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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”.

Barts Health Trust

1,300 trust staff secure ‘special leave’ in lieu of covid bonus

2024-06-27T11:43:00+01:00

Trust staff who were denied a £1,600 covid bonus will now receive extra holidays worth the same amount.

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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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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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CQC names best and worst for maternity experience

2024-02-12T05:44:00+00:00

The trusts where maternity care has deteriorated the most according to patient surveys have been identified by the Care Quality Commission.

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HSJ’s 10 most-read quality and performance stories of 2023

2023-12-29T08:00:00+00:00

2024 has arrived, but there’s still time to have a look over the most-read quality and performance stories for the year just gone.

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Hospitals close areas after discovering RAAC planks

2023-10-20T12:27:00+01:00

More hospitals have closed parts of their site after discovering potentially unsafe concrete had been used in the building structures, HSJ has learned.

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More trusts find RAAC concrete on estates

2023-10-06T04:37:00+01:00

At least seven more trusts have confirmed lightweight concrete on their estates following NHS England-ordered reviews and widespread safety concerns, HSJ has found.

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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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‘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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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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Former NHSE chief made chair of two trusts

2022-07-22T13:26:00+01:00

Two acute trusts in the Black Country are to share a former NHS England chief executive as their joint chair.

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Revealed: The ethnically diverse trusts with all-white leadership

2022-04-12T11:53:00+01:00

Analysis of new data has identified multiple trusts which appear to have no executives or very senior managers from a minority ethnic background, despite their workforces being relatively diverse.

The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

Trust fined £2.5m after deaths of two patients

2021-11-19T16:19:00+00:00

An acute trust has been fined £2.5m after pleading guilty to charges of failing to provide safe care after the deaths of two patients.

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Hospital trust pleads guilty to care safety failings after two patient deaths

2021-07-05T05:00:00+01:00

An acute trust has pleaded guilty to charges of care safety failures in a prosecution brought by the Care Quality Commission following the deaths of two patients.

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Mike Richards’ review finds ‘hostility’ in pioneering integration patch

2021-04-14T05:29:00+01:00

A review by Sir Mike Richards has warned of ‘really poor’ working relationships and ‘hostility’ within the system that was due to launch the NHS’ first integrated care provider, HSJ has learned.

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Troubled hospital trust prosecuted by the CQC

2021-04-07T15:36:00+01:00

A general hospital trust has been charged with failings in the care of two patients in separate cases by the Care Quality Commission.

Technology

Can digital technology help embed a strong patient safety culture?

2021-02-03T06:00:00+00:00

The benefits of digital tools to patient safety can extend far beyond supporting better decision making, as an HSJ and Capsule Technologies webinar discussed

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Digital technology can improve patient safety – with the right back-up

2021-02-03T06:00:00+00:00

The pandemic has shown how digital solutions can help in, for example, the safe and effective transfer of care between settings, but it’s also exposed potential gaps in information governance arrangements

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HSJ’s 10 most read commissioning stories of 2020

2020-12-30T11:10:00+00:00

As we get ready to say goodbye to 2020, HSJ takes a look back at the 10 most read commissioning stories of the year.