All South West articles – Page 4
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HSJ LocalLong-time provider CEO joins struggling trust
One of the worst performing acute trusts for emergency care has appointed a new interim leader who comes from an eight-year break from English CEO roles.
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: Where four out of five CEOs are new
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ LocalCEO admits ‘risk aversion’ clogging up hospitals
Medics and managers must overcome a system-wide “aversion” to risk after their integrated care system was identified as a national outlier for low numbers of patients discharged home, according to the ICS’s chief executive.
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NewsMore trusts discover their buildings have faulty concrete
Thirteen more NHS hospitals have identified a potentially unsafe form of concrete in their buildings, causing closures and disruption to wards.
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NewsChair leaves trust after a year in post
An ambulance trust chair has announced his departure, little more than a year after he took up the post.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: The trusts going Further, Faster
Recovering services from the covid crisis is a big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by bureau chief James Illman.
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NewsParamedic named as trust’s permanent CEO
A leading paramedic has been confirmed as the permanent chief executive of an ambulance trust.
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HSJ Local‘Oldest NHS IT system’ to be replaced
An acute/community trust is set to implement a “game-changing” electronic patient record which will replace one of the oldest IT systems in the NHS, according to its chief executive.
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NewsRevealed: The ICBs most reliant on private hospitals
Up to 20 per cent of NHS elective patients are now being treated by private hospitals in some areas, analysis by HSJ suggests.
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NewsRevealed: The systems with a third of dental budget unspent
Nearly a third of local dental budgets are going unspent in some areas of the country, according to data obtained by HSJ.
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HSJ LocalManager and doctor ‘camaraderie’ eroded by strikes, ICBs warn
“Camaraderie” between NHS managers and senior doctors has been eroded during the past year of medical strikes, a review by several integrated care boards has warned.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: 12-hour A&E waits rise again
HSJ’s briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector, by senior correspondent Annabelle Collins — contact me in confidence.
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HSJ Local‘Risk to intensive care’ at hospital where DHSC delayed rebuild
Hospital chiefs are warning of “significant risks” to patient services caused by obsolete infrastructure which needs modernising sooner than current government plans stipulate.
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HSJ LocalTrust names first new chair in 10 years
An acute and community trust in one of the country’s most challenged systems has announced a replacement for its long-serving chair, who will leave the organisation in May.
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NewsLong-serving CEO leaves trust fighting huge A&E problems
The long-serving chief executive of a trust which is one of the worst performers nationally on emergency care has announced she is resigning.
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News‘Degrading’ long A&E waits reach new peak
Long waits in accident and emergency departments rose to one of the worst levels on record last month as emergency care experienced its busiest ever January.
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NewsRevealed: The ‘unacceptable’ hospital buildings with no investment
Estates chiefs at 19 acute hospitals have classed more than half of their occupied space as “not functionally suitable” and lacking any promise of major investment.
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Expert BriefingWest Country Chronicle: A £2.5m bureaucratic nightmare
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsExclusive: Rise in ‘free births’ raised with government and regulators
National leaders have been alerted to the risks from growing numbers of women choosing to give birth without midwifery or medical input – known as “free birthing” – HSJ can reveal.
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News‘Inadequate’ action on cap-ex changes leading to ‘suboptimal’ decisions
Capital spending plans in some health systems are being adversely impacted by an accounting change that was not supposed to affect operational decisions.