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‘Suboptimal’ IT system still used by multiple trusts

2024-09-13T04:59:00+01:00

More than a dozen trusts are still using a widely criticised “suboptimal” electronic patient record system, which was discontinued by its supplier more than two years ago, HSJ can reveal.

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Boss of ICS that suffered dramatic financial collapse seconded to NHSE

2024-05-14T10:58:00+01:00

The chief financial officer of a health system that missed its plan by £180m has moved to a secondment role at NHS England.

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IT system which sparked safety alert dropped by 13 trusts

2024-04-12T04:30:00+01:00

More than a dozen trusts have changed their maternity IT system – or are in the process of doing so – following a national patient safety alert.

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Patient Safety Watch: All change for maternity transformation

2023-02-24T14:09:00+00:00

HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch trustee James Titcombe.

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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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How digital technology is benefiting community health services

2021-12-01T12:51:00+00:00

Community providers’ flexible, community-based model of service provision is well-suited to testing small-scale innovations in digital. By Andrew Ridley

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North by North West: The real route to reopening a fragile service

2021-11-15T12:07:00+00:00

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

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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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North by North West: The legacy of Shipman

2021-09-20T10:06:00+01:00

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

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Watchdog forced to hand over NHS staff names in safety failure cases

2021-02-24T06:49:00+00:00

A national safety watchdog has been forced to release almost 100 pieces of evidence, including from NHS staff, after being ordered to by courts.

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Ten ICUs where ‘super surge’ occupancy remains stubbornly high

2021-02-18T07:45:00+00:00

Critical care occupancy remains stubbornly high at 10 trusts which still have around double the number of patients they had capacity for last winter, HSJ can reveal.

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The Integrator: Treasury’s ‘reluctance’ is worsening NHS crisis

2021-01-15T11:12:00+00:00

Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior integration correspondent, Sharon Brennan.

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Chair of troubled FT to resign after CEO’s sudden departure

2020-12-11T10:32:00+00:00

The chair of a troubled acute trust in Greater Manchester has announced his resignation, a month after its chief executive announced her sudden departure.

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Leadership of struggling trust to be taken over as CEO announces sudden departure

2020-11-03T15:42:00+00:00

The chief executive of an acute trust in Greater Manchester has suddenly announced her departure, with the boss of a neighbouring provider set to take over the organisation’s leadership on a joint basis.

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Exclusive: New surge in Manchester covid patients amid lockdown row

2020-10-19T15:13:00+01:00

Greater Manchester’s hospitals have seen a new surge in beds occupied by patients with coronavirus in the last 24 hours, HSJ understands.

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Covid hospital deaths climb steeply in the North West, but plateau elsewhere

2020-09-30T16:43:00+01:00

The number of coronavirus deaths in North West hospitals has started to climb steeply, following weeks of high infection rates in the community.

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Single trust accounts for one in three covid hospital deaths

2020-09-13T17:52:00+01:00

A third of those who died with diagnosed or suspected covid-19 in English hospitals did so at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care Foundation Trust in the seven days to 10 September.

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HSJ Value Awards 2020: Cancer Care Initiative of the Year

2020-09-04T15:15:00+01:00

WesFit is an innovative approach to delivering Personalised Prehabilitation Care Plans (PPCP) to people recently diagnosed with cancer.

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HSJ Value Awards 2020: Diabetes Care Initiative of the Year

2020-09-04T15:15:00+01:00

The Youth Empowerment Skills (YES) programme is a psycho-educational intervention for young people (age 14-20 years) with type 1 diabetes, co-developed by young people and co-delivered by a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals, youth workers and peer educators.