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Trust accused of ‘racism, discrimination and bullying’ as staff partnership halted
The staff-side committee of a major hospital trust has stopped working with its leadership, with its chair alleging an ‘endemic’ culture of ‘racism, discrimination and bullying’.
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Exclusive: Public satisfaction with NHS maternity and A&E soars during pandemic
Public satisfaction with NHS hospital services has soared during the coronavirus pandemic despite the widespread cancellation of operations, the rapid switch to digital delivery and restrictions on visits, according to an exclusive analysis shared with HSJ.
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Leak reveals hundreds of 12-hour A&E breaches for mental health patients
New data has revealed for the first time that hundreds of mental health patients are waiting more than 12 hours in London’s emergency departments.
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Trust in NHS ‘poor and diminishing’ among communities hit hardest by covid
There is growing distrust for the NHS and government in communities that are of fundamental importance to the national effort to counter covid, according to research by NHSX.
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Revealed: South East sees ‘striking’ levels of excess deaths at home
Parts of the South East saw ‘striking’ levels of excess deaths occurring in people’s homes between July and October.
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Mental health nurses can reduce A&E trips, new study finds
Sending a mental health nurse and a paramedic to people in mental distress has dramatically reduced the number taken to A&E in a pilot scheme.
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Acute chief moves to bigger trust
A longstanding healthcare leader in north London is heading west to become the chief executive of a major acute provider.
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Troubled trust appoints interim CEO after predecessor resigns
A London hospital which had to be closed to emergency patients following a covid-19 outbreak among staff has appointed an interim chief executive.
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Teaching trust CEO resigns to take up post as government adviser
Professor Marcel Levi will leave University College London Foundation Trust on 31 March next year after four years at the top of the institution.
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Expert Briefing
The mystery of the capital’s ‘high-volume’ treatment centres
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by Ben Clover.
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HSJ Local
Eight-way CCG merger blocked by local opposition
GPs in north west London have blocked plans to merge the system’s eight clinical commissioning groups into one, flying in the face of regional and national objectives.
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Exclusive: Leaked data gives first view of growing cancer waiting list post covid peak
Official data from mid-September shows that nearly 6,400 people had waited more than 100 days following a referral to cancer services.
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IT failure forces near complete closure of acute hospital
An IT failure at a large London acute trust forced a near complete closure of one of its hospital sites, and the emergency department at a second.
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Consultants communicated with managers through solicitors as care deteriorated at teaching trust
Consultants at a leading teaching trust communicated with managers through solicitor’s letters and left junior colleagues to conduct operations from text books, a previously unpublished review discovered by HSJ reveals.
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Hospital covid deaths triple since start of September
The running seven-day total of patients who have died with diagnosed or suspected covid-19 in English hospitals has risen from 41 on 3 September to 117 just over two weeks later.
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Long-standing NHS leader to head up London people board
A long-standing NHS leader has been appointed to head up London’s new people board.
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Babylon claims unfair treatment after ‘unique’ funding bid rejected
Digital GP provider Babylon Health has hit out at what it says is unfair treatment and an NHS “system problem” which is blocking innovation, after commissioners rejected its latest bid for costs reimbursement.
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Top acute trust was ‘flying blind’ on population’s health
A major London acute trust has published a profile of its catchment population, having acknowledged that it was previously ‘effectively flying blind’ on health improvement.
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Breast cancer missed in hundreds of women due to covid cancellations
Hundreds of women with breast cancer in London were not picked up by routine screening as services closed during the lockdown, officials have estimated.
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One in three trusts have entirely white boards
One in three trusts still have entirely white boards, according to new data published by the NHS Confederation.