All Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust articles – Page 2
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: Overtime pay, not ‘insourcing’, is NHS chiefs’ big elective headache
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NewsFour in five trusts yet to reach digitisation target
Only one in five trusts has reached the level of digitisation required by 2025 – more than three years after the target was set, tech chiefs have revealed.
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NewsInflux of very low risk referrals sparks review of cancer services
NHS England is in talks about changing a pathway for women with breast problems after performance against the two-week target for them to be seen plummeted.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE appoints joint equality lead
NHS England has appointed a major trust’s chief people officer as its new joint director of equality, diversity and inclusion, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrusts left with valueless company shares given in exchange for patient data
Several NHS trusts are reviewing their data-sharing agreements with a technology company after their shares in the firm were rendered currently worthless following its financial collapse
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NewsTrust board backs medical director who wrongly dismissed whistleblower
A trust board has backed the medical director who oversaw the dismissal of a whistleblower in a case linked to patient deaths.
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NewsMultiple trusts extend free parking despite government funding cut
Several systems and trusts have decided to extend their free parking offer for staff despite central government funding for the policy coming to an end this month.
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NewsTeaching trust’s chief to leave after seven years
The chief executive of one of England’s top teaching trusts is to leave this summer after seven years at the helm.
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NewsParents and babies turned away from ‘exceptionally busy’ unit
Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust was forced to limit access to neonatal intensive care at the weekend due to exceptional demand.
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NewsTrusts receive half of funding for ‘essential’ maternity improvements
Trusts have so far received just over half of the £102m they said was needed for ‘immediate and essential’ improvements in maternity services.
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NewsInconsistent leadership undermining safety of maternity services, says CQC
Inconsistent leadership and poor teamworking, lack of risk oversight and a failure to engage with women’s needs are among the issues continuing to affect the safety of some hospital maternity services, the Care Quality Commission has found.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2021: Changing Culture Award
Partnered by WINNER Oxford University Hospitals FT: Creating a Culture of Improvement
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2021: Diabetes Care Initiative of the Year
WINNER: Oxfordshire CCG, Oxford University Hospitals FT, Oxford Health FT, South Central and West Commissioning Support Unit: Using Data to Improve the Care of People with Diabetes Across Oxfordshire This was the development of a diabetes dashboard modelled on the National Diabetes Audit, which provided monthly updates on key care ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2021: Post-Covid Sustainable Transformation Award
WINNER: Barts Health Trust - Royal London Hospital: Barts Emergency Access Co-ordination Hub (BEACH) Barts Health NHS Trust launched the Barts Emergency Access Care Hub (BEACH) in September 2020, which covers patients across the Barts Health footprint. The BEACH provides a single point of access for all eligible patients who ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2021: Cardiovascular Care Initiative of the Year
WINNER: Oxford University Hospitals FT: Oxford Integrated Cardiology Service - Creating Value at the Primary and Secondary Care Interface in Cardiovascular Medicine Oxford University Hospitals have recruited and trained a team of 12 GPs to deliver cardiology outpatient appointments for most patients referred from 32 GP practices in Oxfordshire. The ...
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NewsHSJ’s most read technology stories of 2020
With 2020 down to its final days, it’s time to take a look back at HSJ’s most read technology stories of the year.
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Exclusive: Taxpayers cash could be used to fill hole created by fall in NHS private work
Taxpayers may have to make up for millions of pounds lost in NHS private patient income during the covid pandemic, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2020: Clinical Support Services Award
Winner Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust: Tea Trolley Teaching Tea trolley teaching is a novel training method, where a trolley loaded with tea, cakes and educational materials is taken to the place of work, providing short, 10-minute educational sessions at the times and in locations that suit learners. A small ...
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Value Awards 2020: Operations and Performance Initiative of the Year
Winner Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust: Clinical Coding Transformation Programme - Getting it right for outpatients, our staff and our trust The Clinical Coding team are vitally important for Kettering as clinically coded data forms the bedrock of information they have on their patients. The trust is on a journey ...
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NewsIntensive care unit stays open despite fire warning
A children’s hospital is having to put safety measures in place because it discovered building problems which could mean fire spreading quickly, it has emerged.