All Yorkshire and the Humber articles – Page 6
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CQC inspection approach helping fuel emergency care crisis, says trust chief
A trust chief executive says the Care Quality Commission’s inspection regime is still overly focussed on individual organisations, rather than systems, and this is driving the ‘risk aversion’ which is partly responsible for the emergency care crisis.
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Number 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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Influx 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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Trusts ‘rationing’ crisis support as only seven ICSs achieve service expansion
Only a handful of integrated care systems have so far managed to implement a key expansion in their support for patients in mental health crisis.
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Growth 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.
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Senior managers at major trust ‘disempowered’, warns external review
Senior managers at a major teaching trust felt ‘disempowered’ in a risk-averse culture that hindered decision making, according to an independent review obtained by HSJ.
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Fourth covid wave of 2022 picks up speed
The number of people admitted to hospital who test positive for covid is rising once more in every English region after two months of decline.
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Revealed: Only two ICSs seeing more elective inpatient activity than pre-covid
Providers in just two integrated care systems carried out more inpatient elective procedures in the first quarter of this year than before the covid pandemic, HSJ analysis of official data has revealed.
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Light-touch scrutiny during covid gave ‘freedom’ to improve, says retiring CEO
The CEO of a mental health trust that recently moved out of the successor to ‘special measures’ is to retire early next year after more than 40 years in the NHS.
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HSJ Local
Married trust CEO and ICS chair pair to step down
A mental health trust CEO has announced she is to retire after a 35-year career in the NHS, while her husband is also leaving his ICS chair role at the end of the year.
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HSJ Local
Trust stands down service which achieved ‘marked improvement’ in A&E handover delays
An acute trust has had to stand down a new service which led to a ‘marked improvement’ in ambulance handover times, due to a lack of permanent funding to support it.
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Revealed: The top-performing ICSs defying deprivation challenges
A cluster of integrated care systems across the North of England has bucked the trend to deliver successful integration schemes and better patient outcomes despite high levels of deprivation, new analysis has found.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Tide finally turning on physical checks
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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HSJ Local
Trust sues over PFI building failures
One of England’s largest NHS trusts is suing its private finance initiative provider and an international construction company for millions after fire safety defects forced part of an acute hospital to close.
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Trusts block pensions deal for senior medics, claiming it is ‘unfair’ on other staff
Ten of the most pressured NHS trusts have refused to offer ‘pension recycling’ to help senior doctors avoid higher pension taxes, with sources saying this would be ‘totally unfair’ on lower paid staff.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: The profession at ‘high risk’ of being lost
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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Hospital placed in special measures
A specialist eating disorder hospital in Yorkshire has been placed in special measures and told to make urgent improvements within six months or face closure.
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Revealed: The areas with the strongest and weakest primary care
Official workforce statistics reveal huge variation in primary care staffing across different health systems – with London and the South East appearing to be particularly underserved and the South West relatively well resourced.
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HSJ Local
Trust leaders seek to combat ‘tough place to come’ to work reputation
Leaders of an acute trust have said they have had to battle a perception from doctors that it is ‘a tough place to come’ to, while also trying to negate the reputation of the town it operates in.
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CQC downgrade leaves teaching trust CEO feeling ‘devastated’
A major teaching trust has been rated ‘inadequate’ for safety, after an unannounced inspection found senior leaders did not intervene quickly enough to address patient care issues.