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HSJ LocalControversial hospital group to be dissolved
A troubled group board has voted to dissolve a controversial partnership between two trusts following recommendations by an external review.
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HSJ LocalSecond trust’s delay telling Southport victims of data breaches was ‘appalling’
An ambulance trust waited nearly two months before informing victims of the 2024 Southport attack that their patient records may have been accessed inappropriately by staff, HSJ has discovered.
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HSJ LocalStrikes at two hospitals extended
A fresh round of strikes set to last 20 days has been announced at hospitals in Lancashire in a row over holiday pay.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Blindsided NHSE bosses to launch snooping probe
Blindsided NHS England bosses have ordered a “thorough investigation” into the trust at the centre of a scandal involving staff inappropriately accessing patients’ records, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: ‘Divisive and toxic’ culture found at trust
A damning review of a trust’s senior leadership found “adversarial and mistrustful” relationships had fostered “a divisive and toxic culture”, and staff felt “fearful, anxious and unable to speak openly”, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalArmy medics could support ‘unsafe’ service
Army medics could be brought into a service currently deemed “unsafe”, according to a struggling trust.
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HSJ LocalI was told to close down 4,000 safety reports, claims manager
A senior NHS manager told an inquiry into more than 2,000 deaths he was asked to remove thousands of outstanding safety incident reports while his trust was in the middle of the probe.
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HSJ Local‘Lives destroyed for speaking up’ at top hospital, claim doctors
Nearly 200 doctors at a major teaching hospital have told a “listening exercise” prompted by a major care scandal that they feared raising patient safety concerns.
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HSJ LocalWomen put at ‘unacceptable’ risk by ‘deviating’ service
Pregnant women were put at “unacceptable risk” by a service which was “deviat[ing] from guidelines”, had poor “surgical competency”, and was over-reliant on a single consultant at “significant risk of burnout”.
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HSJ LocalCEO admits underestimating requirements of deaths inquiry
A trust has been slow to provide records to an inquiry examining more than 2,000 deaths, because it underestimated the resources needed, its former CEO has admitted.
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HSJ LocalRegional director appointed hospital CEO
A hospital trust has appointed a long-serving medical leader – who is currently regional medical director – as its chief executive.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Another major trust sacks staff over snooping
Members of staff from yet another NHS trust have been sacked for inappropriately viewing patient medical records, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalBoss leaves troubled trust after six months
The managing director of one of England’s worst-performing trusts is leaving after just six months, in a move her boss acknowledged could raise “understandable questions”.
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HSJ LocalCEO who said he wouldn’t ‘go on forever’ returns as group boss
A trust CEO who said he had chosen not to “keep going forever” when he retired at the age of 70 in 2024 is to return as the interim leader of a struggling hospital group.
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HSJ LocalLong-serving deputy appointed acute trust’s CEO
An acute trust’s deputy chief executive has been appointed its next CEO, following a decade serving on the board.
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HSJ LocalRevealed: 33,000 patients had data stolen in trust cyber attack
A hospital provider has admitted that confidential patient information relating to almost 33,000 of its patients was stolen and shared on the dark web, two years after the cyberattack took place.
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HSJ LocalTrust announces ‘exceptional’ leader as new chair
A Yorkshire trust has appointed an experienced healthcare leader as its new chair.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: CQC demands answers over Southport attack data breach
The Care Quality Commission is investigating whether the trust where staff inappropriately viewed the records of Southport attack victims met its “duty of candour” after the provider was accused of a “cover up”, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalCEO returns to English trust after four years in Wales
The CEO of a Welsh health board is taking over a large mental health and community trust.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Trust pleads guilty after patient fire death
A trust has pleaded guilty to fire safety offences relating to a patient’s death in a rare case where a fire service has brought a prosecution against an NHS provider, HSJ can reveal.