All Clinical Leaders articles – Page 9
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HSJ LocalFour surgeons disciplined in 'dysfunctional' department
Four surgeons in a “dysfunctional” department were disciplined and raised “tit for tat” concerns about each other’s practice, legal papers reveal.
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HSJ LocalTrust refuses to release governance report despite being 'fundamentally transformed'
A foundation trust has refused to release a governance report after a follow up review showed it had been “fundamentally transformed” from having a “dysfunctional” board.
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NewsCare standards will fall this year warns CQC boss
The Care Quality Commission has assumed standards in the health and social care sectors could deteriorate in 2018-19.
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HSJ PartnersThe role of local pharmacy in the future of homecare
Ruth Poole, healthcare director at Celesio, looks at the challenges facing the clinical homecare industry that are prompting innovation and new models of care
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HSJ LocalDame Julie Moore announces retirement
Dame Julie Moore has announced her retirement from the newly merged University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust.
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NewsExclusive: Regulator to investigate 'loads of problems' with NHS staff communication
Verbal communication errors between NHS staff that cause patient safety incidents are being investigated by a new group set up by NHS Improvement, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalNHS Improvement criticises 'strength of leadership' at teaching trust
The medical director of a Shelford Group trust was singled out in criticism of its leadership by NHS Improvement, documents released under the Freedom of Information Act reveal.
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HSJ LocalChildren needing talking therapy had 'invasive treatment' at GOSH
Children needing psychological therapy “underwent many years of invasive treatment” at a specialist trust after presenting with non-medical or “fabricated symptoms”, royal college investigators were told.
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Deal to reform clinical excellence awards agreed
Clinical excellence awards made by NHS trusts will no longer be pensionable and limited to between one and three years as part of a deal agreed between NHS Employers and the British Medical Association.
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HSJ LocalA&E department bullying and 'tribal divisions' exposed
A bullying culture at Wirral University Hospital’s emergency department has been allowed to persist for years with a lack of action by senior managers, according to an internal report.
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Expert BriefingLintern's Risk Register: Chair must go for trust to move on from governance disaster
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under the radar stories.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Director resigns over 'complete governance breakdown'
A non-executive director at troubled Wirral University Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust has resigned with immediate effect amid a deepening crisis at the trust, including a “complete breakdown of relationships” at board level.
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NewsNHS manager numbers return to pre-Lansley reform levels
The number of senior managers working in NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups has increased by more than a quarter since 2013 – and is now higher than before the reforms introduced by Andrew Lansley.
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NewsExclusive: New NHS national digital chief revealed
NHS bosses have appointed emergency medicine consultant Simon Eccles as the health service’s new chief clinical information officer, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsExclusive: Second ACO contract delayed amid fears of 'unrealistic deadlines'
Commissioners in Manchester will delay the launch of a new accountable care contract amid concerns over “unrealistic deadlines”, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalChief nurse apologises after email to 'influence ratings'
A chief nurse has apologised after an email sent to senior staff suggested the Care Quality Commission’s factual accuracy process should be used ‘to influence the ratings’ given to the trust after an inspection.
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HSJ LocalConsultants threaten trust chair with 'no confidence' vote
The chair of Wirral University Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust has been called to an extraordinary meeting of the trust’s consultant body and could face a vote of no confidence, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Ambitious merger 'not a Machiavellian plan', says trust chief
Plans to merge three Essex trusts were proposed after an experiment to run the hospitals as a “group” with one leadership team proved “cumbersome and inefficient”, the chief executive has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalBlowout in 12 hour waits at 'extremely pressured' hospital trust
North Bristol Trust has had its worst month for accident and emergency performance on record and a senior clinician has warned staff to be braced for worse to come.
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HSJ LocalNHS Improvement takes 'urgent action' over teaching trust governance
NHS Improvement has announced details of its formal investigation into Wirral University Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust and its own handling of serious concerns raised by trust directors.