All Yorkshire and the Humber articles – Page 11
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NewsICS aims to fill one in five leadership positions with BAME candidates
A healthcare system has set itself the target of filling one in five of its senior leadership posts with black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates.
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NewsGovernment lukewarm on NHS plan to cut covid death risk
Health leaders have called for the routine recording of ethnicity and faith during the registration of deaths to help fight covid-19 – but the government appears to have rejected the idea.
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NewsNew trust CEO promises to be ‘advocate for diversity’
An NHS leader who worked in health development in Zimbabwe, Somaliland and Pakistan has promised to be a ‘strong advocate for diversity’ after being named chief executive of a northern trust.
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NewsRevealed: £350m for first three months of Nightingale hospitals
Nearly £350m was earmarked by NHS England/Improvement for spending on England’s Nightingale hospitals, according to newly published contracts.
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NewsHospital deaths falling at fastest rate yet
Deaths from covid-19 in England’s hospitals are declining at the fastest rate yet, as the whole South West region sees one death in seven days.
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NewsIncoming HEE chief: ‘White leaders under pressure’ to prove black lives matter
The NHS must directly confront the issue of “white privilege”, take responsibility for the fact that some from a minority ethnic background believe the service contains “racist” organisations, and stop looking for reasons not to tackle discrimination, leading NHS figures have told HSJ.
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NewsRevealed: Government spent more than £200m on Nightingale hospitals
The government has spent more than £200m on setting up and running England’s Nightingale temporary hospitals, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsAt least 23 nationalities among NHS staff killed by covid
A unique analysis of data on 203 publicly reported deaths of health and social care workers from covid-19, shows a significant over-representation of BAME individuals. This is the third article in a series produced by Lesa Kearney, Simon Lennane, Ella Woodman, Emira Kursumovic and Tim Cook
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NewsFour new ICSs announced
Four new integrated care systems have been confirmed by NHS England and NHS Improvement.
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HSJ LocalCQC recommends ‘inadequate’ trust goes into special measures
The Care Quality Commission has recommended Sheffield Health and Social Care Foundation Trust be placed in special measures.
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NewsNewly opened Nightingale to remain empty for time being
Patients will not be sent to the new Nightingale facility in Yorkshire for the time being, as the region’s existing hospitals continue to manage the surge in coronavirus cases.
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NewsTrust to open new hospital ahead of schedule
A mental health trust is opening a new £40m hospital today, a week ahead of schedule.
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NewsYorkshire authorities charter plane to deliver PPE from China
Supplies of personal protective equipment for health and social care staff in parts of Yorkshire are running so low that local authorities have joined forces to charter a plane from China to deliver the desperately needed equipment.
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NewsCoronavirus deaths by STP
An animated chart showing the spread of covid-19 cases and deaths through different areas of England, taking account of the size of their population.
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NewsMajor drop off in referrals to children’s mental health services
Children’s mental health services accross England have seen a huge drop off in referrals amid the coronavirus crisis, HSJ has learned.
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NewsSupport staff ‘cast aside’ unexpectedly after transfer to new NHS provider
Twelve support staff including some senior managers with up to 20 years NHS experience say they have been “cast aside” unexpectedly after a new provider took over the contract for their service.
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NewsCovid-19 deaths by area: East of England fatalities growing faster than Italy
The growth of coronavirus deaths in the East of England continues to outstrip that seen in Italy, according to an exclusive HSJ analysis of NHS England data conducted today.
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NewsExclusive: Staff in ‘near revolt’ over protective gear crisis
Lack of staff testing, workforce shortages and running out of personal protective equipment are the three biggest concerns for trusts fighting the coronavirus outbreak, according to an HSJ chief executive survey conducted over the last 36 hours.
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HSJ InteractiveTackling the £1.5bn a year cost of chronic kidney disease
Modality Partnership’s project with Healthy.io and inhealthcare won the 2019 HSJ Award for primary care innovation. Jennifer Trueland finds out more about how home-based albumin screening is a cost-effective way to increase uptake and improve early detection
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NewsFT’s leaders unaware of staff’s ‘high-risk’ practices, warns regulator
Leaders at a mental health trust have been criticised for being too “removed” from front line issues, which meant they were not alerted to “high-risk” restraint practices being used by staff.