gap

2024-05-23T04:00:00+01:00

A new hospital which has taken over a decade to deliver will open without all the funding needed to run it, the trust’s chief executive has warned.

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‘Decomposing bodies’ discovered at multiple hospitals

2024-05-16T04:26:00+01:00

Bodies are being left to deteriorate and in some cases decompose in hospital mortuaries, often because of a lack of freezer space, HSJ  has found.

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Trusts with ‘distressing’ mixed-sex ward breaches blame poor estates

2024-04-30T05:00:00+01:00

The trusts with the worst breach rates of mixed-sex ward rules in hospitals are revealed today by HSJ  analysis after national levels hit a record high in 2023-24.

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Trusts’ performance on key recovery target revealed

2024-03-20T12:54:00+00:00

Ten trusts have just 1 per cent or fewer of their outpatients on “patient initiated follow-up” pathways, against a target of 5 per cent, official data suggests.

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Revealed: Trusts most reliant on oil for their energy

2024-03-04T12:49:00+00:00

Oil consumption across the NHS estate has seen its largest annual increase in a decade, as trusts turn to the fuel for emergencies and surges in demand.

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More trusts discover their buildings have faulty concrete

2024-02-29T19:01:00+00:00

Thirteen more NHS hospitals have identified a potentially unsafe form of concrete in their buildings, causing closures and disruption to wards.

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Thirty trusts report more 12-hour waits, despite national improvement

2024-02-27T12:43:00+00:00

Long A&E waits have got worse at more than one in five acute trusts, despite an improving trend nationally.

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Leak reveals trust omitting two-year waits from reported figures

2024-01-19T05:19:00+00:00

A hospital trust has been breaching national guidance by excluding some long waiters from its reported waiting list figures, in a move experts warned could put patient safety at serious risk.

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Five trust CEOs were paid more than £300,000 last year

2024-01-18T12:33:00+00:00

Several trust chief executives were paid more than £300,000 in 2022-23, including adjustments for previous underpayments, pay in lieu of pension contributions, and redundancy packages.

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Revealed: Trusts underperforming on infant mortality

2023-09-18T11:39:00+01:00

The number of trusts outperforming their peers on infant mortality has fallen, according to a national audit.

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Former NHSE chief named chair of two more trusts

2023-03-14T17:26:00+00:00

A former NHS chief executive is taking the helm at two more acute trusts in the West Midlands, it has been announced.

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‘Overheating’ incidents nearly double across NHS estates

2023-02-16T05:02:00+00:00

The number of overheating incidents in clinical areas reported by NHS trusts has almost doubled over the last five years, with directors saying ageing estates make them vulnerable to extreme weather events.

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‘Landmark’ integrated trust faces axe

2023-01-20T05:19:00+00:00

Health leaders in the Midlands are considering winding down or merging an NHS trust that was supposed to hold a ‘landmark’ integrated care contract worth £360m, according to trust papers.

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NHS leaders fear ambulance strike ‘calm’ will not last

2022-12-21T13:48:00+00:00

The first NHS ambulance strike for 32 years appears not to have had any major impact so far.

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NHS leaders ‘filled with dread’ ahead of ambulance strike

2022-12-21T07:47:00+00:00

National, system and trust leaders have told HSJ they fear for the safety of patients and the wellbeing of staff as the NHS experiences its first ambulance strike for 32 years.

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Ex-hospital chief takes over new trust

2022-12-15T06:15:00+00:00

A former acute boss is returning to NHS management to lead a mental health and community services trust.

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Big rise in trusts ‘red rated’ for infant mortality

2022-11-21T06:32:00+00:00

Nearly a fifth of trusts providing maternity care have been red rated for their infant mortality rates in a national audit.