All articles by Alison Moore – Page 30
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NewsThree trusts in high risk areas no longer getting covid vaccine this week
Several trusts serving areas with high rates of covid will not be getting any vaccine this week, having been removed from a national list of “hub” sites where the first doses are to be given.
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NewsTrust becomes first to see half its beds occupied by covid patients during second wave
More than half of the beds at a trust serving an area with some of the UK’s highest covid rates are now occupied by patients with the disease.
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NewsWomen in psychiatric unit ‘feared for sexual safety’
Women in a newly opened psychiatric intensive care unit had concerns for their sexual safety, a Care Quality Commission report has revealed.
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NewsIncorrect covid tests spark harm review for staff and patients
Trusts are carrying out harm reviews after a ‘contamination issue’ affecting hundreds of samples resulted in some staff and patients being wrongly told they had coronavirus, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsConsultants push back against potential three-way merger
Consultants at one of England’s smallest trusts are hoping to stymie a possible merger with its two larger neighbours.
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NewsEleven patients suffered harm after ambulance handover delays
Eleven patients have suffered harm after being kept waiting in ambulances outside accident and emergency departments, a review has found.
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NewsShouting, screaming and microaggressions uncovered at NHS organisation
A review of a clinical commissioning group has discovered “microaggressions and insensitivities” towards Black, Asian and minority ethnic staff, and the use of derogatory slurs about other groups.
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NewsCCG finds multiple concerns with problematic procurement
A clinical commissioning group has admitted there were problems with the handling of a dermatology contract which needed to be suspended because of patient safety concerns after little more than a year.
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NewsHancock delays decision on controversial reconfiguration for 14 months
The health secretary has yet to make a decision on a contested reconfiguration plan, despite having received official advice on it nearly 14 months ago and the local NHS warning delays would lead to “avoidable death”.
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NewsNHS going into winter with 5,500 fewer beds than last year
The NHS is going into this winter with 5,500 fewer general acute beds than last year, NHS England data has revealed.
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NewsTop teaching trust blames surge in long A&E waits on covid measures
A top teaching hospital has blamed covid measures for a dramatic rise in the number of trolley waits in its accident and emergency department.
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NewsConfusion over hospital’s ‘critical incident’
A hospital trust struggling under an influx of covid patients has denied it declared a critical incident after confusion about how it had responded to extreme pressure over the last few days.
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NewsAmbulances waiting up to five hours as SE trust feels covid pressure
A trust in the south east is coming under increasing pressure from a growing number of covid patients, leading to long delays in ambulance handovers.
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NewsRoyal College review warned trust of ‘very significant risk for patient care’
A community trust was told to urgently review prescribing of stimulant medications for children after concern that some were posted to families but never arrived.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts offering controversial trauma ‘treatment’ to new mums
Several NHS trusts are offering a ‘treatment’ for birth trauma which uses a technique which lies outside national guidelines and which is criticised by specialists as potentially causing ‘more harm than good’.
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NewsExclusive: Nearly 40,000 wrongly told to get a flu jab
The NHS has erroneously written to thousands of patients who have had glandular fever in the past asking them to get a flu jab from their GP.
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NewsAmbulance trust stands down major incident
An ambulance trust stood down a major incident this evening as it was swamped with calls.
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NewsTrust ‘could have avoided four never events’ if it had acted on alert
A trust which had four ‘never events’ where patients were connected to air rather than an oxygen supply could have avoided them if it had been more proactive when a national patient safety alert was sent out several years earlier, a report has found.
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NewsPrivate children’s unit shut down after CQC safety concerns
A privately run child and adolescent mental health unit has been closed permanently, with its residents moved elsewhere, after concerns were raised about their safety.
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HSJ LocalNHS England launches investigation into staff concerns at leading trust
NHS England has commissioned an independent investigation into allegations raised by staff at a leading cancer trust.