West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust
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NewsTrust sets £20m ultimatum for ICBs to fund CQC requirements
An ambulance trust is preparing to ask its commissioners for an extra £20m – and is planning to withdraw some staff seconded to work at A&Es – after the Care Quality Commission ordered it to improve response times.
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HSJ LocalTrust loses ‘outstanding’ rating
An ambulance trust rated “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission since 2019 has lost the top-tier rating.
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NewsOutside CEOs bring ‘positive challenge’ to sector, says review author
The senior leader who carried out a cultural review of the ambulance sector has said bringing in chief executives from outside has “shone a different light” on the service, although she stressed it was not a “silver bullet”.
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NewsWaiting times focus ‘overshadows misconduct’, finds NHSE review
Ambulance trusts have often prioritised capacity and response times over dealing with cases of misconduct, a review of culture in the sector for NHS England has found.
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NewsTrust loses national emergency contract after 13 years
A key part of the NHS’s national emergency response system has been handed to a new trust to run for the next five years.
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Expert BriefingCarbon Copy: Why the NHS still buys diesel ambulances
The ideas, policies and challenges at the heart of the NHS goal for net zero emissions, from HSJ sustainability correspondent Zoe Tidman.
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NewsExclusive: Dozens of new ambulances delayed after supplier goes bust
The delivery of more than 100 new ambulances to the NHS could be delayed ahead of winter after the company paid to supply them went into administration, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMajor incident unit faces possible closure
The future of a specialist ambulance unit responsible for responding to major incidents such as terrorist attacks is in question following ongoing delay in putting its new contract out to tender.
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NewsA&E handover delays up by a fifth, leak reveals
Hours lost to ambulance handover delays shot up by nearly a quarter last month amid growing fears about the pressure on ambulance services going into winter, according to figures seen by HSJ.
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NewsTrust needs £20m to deliver asks from Manchester bomb inquiry
Ambulance trusts are lobbying for tens of millions in additional funding to meet key targets set by the Manchester Arena bombing inquiry.
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News‘Great’ trust seen as ‘insular and dismissive of integration’
A “great” ambulance trust’s “uncompromising” focus on outcomes and its own performance has been a barrier to system working and affected relationships with partners, an external review has advised it.
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NewsNew triage policy implicated in 44-year-old’s death
An ambulance service says it has sped up clinical review of lower-priority calls, after a coroner said the new triage process — introduced in response to recent waiting time pressures — ‘will lead to further deaths’.
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NewsTech firm accuses NHSE of ‘bias’ in £5.5m tender dispute
A technology firm is taking NHS England and an ambulance trust to court over alleged bias in a tender.
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NewsMore trusts vote to strike
Staff at another four ambulance services have voted to take strike action in the ongoing dispute over pay, the union Unison has announced.
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NewsStaff at final ambulance trust vote to join strikes
Staff at the East of England ambulance trust – the only one to escape strike action so far – have voted to join the industrial action.
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NewsParamedics not sent to quarter of urgent calls, admits trust
Some ambulance trusts are not sending paramedics to up to around a quarter of their most serious calls, according to figures obtained by HSJ.
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NewsAmbulances ‘lose’ 55,000 hours in one week during handover delays
Hours lost to ambulance handover delays, and the numbers of ambulances waiting more than an hour outside hospitals hit new highs in the week after Christmas.
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NewsHSJ’s 10 most read patient safety stories of 2022
As 2022 comes to an end, HSJ takes a look at its most read patient safety stories of the year.
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News‘Inadequate’ trust gets new chief executive
An experienced acute hospital executive has been appointed to lead South Central Ambulance Service Foundation Trust.
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NewsAmbulance strike dates and trusts revealed
Thousands of ambulance staff across England will go on strike during the festive period this month in a dispute over pay, three unions have announced.