All articles by Alison Moore – Page 31
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NewsCounty hopes for £400m in spending review for massive service change
Leaders in the south east are hopeful they will secure funding for a delayed £400m acute reconfiguration from the comprehensive spending review this autumn.
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NewsUnpublished report reveals ‘exit block’ turned A&E into ‘a ward’
Previously unpublished reports newly obtained by HSJ reveal issues including a “significant safety risk”, warring surgeons, and patients suffering sight loss due to delays and missed diagnoses.
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HSJ InteractiveHow ICSs can harness the power of tech
As the peak of the pandemic has passed, which technology initiatives and innovations will endure and how can ICSs and STPs lever them to deliver efficiencies and improve care for patients? Alison Moore reports on the webinar which explored these key questions
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NewsIntensive care unit stays open despite fire warning
A children’s hospital is having to put safety measures in place because it discovered building problems which could mean fire spreading quickly, it has emerged.
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NewsChair of failing trust replaced as NHSI brokers support from major FT
A failing trust is to be given “targeted support” from a major teaching hospital in a bid to improve its services.
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NewsTrust with record covid deaths sees high rate of hospital acquired infection
The proportion of patients confirmed as infected with covid-19 after admission to East Kent hospitals is running at twice the national rate, according to figures seen by HSJ.
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NewsTrust with 10pc of all covid deaths has ‘relatively low’ fatalities, according to CCG
A trust that is recording one in 10 covid hospital deaths in England has been described as having a ‘relatively low’ number of fatalities from the virus by its lead commissioner.
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NewsUnit put into special measures after ‘inadequate’ rating
A low secure unit for people with learning disabilities and autism has been put into special measures after inspectors found the use of restraint and segregation affected the quality of life for some patients.
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NewsTrust to test all 9,000 staff for covid within five days
A trust with a very high covid-19 death rate is to test all of its staff over the next five days in an attempt to identify those who have the disease but don’t know it.
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NewsCQC intervenes at GP practice run by struggling firm
A company which had a community dermatology contract suspended last month has had a group of surgeries covering 27,500 patients closed by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsTrust with record covid deaths asks NHSE for help
The hospital trust which has been recording the largest number of covid deaths for several weeks has asked NHS England and NHS Improvement for help with infection control.
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NewsCCG apologises for decision to close unit
A clinical commissioning group has admitted its predecessors failed to follow due process when trying to close an inpatient unit for people with dementia.
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NewsCovid deaths at single trust nearly double that of any other provider
A single trust has recorded 90 per cent more covid-related deaths than any other NHS provider over the last month, an analysis by HSJ shows.
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NewsTrust failed to complete 21 instructions from safety review
Only two out of 23 recommendations from a royal college review into a trust’s troubled maternity services can be shown to be fully implemented, a new investigation has revealed.
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NewsExclusive: Fear covid pods could explode
The NHS spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on isolation pods for transporting infectious patients — but they have gone unused through the covid pandemic amid fears they could explode.
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NewsTwo deaths at 'not fit for purpose' unit sparks CQC action
The Care Quality Commission staged an unannounced inspection after two deaths at a mental health unit which it had condemned as “not fit for purpose.”
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NewsMerger set to create region’s first mega trust
Two trusts have announced plans for a full merger creating a mega trust with a turnover of more than £1bn a year — the first in their region.
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NewsInquiry lead: Royal colleges should be more open on care reviews
The leader of the Morecambe Bay inquiry has spoken of his disappointment that some of the recommendations have not led to changes, and said royal colleges could inform regulators when they are commissioned to carry out care quality reviews.
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NewsTrust blames ‘second peak’ as it records 8pc of all covid deaths
A single trust had 8 per cent of all hospital deaths from covid in England in one week – and is blaming a “second peak”.
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NewsParents who lost babies join Kirkup panel
Two parents who have lost babies are to act as specialist advisers to an investigation into maternity and neonatal services in East Kent, which is beginning its work.