All articles by Alison Moore – Page 51
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NewsBed capacity issues hold up hospital safety improvements
High bed occupancy is making it harder for hospitals to carry out fire safety work – because they have nowhere to put patients if wards need to be closed.
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NewsExclusive: More than 50 trusts yet to carry out post-Grenfell fire checks
More than 50 NHS trusts have confirmed they have not had a fire service inspection since the Grenfell Tower disaster – despite all providers being ordered to arrange them just days after the fire.
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NewsGaps in 'critical' children's mental health services exposed
Children and young people are struggling to access mental health services, must navigate a fragmented landscape of provision and risk being placed in an inpatient unit many miles from home, a Care Quality Commissioner review has concluded.
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HSJ LocalCCG warns deficit could hit £33m
One of the country’s smallest clinical commissioning groups expects to end the financial year with a £22m deficit – but has warned it could be as large as £33m.
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HSJ LocalSpecial measures ambulance trust posts worst ever 999 performance
The ambulance trust covering the South East Coast has seen its performance for emergency calls slump to the lowest ever recorded by any service.
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HSJ LocalCCG given months to find 111 provider after private firm cuts contract
The private company operating NHS 111 and GP out of hours services in East Kent is to hand back the contract even earlier than previously planned – leaving commissioners to find an alternative provider to cover the winter.
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NewsRevealed: Third private children's unit closes on safety grounds
A third privately run mental health unit for children and adolescents was forced to close to new patients following safety concerns earlier this year, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: Second private hospital stops taking new patients after CQC concerns
A second mental health unit run by Cygnet Health Care closed to new admissions in July after the Care Quality Commission raised serious concerns, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalHospital trust may hire mobile morgue for winter
A hospital trust in the south of England may hire a mobile morgue and use local funeral directors’ facilities as part of its preparations for winter.
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NewsAdolescents self-harmed while under supervision at 'inadequate' private hospital
Inspectors rate private hospital inadequate after 11 inspections in seven years Allegations of sexual assault on psychiatric intensive care unit Under-staffed hospital was temporarily closed over the summer Cygnet Hospital is a regional centre for services for young people detailed under the Mental Health Act Some of the ...
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HSJ LocalCQC and police investigate trust after patient death
The Care Quality Commission is expected to visit a Brighton hospital today following the death of an elderly inpatient, who is believed to have swallowed cleaning fluid.
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HSJ LocalPrivate provider loses community services contract to NHS
Virgin Care has lost its bid to hold on to community services in part of Surrey, with the local trust and GP federation chosen as preferred bidder for the Guildford and Waverley area.
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HSJ LocalUpdated: New chief executive for trust with worst A&E in the country
The chief executive of Dartford and Gravesham Trust is to take on the leadership one of the NHS’s most challenged providers.
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HSJ LocalTrust remains in special measures after new problems uncovered
A troubled ambulance trust is set to remain in special measures after a Care Quality Commission inspection found a new problem with recording 999 calls.
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HSJ LocalWorst performing A&E trust appoints new interim chair
The chair of a trust struggling with accident and emergency performance is stepping down, just weeks after the chief executive resigned.
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HSJ LocalTrust chief steps down after 10 years to focus on STP
The longstanding chief executive of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust is stepping down to run the Kent and Medway sustainability and transformation partnership full time.
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: Data can drive improvements in healthcare – how can we share it more effectively?
In a joint HSJ/LGC roundtable, our expert panel discussed the problems of a health service in need of more patient data but constrained by privacy issues, public mistrust and official reticence, as well as all-too-familiar financial and technological obstacles. Alison Moore sat in.
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: The public fear of shared data – and how to tackle it
Part of the problem with improving interoperability and data sharing is winning public support for it amid a climate of suspicion surrounding the subject. Our expert panel discussed the issue, watched by Alison Moore
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: Why community nurses suffer from lack of shared data
Community staff are still working with old, inefficient systems, a leading nursing expert tells Alison Moore
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: How telehealth can help with home care
Telemonitoring is providing a new way of caring for long-term patients while making more efficient use of NHS resources