All Acute care articles – Page 9
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NewsPlanning, teamwork and understaffing criticised at troubled unit
A regional haematology unit with a history of quality problems has admitted new failures in planning transplants and teamworking, amid concerns about short staffing.
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NewsTroubled trust to appoint shared CEO with community provider
A struggling acute trust has announced plans to share a chief executive with its neighbouring community provider as it explores a new group model.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in March 2025, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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NewsInequalities, staffing and safety measures axed by NHSE
NHS England is axing dozens of performance indicators covering workforce, inequalities and patient safety, saying local organisations should be measured on “short-term priorities” this year.
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NewsGovernment accused of misleading claim on health hubs
Most integrated care systems lack a women’s health hub offering full services — contrary to government claims — according to research seen by HSJ.
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NewsDirector who helped force out CEO resigns from trust
A trust chief people officer, who was heavily criticised in an employment tribunal ruling, has resigned from her role.
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Expert BriefingThe Integrator: Mandating integration could go wrong
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by correspondent Mimi Launder.
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NewsHospital sends GPs 15,000 letters in a single day
A “technical failure” caused a hospital trust to send 15-20,000 discharge letters to local GP practices on the day before the Easter bank holiday weekend, some of which dated back four months.
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NewsNHSE director sent into consultant-revolt trust
An NHS England director has been appointed chair of a specialist trust where consultants forced out his predecessor.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in February 2025, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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NewsProvider’s board clearout sparks ‘real shock’
One of the NHS’s largest private hospital providers has cleared out its board, with its CEO, finance chief and other key figures all leaving the business in recent weeks.
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Insight BriefingsRecovery Watch: In search of the urgent care plan
Addressing urgent and emergency care recovery, including reducing A&E wait times and corridor care, remain top operational priorities for the NHS. This week’s Recovery Watch newsletter, by senior correspondent Matt Discombe, reports on progress towards these goals.
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NewsRevealed: The best and worst trusts to work at
Which trusts have most staff recommending them as a place to work? HSJ has analysed the full results of the 2024 NHS Staff Survey.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in January 2025, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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NewsSurgeon with ‘complete freedom’ harmed dozens of patients
An orthopaedic surgeon with “almost complete clinical freedom” is likely to have harmed nearly 100 patients, a long-running investigation has found.
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NewsTrust announces successor to ‘aggressive’ chair
A foundation trust whose chair resigned after a tribunal found he had unfairly forced out its former chief executive has appointed an interim successor.
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NewsExclusive: Consultants express no confidence in trust chair and board
Consultants at a prestigious teaching hospital have written a letter of no confidence in its chair and board, and have made a string of serious allegations against members of the trust’s leadership team.
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NewsNew elective contract ‘unworkable’, say providers
New national payment rules for private providers of elective care are “unworkable” and will undermine patient choice, the sector is warning.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in December 2024, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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NewsLetby trust chair resigns after damning tribunal verdict
The chair of a foundation trust has resigned after a tribunal found he unfairly forced out its former CEO, because she raised concerns about his bullying behaviour.