Acute Care – Page 35
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NewsMedway chief executive to join NHS Confederation
The chief executive who is leaving Medway Foundation Trust is to take up a new role at the NHS Confederation.
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NewsInpatient elective care down by half at peak of pandemic
Inpatient elective hospital activity was down by around 50 per cent this January and February compared to the year before, laying bare the impact of the pandemic this winter on routine care.
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HSJ LocalTrust director leaves after branding HR team ‘vengeful’
An acute trust’s HR director is leaving after a restructure of more than 130 staff prompted complaints of unfair treatment and scrutiny from a regulator, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: Top hospital trust abandons plan for mandatory covid vaccination
A leading hospital trust has said it does not plan to mandate covid vaccination for its staff, shortly after sharing a letter stating that it would do.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: A new data burden for trusts. But will it help?
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NewsCovid admissions began rising before pubs re-opened, new data shows
Weekly covid hospital admissions increased the day before the latest step in the government’s roadmap out of lockdown, according to analysis of NHS England data.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Trust reviews all specialties amid 'hidden' patient concerns
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsSurge of patients hit A&Es over Oxford jab clot fears
Emergency clinicians have raised concerns and called for central guidance for dealing with a rush of unnecessary A&E attendances triggered by health anxiety over the Oxford covid vaccine’s safety.
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HSJ LocalConsultants blow whistle on 10,000 ‘hidden’ follow-up cases amid trust merger
An acute trust is reviewing thousands of gastroenterology cases for possible patient harm, after details emerged of an ‘extremely concerning’ list of patients who have not had follow-up appointments for up to six years since being treated.
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NewsMedical leader made chief exec at trust hard hit by covid
The medical director of a successful foundation trust is being brought in to run Medway Foundation Trust for 18 months.
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NewsEx-NHS Improvement boss to chair major acute trust
A former NHS Improvement deputy chief will become the interim chair of a major acute trust after his predecessor’s appointment was queried by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsCovid patients in hospital declining much faster in south and east than in north
The number of covid positive hospital patients is dropping almost twice as fast in the south and east than it is in the north.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: ‘Our levels of trust are a million miles away from what we need’
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsNHSE/I rows back on ordering trusts to provide remote appointments
NHS England and Improvement has watered down plans to force all trusts to offer remote appointments to patients booking consultations, after providers raised concerns it would be a ‘significant burden’.
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NewsTrust forecasts June surge in covid patients will be on a par with April 2020 peak
A trust in the South East is forecasting it will be treating as many covid patients in June as it was at the peak of the first wave of the pandemic last April.
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NewsTrust urgently upgrades A&E security after increased attendance by acutely ill mental health patients
A trust has had to enhance security after an increase in the number of acutely ill mental health patients — including children — attending its emergency departments.
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NewsCQC to expand inspection programme from April
More Care Quality Commission inspections will take place from next month as pressures from covid-19 continue to ease.
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Covid block contracts to remain in place until autumn
System leaders now expect the financial arrangements for NHS providers introduced to help the service deal with the pandemic to be rolled over until the autumn, HSJ has learned.
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NewsMega-merger trust tells NHSE it cannot eliminate year-long waiters by next year
A large East of England trust has told NHS England it cannot eliminate its 52-week waiting list backlog in 2021-22 as it had previously promised.
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News‘Very boring discussions’ about ICS could quash system working, warns top trust chief
Fixating on the bureaucracy of integrated care systems will cause agile health systems forged during the pandemic to come to a ‘grinding halt’, warns the outgoing chief executive of a major London acute.