All articles by Alison Moore – Page 57
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HSJ LocalTrust chief: Bullying investigation could lead to disciplinary action
Further investigation into bullying and harassment claims at South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust could lead to disciplinary action, its new chief executive has said.
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HSJ LocalBullying, harassment and 'militaristic leadership' exposed at trust
A damning report has revealed a culture of bullying, harassment and alleged sexual predation at an ambulance trust that managers failed to address, leaving employees “bereft of both confidence and direction”.
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HSJ LocalTimeline: Troubled years at ambulance trust
Professor Duncan Lewis’s damning report on South East Coast Ambulance Service has been published following years of controversy at the trust.
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NewsExclusive: NHS struggling to maintain fire safety
NHS trusts face significant fire safety risks, research by HSJ has shown.
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HSJ KnowledgeTop chief executives roundtable, part two: questions of quality
In the second part of our roundtable, our panellists debated sustainability, social media, the demise of heroic leadership and the changing nature of the job
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HSJ KnowledgeTop chief executives roundtable, part one: dilemmas of CQC scrutiny
Exploring the relationship and contradictions between the Care Quality’s Commission’s verdicts and the quality of the people who lead the inspected organisations
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HSJ KnowledgeHow codes are raising the bar
When a foundation trust began using barcodes to improve stock control and procurement, it soon realised that the technology was capable of helping to achieve more ambitious goals relating to safety and savings
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CommentHow Cumbria strove for new heights in healthcare
The combination of a success regime and the dawn of sustainability and transformation plans has started to address the shortcomings in Cumbria’s services, writes Alison Moore
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: Building a workforce without walls
An HSJ roundtable analysed the importance of creating an NHS in which staff move seamlessly between organisations – and the role that STPs will play in this.
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: Jumping the hurdles to better care in rare diseases
An HSJ roundtable sponsored by Shire brought together experts to ask whether the NHS was taking advantage of all the factors that could improve outcomes for patients with rare diseases. By Alison Moore
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: how to turn STP theory into reality
HSJ’s roundtable brought together some of those in our HSJ100 list, plus others, to discuss the challenges of implementing sustainability and transformation plans
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CommentAnalysis: Commissioners have questions to answer over failed contract
The “phased withdrawal” of Coperforma from providing Sussex’s patient transport service has been greeted with a sigh of relief from unions and many patients. But it leaves many questions unanswered.
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HSJ LocalCompany 'disappointed' to give up patient transport contract after seven months
Coperforma, the company which is handing back its Sussex patient transport contract, has said it is “disappointed” but has not commented on a critical inspection report.
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NewsMapped: The NHS trusts merging, forming chains or building alliances
Our map shows the spread of current and proposed major collaborations between whole acute trusts across England, including mergers, acquisitions, shared leadership and chains.
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NewsOne in three acute trusts set to merge, join chains or form alliances
Around a third of acute and specialist trusts are involved in potential mergers/acquisitions, hospital chains, or other major collaborations, HSJ analysis has found.
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HSJ LocalUpdated: Patient transport firm to relinquish contract after CQC concerns
An independent patient transport provider is to hand back a £63m contract to the NHS, as it was revealed the Care Quality Commission has served six improvement notices on it.
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HSJ Local'No evidence of harm' from delayed ambulance response policy
South East Coast Ambulance extended response times for some “red two” calls in winter 2014-15 Latest review found no evidence of patient harm as a result of the policy Review was affected by poor data and plans to interview patients were dropped A review into an ambulance trust’s ...
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HSJ Local
Deficit forecast quadruples at financial special measures trust
A leading teaching hospital is forecasting a £60m deficit this financial year – nearly four times its control total.
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HSJ LocalTrust asked to maintain 111 service with 12 days' notice
An ambulance trust has been asked to continue providing NHS 111 services with just 12 days’ notice after plans for a new provider to take over were delayed twice.
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HSJ LocalTroubled ambulance trust launches patient harm review
An ambulance service in special measures is to review whether any patients have been harmed by problems locating defibrillators during emergency calls.