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NewsCEO takes charge of neighbouring hospital
The chief executive of a district general hospital trust is to take on the leadership of its neighbour, initially for a temporary period.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: The end of an era
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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NewsPatients told to soil themselves in understaffed A&E
The Care Quality Commission has reported on an emergency department with 55-hour A&E corridor waits, and some frail patients being told to soil themselves because there was no one to take them to the toilet, while another had to urinate into a bottle without privacy curtains.
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NewsRevealed: the trusts furthest behind on efficiency plans
A total of 20 trusts had achieved only 30 per cent or less of their 2024-25 planned efficiency programmes by the end of October, with four delivering below 20 per cent, research by HSJ has revealed.
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NewsRevealed: Dozens of safety probes kept secret by trusts
Trusts are still keeping reports that reveal serious patient safety concerns secret, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsHospital chief moves to nearby trust
The chief executive of a trust awaiting a critical Care Quality Commission report has been appointed to lead another provider in the region.
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NewsTroubled trust fails to recruit chair for a year
A troubled trust has been without a permanent chair for a year and is likely to wait several more months, HSJ has learned.
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NewsICS told to bring in consultants to cut spending
Another integrated care system has been ordered to bring in consultants to find ways to make further savings.
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NewsSenior manager who made offensive comments leaves trust
A senior manager who apparently made sexist and racist remarks on a work video call with colleagues has left the trust involved after an investigation.
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NewsTrust investigating offensive comments by senior manager
A trust is investigating after videos emerged showing one of its senior managers making apparently racist and sexist remarks with colleagues on a work call.
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NewsRevealed: the trusts with the worst summer A&E handover delays
Patients stuck in ambulances queuing outside A&Es have waited an average of over two hours at two trusts this summer, data published for the first time reveals.
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HSJ LocalTiering system needs ‘streamlining’, says trust CEO in programme
NHS England should streamline its “tiering” intervention programme to reduce the time and resource demands it places on struggling trusts, a CEO in the regime has told HSJ.
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NewsCQC orders improvements to overcrowded A&E
A hospital trust has been ordered to improve its accident and emergency department after an unannounced Care Quality Commission inspection.
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NewsTrust wins fifth of new grants to decarbonise NHS estates
A trust has won a fifth of new government grants awarded to the NHS to decarbonise its estates.
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News40% of funding targeted at improving emergency care goes unspent
Fourty per cent of the £150m capital funding pot NHS England made available to incentivise urgent and emergency care improvements was not distributed, data shown to HSJ reveals.
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NewsFormer hospital chief to chair second trust
A former trust chief executive has been appointed chair of a second trust in the South East.
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NewsTrusts with ‘distressing’ mixed-sex ward breaches blame poor estates
The trusts with the worst breach rates of mixed-sex ward rules in hospitals are revealed today by HSJ analysis after national levels hit a record high in 2023-24.
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NewsIT system which sparked safety alert dropped by 13 trusts
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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NewsTrusts offered up to £4m to make last-ditch attempt on A&E target
NHS England has confirmed new financial incentives for trusts to deliver strong performance against the four-hour emergency target this month.
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NewsPatients exposed to excess radiation by out-of-date radiology device
Patients are being exposed to radiation doses at the “upper limit of safe” because a hospital is relying on a radiology machine three years after its “end of life” with a substandard second-hand part.