All articles by Alison Moore – Page 30
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News‘Significant risks to patient safety and trust’s reputation’ uncovered by external review
A gastroenterology service was ‘in a very poor state with significant risks to patient safety’ and had poor teamworking which ‘blighted’ the service, an external review found.
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NewsCoastal trust hires two London hospital chiefs
The interim chief executive of a London hospital is to take up the post of managing director at a large coastal trust.
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News‘Secretive’ safety findings set to be revealed direct to CQC
The Care Quality Commission may in future be notified when ‘secretive’ external reviews have looked at patient safety issues within trusts.
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NewsHancock broke ministerial code over family firm’s NHS deal revealed by HSJ
The health secretary breached the ministerial code by not declaring a firm run by his sister and brother-in-law had been put on a framework to supply the NHS, the government’s independent adviser on ministers’ interests has ruled.
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NewsAmbulance trust reveals patient’s death amid handover delays row
An ambulance trust has highlighted the death of a woman which it says was due to “being delayed on the back of an ambulance”, just two days after it warned that lives were ‘at risk’ from long handovers.
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NewsRevealed: Ten-fold increase in children waiting too long for specialist care
The number of children and young people waiting longer than recommended for admission to a mental health bed has increased nearly ten-fold since last summer, according to figures from one NHS region seen by HSJ.
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HSJ InteractiveEnsuring safe vascular access
Specialised teams can help to better organise vascular access and enhance patient safety, an HSJ roundtable heard
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NewsRacial ‘disparity ratios’ created for each trust to root out ‘racist practice’ in NHS systems
‘Disparity ratios’ highlighting how staff with minority ethnic backgrounds are represented at different levels in each trust have been created by the national workforce race equality standard programme to help tackle ‘racist practice’ in the NHS.
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NewsProvider blames staffing difficulties for closure of specialist unit
A private provider is shutting its specialist unit, with its last patient expected to leave today, sparking warnings about a lack of generic mental health beds.
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NewsRegulator removes struggling hospital’s junior doctors
Ten junior doctors have been removed from a struggling hospital over concerns they were being left without adequate supervision on understaffed wards.
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NewsChief exec moves from trust to ICS
A trust chief executive has been seconded to become the accountable officer of its local clinical commissioning group and the dedicated leader of its integrated care system — despite a question mark over whether the ICS will be allowed to exist.
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NewsExclusive: Half of all hospitals inspected broke covid safety law
Nearly half the hospitals targeted in covid-related spot checks were found to be breaching health and safety laws.
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NewsLandmark legal agreement sees Equality Rights Commission monitor trust’s record on sexual harassment
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has required an ambulance trust to sign a legally-binding agreement stating how it will protect its staff from sexual harassment.
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NewsCIA hunt for Bin Laden and pharma experimentation has fed distrust of govt vaccine policy among NHS staff
An ambulance trust has cited ‘mistrust’ of government and national healthcare policy as one of the factors driving lower vaccine uptake among its ethnic minority staff, linking concerns to historic international controversies around vaccination programmes.
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HSJ InteractiveHow can greater use of IT help the NHS meet the challenges ahead?
With a huge backlog of elective work to tackle, a panel of experts explored the role of digital in not only dealing with delayed care, but in transforming the patient journey. Alison Moore reports
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HSJ LocalHeavily criticised trust recognised for improvements on infection control
A trust which was heavily criticised for poor infection prevention and control last summer has been praised for making improvements.
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NewsTrust faces unlimited fine after pleading guilty to failing to provide safe care
An acute trust has pleaded guilty to failing to meet fundamental standards of care in a first-of-its-kind case.
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NewsManager leaves after allegedly using lucrative shifts for gym trips and shopping
A manager has left a mental health and learning disabilities unit after allegations they booked themselves in for lucrative shifts but used the time for online shopping and gym trips.
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NewsTrust being investigated for safety failures saw over 100 neonatal deaths in eight years
Nearly 200 families have now reported experiences of poor maternity and neonatal care in East Kent, according to the family whose baby’s death sparked both an independent investigation and a court case against the trust.
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NewsExclusive: English NHS awarded framework deal to Hancock’s family’s firm two years ago
Matt Hancock omitted to declare his connection to a company owned by his close family, despite it winning a place on a framework to provide services to the English NHS in 2019, as well as contracts with the NHS in Wales.