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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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Five trusts join forces on AI and procurement

2024-05-23T11:59:00+01:00

Five ambulance service trusts are forming a group, which will include joint projects on artificial intelligence, and a potential move to standardisation and joint procurement of vehicles.

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Four regions still without extra ambulances promised by NHSE

2024-05-21T04:59:00+01:00

Four regions that successfully bid for dedicated ambulances for mental health patients are still without the specialist vehicles, despite growing concerns the NHS is unable to respond to people in crisis.

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Trusts face paybill hike from rebanding claims

2024-04-24T04:00:00+01:00

Ambulance trusts are facing significantly higher costs as thousands of staff look set to be upgraded to a higher pay band.

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Waiting times focus ‘overshadows misconduct’, finds NHSE review

2024-02-15T12:55:00+00:00

Ambulance trusts have often prioritised capacity and response times over dealing with cases of misconduct, a review of culture in the sector for NHS England has found.

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New role for trust chief of 25 years

2024-01-16T05:00:00+00:00

A veteran chief executive has been appointed as permanent head of an ambulance trust.

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NHSE’s ambulance lead joins trust board

2023-11-07T12:42:00+00:00

NHS England’s lead for ambulance services and other ‘out-of-hospital urgent and emergency care’ is leaving to take up a deputy chief executive role in the ambulance sector.

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CEO interview: Peter Reading, interim CEO, Yorkshire Ambulance Service Trust

2023-07-19T06:00:00+01:00

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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New acute trust and ambulance CEOs as region shakes up leadership

2023-05-19T12:04:00+01:00

One of the NHS’s most pressurised regions has announced a shake up of its provider leadership, creating a new acute trust group in the process.

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Ex-council boss appointed trust chair

2023-03-08T06:27:00+00:00

Yorkshire Ambulance Service has appointed a new chair, who will join the organisation from an acute trust.

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Staff at final ambulance trust vote to join strikes

2023-02-08T11:44:00+00:00

Staff at the East of England ambulance trust – the only one to escape strike action so far – have voted to join the industrial action.

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Paramedics not sent to quarter of urgent calls, admits trust

2023-02-02T05:47:00+00:00

Some ambulance trusts are not sending paramedics to up to around a quarter of their most serious calls, according to figures obtained by HSJ.

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Two full days of ambulance strikes announced for January

2022-12-22T18:04:00+00:00

Unison has announced two 24-hour ambulance worker strikes in January, adding it will start balloting members for further strikes in the spring.

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Ambulance strike dates and trusts revealed

2022-12-06T12:47:00+00:00

Thousands of ambulance staff across England will go on strike during the festive period this month in a dispute over pay, three unions have announced.

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Half of ambulance arrivals ‘inappropriate’, says acute trust

2022-11-09T06:21:00+00:00

An audit conducted by an acute trust has found more than half the patients taken to one of its hospitals by ambulance were deemed “inappropriate for conveyance”.

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24 hour ambulance handover on ‘worst night ever’

2022-07-12T11:12:00+01:00

All ambulance services are now understood to be on the highest level of alert due to ‘extreme pressures’ caused by the hot weather and covid absences among staff.

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Trust stands down service which achieved ‘marked improvement’ in A&E handover delays

2022-07-06T05:59:00+01:00

An acute trust has had to stand down a new service which led to a ‘marked improvement’ in ambulance handover times, due to a lack of permanent funding to support it.

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May, Powis and Hartley given top Jubilee honours

2022-06-01T22:30:00+01:00

NHS England’s national medical director and chief nurse are among the health service staff who have been recognised for their services in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Honours List.

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Revealed: Surge in serious incidents caused by ambulance delays

2022-04-20T11:33:00+01:00

Ambulance trusts are seeing rising numbers of serious incidents resulting from delays in reaching patients, research by HSJ has uncovered.

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Russian-owned energy firm supplies at least 11 NHS trusts

2022-02-28T12:50:00+00:00

At least 11 trusts have paid just over £4m to a Russian government-owned energy supplier in the current financial year, while 17 paid the company £17m the year before, HSJ analysis shows.