All articles by Alison Moore – Page 27
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HSJ InteractiveHow to restore cancer services post covid
An HSJ webinar, sponsored by Pfizer, examined the impact of the pandemic on cancer services. Alison Moore reports
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NewsDHSC acts over low staff take-up of covid life assurance
The Department of Health and Social Care is writing to NHS organisations where staff have died from covid in a bid to increase uptake of its life assurance scheme.
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NewsTrust chief withdraws application after probe into bogus law degree
An incoming trust chief executive has withdrawn his application for the post after an inquiry about his qualifications.
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NewsSupply of ultrasound gels suspended after bacteria outbreaks in multiple hospitals
NHS Supply Chain has suspended supplies of some ultrasound gels over concerns they might be connected with outbreaks of bacterial infections in multiple hospitals.
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NewsUpdated: CEO’s email ‘contributed to low morale’ at covid-hit A&E
Staff at a hard-pressed accident and emergency department were left feeling demoralised and unsupported by the actions of the senior leadership team, the Care Quality Commission has found.
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HSJ InteractiveHow ICSs could offer fresh hope on public health, inequalities and prevention
An HSJ and Sanofi webinar looked at how integrated care systems can play an important role in early intervention in public health, with a broader aim of reducing health inequalities
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NewsTrust investigating its new chief exec’s qualifications
A review has been launched into the qualifications of the incoming chief executive of a mental health trust.
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NewsEx-Confed chief to lead scandal-hit trust
The former chief executive of the NHS Confederation has been appointed chair of East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust.
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NewsRevealed: Beds for children hit ‘crisis point’ amid covid demand surge
Availability of inpatient child and adolescent mental health services beds — particularly for eating disorders — has reached ‘crisis point’, with young people left waiting on a standard paediatric ward or at home as demand surged during the covid pandemic.
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HSJ LocalMore than 70 staff promoted as merging CCGs cut staff
More than 70 staff have been promoted to more senior roles as part of a merger between eight clinical commissioning groups.
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NewsNHS England lead warns stroke improvements ‘stalled or deteriorated’
A key long-term plan commitment is expected to be missed, with the national clinical director warning many improvements in stroke patient care have stalled or slipped back.
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NewsLeading ICS’ governance seen as ‘repetitive, complex and burdensome’
A leading integrated care system’s governance was viewed as “repetitive, overly complex and burdensome,” an independent review has found.
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NewsCQC intervenes at trust hardest hit by covid
The Care Quality Commission has issued a warning notice over emergency care delays — particularly ambulance handovers — to one of the trusts hardest hit by coronavirus pressures in recent months.
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NewsLong-awaited A&E reconfiguration runs into covid troubles
A long-anticipated public consultation in the South East could be further delayed because of the covid pandemic.
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NewsTrust accidentally offered covid vaccine to all ‘frontline key workers’
The NHS in Kent is pleading for people outside priority groups not to book covid vaccinations, after it published information indicating they were available to all ‘frontline key workers’.
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NewsHospital hosts others’ surgeons so cancer ops can go ahead
A specialist trust has freed up 29 theatre sessions a week so cancer surgery from nearby providers can continue during the covid pandemic.
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NewsPandemic’s role blamed for trust’s 1,955 mixed-sex ward breaches
East Kent University Hospitals Foundation Trust reported 1,955 mixed sex accommodation breaches in November, the month before the new variant of the virus caused a huge increase in covid admissions across the county.
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NewsHospital warns it may become ‘impossible’ to stop patients catching covid
A trust has warned it may reach a ‘tipping point’ where it is ‘impossible’ to separate covid positive and negative patients.
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NewsPHE forced to issue urgent guidance to combat covid spread in ambulances
Rotating clinicians and keeping ventilation running are among Public Health England’s recommendations for how to avoid spreading covid while looking after patients in the back of ambulances outside emergency departments.
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NewsSouth-East hospital trust records highest weekly covid death toll
A trust in the South East has recorded the second highest weekly total of covid deaths since the start of the pandemic’s third wave in early December.