All articles by Alison Moore – Page 22
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NewsAnother ambulance service declares critical incident after IT outage
An ambulance provider has declared a critical incident after suffering significant IT issues – the second ambulance trust to have done so in as many weeks.
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NewsNHS trouble-shooter appointed chair of trust where governors are resisting merger
One of England’s smallest trusts – which is in dispute with its governors over an impending merger – has appointed a new chair.
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News160,000 risk harm each year from ambulance handover delays
Ambulance handover delays could harm 160,000 patients a year, 12,000 of them severely, according to a structured clinical review of cases by service bosses earlier this year.
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NewsAmbulance and trolley waits soar to record levels
Ambulance response times hit new lows last month, leaving heart attack and stroke patients waiting nearly an hour to be reached on average, despite the system having an 18-minute target for this cohort.
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NewsLong-term plan target 'set to be missed by several years’
The NHS is set to miss the long-term plan’s target for improving stroke care by several years, a leading doctor has said.
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NewsVictim’s family questions why mortuary sex abuser was not detected earlier
The sister of one of David Fuller’s hospital mortuary victims has questioned why his crimes were not uncovered earlier.
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NewsJavid announces independent inquiry into mortuary sex offences
The government is to effectively take over the independent investigation into David Fuller’s mortuary crimes – but has stopped short of ordering a public inquiry.
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News‘Outstanding’ rated trust given CQC warning notice after staff raised alarm
An acute trust currently rated ‘outstanding’ has been served with a warning notice by the Care Quality Commission, after senior doctors’ safety concerns prompted an inspection.
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NewsInspection raised no security concerns at mortuary where bodies were sexually abused
An inspection of the mortuary where dozens of bodies were sexually abused found no major security issues, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsFormer trust CEO to lead investigation into mortuary offences
The news of David Fuller’s assaults came as a horrendous shock to senior leaders at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust. But their ability to respond has been limited because of the need to keep the offences secret until the murder trial had concluded.
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NewsExclusive: The full story of David Fuller’s mortuary attacks
HSJ first learned of David Fuller’s crimes in June this year, but agreed to a request by Kent police not to publish before his trial concluded. We can now reveal all that we discovered.
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News100 corpses sexually abused in two NHS mortuaries over 12 year period
A man who murdered two women 34 years ago went on to sexually abuse 100 female corpses in hospital mortuaries, taking videos and images of his crimes, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHS England orders trust’s governors to work towards controversial merger
NHS England and Improvement has imposed extra conditions on a specialist trust’s licence, effectively ordering its council of governors to work towards a merger with a larger neighbour.
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Trust warns it could lose junior doctors
An acute trust is warning that some of its junior doctors could be withdrawn, putting patient safety at risk.
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NewsMurder suspect sexually abused corpses in hospital mortuaries for extended period
Police who searched the home of a hospital worker arrested over the killings of two women found videos and photographs showing him sexually abusing female corpses in two hospital mortuaries, a court was told.
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NewsUnaccredited IAPT practitioners carrying out thousands of counselling sessions
Tens of thousands of NHS-funded counselling sessions are still being carried out by practitioners who have not done accredited training courses, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHSE tells trusts to ‘immediately stop all ambulance handover delays’
Trusts and integrated care systems are being told by NHS England to take urgent action to ‘immediately stop all delays’ to ambulance handovers, which will require ‘difficult choices’.
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NewsTrust hopes to cut bill for private care by buying rehabilitation centre
A mental health trust is hoping to buy a former rehabilitation centre for injured soldiers to provide extra capacity and avoid sending patients into the private sector.
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NewsCQC criticises care scandal trust for 'unsafe staffing'
The trust at the centre of a maternity scandal does not have enough midwifery staff to keep women and babies safe, a Care Quality Commission inspection has revealed.
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NewsFormer private healthcare boss chosen to chair integrated care board
A former leader of King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust is one of three new integrated care board chairs who have been selected in the South East.