All articles by Alison Moore – Page 52
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HSJ LocalMajor A&E reconfiguration delayed
Plans to consult on much needed changes to accident and emergency services in east Kent are being pushed back.
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HSJ InteractiveNutritional support for dementia patients
Alison Moore reports on how a nutritional support project at Imperial College Healthcare Trust won it the Acute Sector Innovation award
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HSJ LocalCommissioners up spending on struggling transport service
The Kent and Medway clinical commissioning groups are to put more money into patient transport services, despite the provider not meeting many performance targets.
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NewsCCGs braced for care firm collapse
NHS organisations are understood to be developing contingency plans in case a company providing services to around 90 clinical commissioning groups runs into further financial trouble.
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HSJ LocalTrust 'potentially in breach' of information governance laws
An ambulance trust board has been warned today it may be in breach of information governance legislation.
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HSJ LocalEight CCGs to share chief officer and consider merger
All eight clinical commissioning groups in Kent and Medway are to work together as a single strategic commissioner and share an accountable officer.
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HSJ LocalPrimary care provider deregistered after 'fundamental' failings
A team of medical professionals had to review the notes of 3,200 patients registered at a Kent practice because of “significant” concerns over patient safety.
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HSJ Local'Outstanding' trust investigates 10 never events
An outstanding rated trust had 10 never events in 2017-18 – including four involving wrong site surgery.
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NewsNHS Improvement seeks six new board directors
Six new non-executive directors are to be appointed to NHS Improvement in a major shake-up of its board.
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HSJ LocalRetiring trust chief 'will be tough act to follow'
The chief executive of a London hospital trust is to retire in September.
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HSJ LocalTrust forced to rethink CAMHS as demand soars
A mental health trust has had to put more than half a million pounds extra into a “one stop” service for children and young people after referrals were close to double the expected levels.
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HSJ LocalTrust chair steps down after a year
The chair of South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has resigned, a year after taking up the post.
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NewsTrusts in talks to guarantee payment after 'paperless' switch
Trusts are having to negotiate local deals to ensure they still get paid for outpatient referrals after the NHS switches from paper to electronic referrals later this year.
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HSJ LocalTrust could seek cash from council pension fund for hospital rebuild
A large acute trust is considering seeking funding from a local authority pension scheme to carry out much needed redevelopment work.
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NewsCCGs left with £15m bill following dispute with acute trust
Commissioners have been left with a £15m bill after losing a dispute with their local acute trust over procedures which they said had been costed wrongly.
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HSJ LocalTrust board urged to spend £1.5m on 'essential' A&E nurses
An acute trust board is being asked to spend more than £1.5m on extra nursing staff for its emergency departments to try to improve four hour performance and ensure patients get safe care.
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust to check 5,000 X-rays after data mismatch
A teaching trust is re-examining around 5,000 X-rays – some dating back more than a decade – after fears they may have been overlooked and patients could have been put at risk.
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NewsNational learning disabilities programme 'leading to unplanned costs'
The biggest “fast track” area moving people with learning disabilities out of hospitals has warned it faces an additional £8m annual bill, while others also anticipate increased costs.
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HSJ LocalSix children affected by MRSA on same ward
Six babies in a neonatal intensive care unit have been found to be colonised with the same strain of MRSA – leading to staff being tested and three being identified as carriers of the bacteria.
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HSJ Interactive'Strategy was embedded in everything'
Caroline Wild from Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Foundation Trust, talks to Alison Moore on what it meant to her organisation to be awarded the Provider Trust of the Year in the HSJ Awards 2017