Providers ‘missed opportunities’ in outbreak which killed 15
An investigation into the outbreak of a bacterial infection that killed 15 people has found there were several “missed opportunities” in their care.
HSJ Value Awards 2020: Cancer Care Initiative of the Year
WesFit is an innovative approach to delivering Personalised Prehabilitation Care Plans (PPCP) to people recently diagnosed with cancer.
HSJ Value Awards 2020: Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation Award
The Kidzmed project was a quality improvement project to teach children and young people how to take tablet medication.
HSJ Value Awards 2020: Respiratory Care Initiative of the Year
The ImpACT+ service is delivered by a team of respiratory consultants, specialist respiratory nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists along with admin and clinical support staff.
HSJ Value Awards 2020: HSJ Value Award of the Year
Just one in four people suffering from a long-term mental illness are in work. Mental health problems at work cost the economy £34.9bn with a cost to business of £26bn each year.
HSJ Value Awards 2020: Finance Team of the Year
Over the past 18 months the Sherwood Forest Hospital’s finance team has focused on ‘Working towards excellence’.
Maternity service ‘inadequate’ after six babies starved of oxygen
Maternity services at an Essex hospital have been rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission, after babies were starved of oxygen and put at risk of permanent brain damage.
Distance not always factor in ambulance response times
There is significant variation in ambulance response times to patients with serious conditions such as suspected strokes or heart attacks, which is not fully explained by how rural an area is, an HSJ analysis has revealed.
‘Mac the Knife’ to lead STP and five CCGs
A well-known NHS figure will take over as interim accountable officer of five clinical commissioning groups next month, after they were “unable” to recruit someone substantively.
Region ‘working to 40-week target’ for treatment
A group of NHS organisations have said they are “working to referral to treatment time targets of 40 weeks instead of 18 weeks”, in board papers which they are now indicating are misleading.
Challenged STP drafts in reformer to develop hospital plan
A senior clinician who led the development of plans for a major acute reconfiguration in Essex has been seconded to the Norfolk and Waveney Health and Care Partnership as its “independent medical director”, HSJ has learned.
CCGs seek single exec after letter from regional director
The five mid and south Essex clinical commissioning groups have set out plans for a single accountable officer and executive team by April 2020.
Two execs step down as mega-merger trusts rebrand
Two members of the board overseeing the merger of three are stepping down from their leadership positions.
Chair of challenged STP to stand down
The independent chair of the Mid and South Essex Sustainability and Transformation Partnership will stand down later this year.
Coroner report sparks concern over lack of ADHD services
Experts have warned commissioners are being “short-sighted” in their lack of support for adults with ADHD, with many areas failing to provide a diagnosis service.
Early cancer diagnosis rates drop in several areas
The proportion of cancers being diagnosed at an early stage has dropped in several areas across England, according to recently released data.
Quarter of CCGs fall below psychosis spend benchmark
Nearly a quarter of clinical commissioning groups are spending less than the estimated sum needed to provide proper care to seriously ill mental health patients, according to a new analysis by HSJ.
Major reconfiguration could be referred to Hancock
A major reconfiguration of services faces referral to the health and social care secretary by a local council, putting £118m of transformation funding at risk.
Major reconfiguration given green light by commissioners
Mid and South Essex commissioners have approved a controversial acute reorganisation, which will involve major changes to where and how emergency, specialist and elective services across the patch.
Success regime records huge delayed discharges cut
Mid and South Essex sustainability and transformation partnership, a success regime area which covers one of England’s most pressured health economies, cut its delayed discharges by two thirds in a year, its chair has revealed.