All articles by Alison Moore – Page 8
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NewsCleaning firm sues trust over £8m contract
A facilities management company is suing an ambulance trust over the procurement of a £8m contract for cleaning services.
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News500 CQC reports ‘stuck in IT system’
Around 500 draft inspection reports are “stuck” in the Care Quality Commission’s IT system and cannot currently be retrieved, its leaders admitted today.
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HSJ InteractiveScaling up solutions: disseminating innovation in the NHS
An HSJ roundtable, in association with DXC Technology, explored how the NHS can better share innovations and good practices across organisations
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News20% of corporate jobs to go in cost-cutting restructure
An ambulance trust is reducing the number of posts in its corporate directorates by 20 per cent.
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NewsPatient transport service failing on most fronts, data reveals
A company providing patient transport services across an integrated care system has massively underperformed against key indicators, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsC difficile rates rise 25%
Cases of C difficile caught in hospital are up a quarter on last year, according to recent figures seen by HSJ.
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NewsTroubled trust fails to recruit chair for a year
A troubled trust has been without a permanent chair for a year and is likely to wait several more months, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrust faces legal action after admin and IT failures cause ‘severe harm’
Fourteen patients suffered severe harm and 20 moderate harm after they were “lost to follow-up” by a hospital trust, it has admitted.
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NewsICB chief goes full-time at NHS England
The chief executive of an integrated care system is moving to work for NHS England full time, for an unspecified period.
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NewsTrust warns of ‘catastrophic’ delays as NHSE provides £10m cash boost
An ambulance trust has been given an extra £10m by NHS England to cover the cost of A&E handover delays that took place in the first six months of 2024-25.
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NewsTrust appoints sector’s only minority ethnic CEO
A longstanding executive has been appointed to lead an ambulance service, making him the sector’s only chief executive with a minority ethnic background.
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News‘Safety concerns’ over provider with £500m new contracts
A patient transport company which is taking over contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds is grappling with concerns about service performance and risk to patients.
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NewsAmbulance response time hits two-year low
Ambulance response times for incidents including elderly people falling rose to the highest level in two years in November.
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NewsBill for extra medical shifts soars to £3bn
NHS spending on agency and bank shifts for doctors rose by £470m to top £3bn last year – 68 per cent up on pre-covid levels – new figures reveal.
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News‘No pay rise’ for senior managers who don’t balance budgets
Senior NHS managers who “persistently fail to provide decent care or fail to manage their finances” will not receive annual pay uplifts, the Department of Health and Social Care has said in its evidence to pay review bodies.
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NewsNew care model triggers surge in demand
Overhauling a community mental health service has led to a sharp increase in referrals – sometimes seven times higher than before – and long waiting lists.
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NewsPlan for first ambulance group revealed
Two ambulance trusts are planning to form a group next year.
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NewsNHS enters winter with ambulance delays almost double those in 2023
The time spent by ambulances stuck outside A&Es waiting to hand over patients has nearly doubled since last year, the first NHS “winter situation report” has revealed.
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News‘Quiet’ trust seeks ‘better brand awareness’
A specialist trust is seeking “better brand awareness” and more partnerships with other providers, as part of a new strategy as a standalone organisation.
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NewsAmbulance trust cuts hours on the road to curb deficit
One of the worst performing ambulance services in England is deliberately restricting the number of crews it puts on the road ahead of winter because of its financial problems.