All articles by Alison Moore – Page 3
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HSJ InteractiveIs 2025 the year of the digital front door?
Digital technology has a big part to play in helping the NHS deliver the ambitions of the forthcoming 10-year plan and address immediate operational pressures, such as the need to reduce waiting times to access elective care. The 3 December HSJ summit, in association with IBM, looked at how this ...
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NewsTop-rated ICS downgraded by NHS England
The only integrated care system in the top tier of NHS England’s oversight framework has been downgraded, it has emerged.
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NewsSpecialist unit a step closer after 13 years in planning
A long-awaited hyperacute stroke unit could finally be opened – 13 years after it was first mooted.
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HSJ InteractiveHow AI could make dashboards redundant within the next 10 years
Digital technology has a big part to play in helping the NHS deliver the ambitions of the forthcoming 10-year plan and address immediate operational pressures, such as the need to reduce waiting times to access elective care. The 3 December HSJ summit, in association with IBM, looked at how this ...
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NewsRegulator names fourth CEO in seven months
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has appointed its fourth chief executive in just over six months.
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NewsCleaning firm sues trust over £8m contract
A facilities management company is suing an ambulance trust over the procurement of a £8m contract for cleaning services.
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News500 CQC reports ‘stuck in IT system’
Around 500 draft inspection reports are “stuck” in the Care Quality Commission’s IT system and cannot currently be retrieved, its leaders admitted today.
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HSJ InteractiveScaling up solutions: disseminating innovation in the NHS
An HSJ roundtable, in association with DXC Technology, explored how the NHS can better share innovations and good practices across organisations
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News20% of corporate jobs to go in cost-cutting restructure
An ambulance trust is reducing the number of posts in its corporate directorates by 20 per cent.
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NewsPatient transport service failing on most fronts, data reveals
A company providing patient transport services across an integrated care system has massively underperformed against key indicators, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsC difficile rates rise 25%
Cases of C difficile caught in hospital are up a quarter on last year, according to recent figures seen by HSJ.
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NewsTroubled trust fails to recruit chair for a year
A troubled trust has been without a permanent chair for a year and is likely to wait several more months, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrust faces legal action after admin and IT failures cause ‘severe harm’
Fourteen patients suffered severe harm and 20 moderate harm after they were “lost to follow-up” by a hospital trust, it has admitted.
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NewsICB chief goes full-time at NHS England
The chief executive of an integrated care system is moving to work for NHS England full time, for an unspecified period.
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NewsTrust warns of ‘catastrophic’ delays as NHSE provides £10m cash boost
An ambulance trust has been given an extra £10m by NHS England to cover the cost of A&E handover delays that took place in the first six months of 2024-25.
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NewsTrust appoints sector’s only minority ethnic CEO
A longstanding executive has been appointed to lead an ambulance service, making him the sector’s only chief executive with a minority ethnic background.
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News‘Safety concerns’ over provider with £500m new contracts
A patient transport company which is taking over contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds is grappling with concerns about service performance and risk to patients.
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NewsAmbulance response time hits two-year low
Ambulance response times for incidents including elderly people falling rose to the highest level in two years in November.
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NewsBill for extra medical shifts soars to £3bn
NHS spending on agency and bank shifts for doctors rose by £470m to top £3bn last year – 68 per cent up on pre-covid levels – new figures reveal.
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News‘No pay rise’ for senior managers who don’t balance budgets
Senior NHS managers who “persistently fail to provide decent care or fail to manage their finances” will not receive annual pay uplifts, the Department of Health and Social Care has said in its evidence to pay review bodies.