All Maternity articles – Page 16
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Trust resorts to piecemeal approach to 'position itself well' for capital funding bid
A teaching trust is considering slicing its £367m capital bid into a series of smaller projects in an attempt to “position itself well” for the next wave of government allocations.
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Single women IVF ban will be reviewed
South east London commissioners have pledged to carry out a “rapid review” of their policy to deny IVF treatment to single women.
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Capital funding boost gives new life to long-delayed trust merger
A merger to create a £600m turnover trust is back on the cards after last weeks’ government capital funding announcement.
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CCG axes IVF despite minister branding decision “not acceptable”
A heavily indebted CCG is to end funding for almost all IVF treatment, despite being told by a government minister that the move was “not acceptable”.
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HSJ Local
Former medical director accused of bullying paid £300k
A former medical director who allegedly bullied senior clinicians was paid £300,000 in 2018-19, despite an external investigation into his conduct preventing him from fully carrying out his duties.
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CEO: External help and can-do attitude got us out of special measures
A trust in the West Midlands has today been taken out of special measures.
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Controversial ‘friends and family’ question dropped
NHS providers will no longer be required to ask patients whether they would recommend their service to “friends and family”, and rules on when they must ask mandatory experience questions will be lifted, NHS England has decided.
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HSJ Local
Two STPs launch joint acute services review
Two health economies will team up to reconfigure acute services which could result in shared services, separation of urgent and elective work, and staff sharing schemes.
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CQC imposes conditions on major trauma centre
One of the busiest accident and emergency departments in the country has had conditions imposed on its registration by the Care Quality Commission after an inspection identified patient safety concerns.
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Key caesarean drug unavailable for two weeks
A drug used in most caesarean sections in the UK is expected to be unavailable for the next two weeks, prompting concerns some trusts may run out of supplies.
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2019: Maternity and Midwifery Services Initiative of the Year
Winner University Hospitals Bristol Foundation Trust and West of England Academic Health Science Network: PRCePT1 (prevention of cerebral palsy in preterm labour) quality improvement initiative
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HSJ Local
UPDATED: CCG backtracks over major cuts plan after DHSC intervention
A large clinical commissioning group has pushed back its discussion of controversial proposals to axe NHS funded IVF, just hours after HSJ reported the recommendations were on the table.
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£920k payout in warring surgeons case
A clinical director was dismissed from his job at a district general hospital after a subordinate raised concerns about him performing “unsafe” private work, a tribunal has revealed.
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Safety watchdog hit by poor governance and culture
Poor governance and cultural problems at the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch have damaged staff morale and led to confused decision making according to multiple whistleblowers, who told HSJ it had also seen major delays to its reports and needed to be “put back on track”.
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HSJ Awards
Improving fetal monitoring skills
Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust won the 2018 HSJ Award for Improving Outcomes through Learning and Development with a training programme focused on improving fetal surveillance and wellbeing. Claire Read reports
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Chief executive to leave troubled trust
The chief executive of Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust is to leave, amid concerns about serious service quality problems.
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North East trust retains outstanding rating
One of the largest hospitals in the country has successfully retained its outstanding rating from the Care Quality Commission, increasing the number of services given the top score.
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Hospital trust leaves special measures after two years
A Midlands hospital trust has come out of special measures, two years after the Care Quality Commission uncovered “serious” problems with the care provided.
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HSJ Awards
Identifying and caring for women suffering with perinatal trauma
Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust won the 2018 HSJ Award for Compassionate Patient Care by developing a birth trauma service with timely access to psychological interventions for perinatal trauma
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HSJ Local
Service improves from 'inadequate' after warning notice
A London hospital’s maternity service has improved enough to shed its “inadequate” rating, after serious concerns were raised about it at an inspection late last year.