All Children's services articles – Page 18
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HSJ LocalChildren potentially exposed to severe harm after waiting list blowout
Four children were potentially exposed to severe harm after delays in their treatment, as dozens have been on a surgery waiting list for more than a year.
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NewsRevealed: New national plan to bring down child mortality rates
The way child deaths are investigated in England is to be overhauled following failure to consistently investigate them and share learning across the NHS, HSJ has learned.
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NewsKirkup: Divisive debate on midwifery could harm babies
The chair of the Morecambe Bay inquiry has warned the polarised debate around ‘natural’ childbirth could harm safe care for mothers and babies.
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News'Normal birth' campaign abandoned by royal college
The Royal College of Midwives has dropped its controversial “normal birth” campaign and removed advice for midwives from its website amid concerns it could have been “misleading”.
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NewsNHS England defeated in court again over 'life changing' drug
A High Court judge has rebuked NHS England for denying a life changing drug to a seven year old boy in the face of “overwhelming” clinical evidence.
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NewsRoyal colleges urge trusts to act on maternity safety
NHS trusts providing maternity services should ensure midwives and obstetricians train together and practice how to read foetal heart rates, medical royal colleges have said.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Child suffers 'severe harm' as a result of trust's data problems
Two more patients, including a child, came to ‘severe harm’ as a result of a teaching trust losing track of their records.
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NewsLord Darzi weighs in to 'utterly astonishing' specialist trust row
Professor Lord Ara Darzi has weighed into the row over the future of specialist services in England.
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HSJ LocalTroubled specialist trust to lose paediatric surgery service
Birmingham’s specialist orthopaedic hospital will stop providing paediatric surgery after an external review recommended moving the service to a bigger site.
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NewsFund to reduce baby deaths oversubscribed by 25 per cent
A training fund set up by the Department of Health to reduce baby deaths in England was oversubscribed by 25 per cent after every trust running maternity units submitted bids.
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NewsHundreds of babies suffer avoidable harm in NHS, study warns
RCOG study found more than 550 babies born in 2015 may have had a different outcome Only a third of local investigations involved families or patients Quarter of local investigations were not good enough to assess quality of care Hundreds of babies who died during or shortly after ...
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: The genie is out of the bottle
This is HSJ’s new fortnightly briefing covering quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector. Feedback and comments are welcome, so please feel free to email me in confidence.
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HSJ LocalInquiry chair revealed amid families' criticism of regulator
Senior midwife Donna Ockenden appointed to lead review into deaths of 15 babies and three mothers Parents criticise NHS Improvement for setting “narrow” terms of reference and excluding families Jeremy Hunt set up review after concerns over deaths and lack of investigations A senior midwife has been appointed ...
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NewsSecond court defeat for NHS England
NHS England faces judicial review over decision not to fund drug for 7-year-old boy Lawyers will argue NHSE should have considered the boy’s welfare under the Children Act Victory could create a new duty on NHS England when making commissioning decisions affecting children Lawyers have been granted permission ...
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NewsInvestigation: Why are some babies dying in the NHS?
New data obtained by HSJ reveals babies are dying or being left with life-long disabilities because of mistakes being replicated across the NHS by midwives and doctors.
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HSJ LocalPolice investigating 15 baby deaths at hospital
Police launch investigation into series of baby deaths at Cheshire hospital Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust alerted police after unexplained deaths The investigation is focused on the trust’s neonatal unit which will remain open Detectives are investigating a spate of baby deaths at a general hospital in ...
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NewsNew data shows work needed to hit eating disorder treatment standard
New data shows two-thirds of children and young people with an urgent eating disorder had treatment within a week NHS England data also shows nearly three-quarters of routine eating disorder referrals began treatment within four weeks The data is the first published on children and young people’s eating disorders ...
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NewsLabour plans new NHS regulator, leaked manifesto reveals
A Labour government would create a new “safety and excellence regulator” to oversee a revised process for regional reconfiguration of the NHS, a draft of the party’s election manifesto says.
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HSJ LocalHospital's charity could buy land for possible expansion
Board of newly merged trust agrees to buy land next to children’s hospital First major estate acquisition since Birmingham Women’s and Children’s FT shelved single site plans Charity could buy land on behalf of trust Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Foundation Trust has agreed to buy a property for ...
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HSJ LocalVirgin Care submits inaccurate data for children's wheelchair waits
Waiting times for children in need of a wheelchair have been inaccurately reported by Virgin Care.