A&E problem trusts targeted for tech investment
Some of the worst-performing trusts for emergency care performance are set to get funding from NHS England to help manage patient flow through hospital.
Replacement announced for CEO forced to quit through ill-health
Simon Constable is leaving Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust to join University Hospitals of North Midlands Trust as chief executive.
North by North West: Skin in the game
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North by North West: Coming up with the wrong answer
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Strikes spread to more trusts over backpay dispute
Strike action by healthcare assistants looks set to spread to more trusts, having so far been confined to the North West region.
North by North West: The threat of regime change
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Revealed: Worst hospitals for food hygiene
More than 30 hospitals in England failed to receive the top ratings for food hygiene in their latest inspection.
North by North West: Trust left isolated as strike nears 50 days
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North by North West: 12-hour trolley waits an ‘acceptable compromise’
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Revealed: The worst trusts for long discharge delays
The trusts with the most patients waiting at least a week after they are ‘ready’ to be discharged can be identified for the first time, following publication of new NHS England data.
North by North West: Criticising your own team’s a risky tactic
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North by North West: Trust backed into corner as strikes escalate
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Dozens more children ‘severely’ harmed by care failures
Dozens more children than initially thought have come to “severe” harm following failings in audiology care, HSJ can reveal.
Trusts admit ‘severe’ harm to children
Children have suffered severe harm at two further hospital trusts as a result of failures in paediatric audiology, HSJ can reveal.
‘No new suppliers’ promises ICS as four trusts eye EPR purchases
A major acute provider will make a second attempt at procuring a new electronic patient record, while three neighbouring trusts are planning to launch a separate tender process, HSJ has learned.
North by North West: Magna Carta to ‘mandated support’
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The Primer: Another Sunak solution
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HSJ Value Awards 2021: HSJ Value Pilot Project of the Year
The project’s purpose was the redistribution of power, whereby citizens identify local needs and coproduce the agenda for improving quality in the Barkantine practice, Tower Hamlets. The project embodied power sharing at every level: system collaboration via a steering group, and a project team that included staff and community.
Exclusive: New areas see rapidly rising covid pressure on hospitals
Covid demand on hospitals is now rising rapidly in parts of England so far spared the worst of wave two, analysis of new figures reveals.
Fifty people each day catching covid in region’s hospitals
The North West region is now seeing around 50 new cases of coronavirus per day that are likely to have been caught in hospital by patients being treated for other conditions.