All North East articles – Page 6
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NewsTrust CEOs’ strike warning: ‘If anyone gets sick, we’re stuffed’
The leaders of acute trusts across England have told HSJ the second junior doctor’s strike ‘feels very different’ from the first stoppage, and services are much more vulnerable because of ‘thinner’ consultant coverage.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Watchdog slams ‘tick box’ approach to suicides
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HSJ Local‘Insufficiently curious’ leaders ‘tolerated’ safety failures
Leaders at a mental health trust tolerated high levels of safety incidents and accepted verbal assurance with ‘insufficient professional curiosity’, a critical report has found.
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HSJ LocalMore prosecutions launched over patient deaths at trust
A scandal-hit mental health trust is facing further prosecutions over alleged care failings relating to the deaths of two inpatients, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsOutstanding trust handed warning notice
An ‘outstanding’ rated acute trust has been served a warning notice to make ‘significant and immediate improvements’ to the quality of care to people with mental health needs and learning disabilities.
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NewsCEO resigns from trust told to merge leadership
The chief executive of North Tees and Hartlepool Foundation Trust, which was ordered by NHS England to merge its leadership team with a neighbour, is to step down in September.
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NewsBoard members tried to ‘disrupt’ joint CEO plans, says NHS England
Board members at an acute trust deliberately ‘disrupted’ attempts to merge its leadership with another provider, according to a highly critical NHS England investigation.
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NewsTwo full days of ambulance strikes announced for January
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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HSJ LocalAcute trust appoints new CEO
An acute trust in the North East has appointed a new chief executive.
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NewsBuilding firm agrees £100m settlement for hospital ‘defects’
A construction firm has agreed to pay around £100m to an NHS trust after structural defects were found at one of its hospitals, HSJ understands.
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NewsSpecial measures label ‘hurts people’, says trust CEO
The ‘special measures’ label unquestionably hurts staff morale, according to the chief executive of a trust that is hoping to move out of the highest level of oversight for the first time in five years.
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NewsLiquidators for failed PFI provider launch court case against trust
One of England’s largest mental health trusts is embroiled in a multi-million-pound legal battle with its former private finance initiative provider.
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NewsRevealed: Ambulance waits quadruple in handover hotspots
Ambulance waiting times for stroke and suspected heart attacks have quadrupled in four parts of England since before covid-19 – whereas others have only grown by half – underlining the severe impact of long accident and emergency handovers.
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HSJ LocalTrusts to merge executive teams in £1.3bn ‘group’ model
Two trusts on either side of the Humber estuary are planning a move to a group model with a shared leadership team.
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News‘Systemic failings’ and ‘lack of leadership’ led to deaths of three teenagers
Investigations into the deaths of three teenagers who were inpatients of a mental health hospital have found ‘systemic’ failings in their care.
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NewsNumber of covid positive hospital patients stops rising
The number of covid positive patients in English hospitals has stopped rising after 30 days.
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NewsNHS facing £70m tax bill after legal challenge on car parking charges fails
NHS organisations look set to lose out on £70m, after a court ruled a trust could not reclaim VAT on its car parking fees from HMRC.
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NewsDeaths inquiry will exclude dozens of concerning cases, says whistleblower
An inquiry into alleged efforts to cover up care failings at an ambulance trust has been criticised by a key whistleblower for being too limited in scope.
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NewsVulnerable patients injured by 'inadequate' service
A troubled trust’s inpatient wards for people with a learning disability or autism have been rated “inadequate”, with staff criticised for resorting to restraint too readily which sometimes injured patients.
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NewsGrowth in covid hospital admissions equalling January surge
The growth in the number of hospital patients who test positive for covid is rising as steeply as during the January wave.