All East Midlands articles – Page 16
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NewsRevealed: South East sees ‘striking’ levels of excess deaths at home
Parts of the South East saw ‘striking’ levels of excess deaths occurring in people’s homes between July and October.
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HSJ LocalMajor acute cancels non-urgent electives as covid shuts wards
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has cancelled all non-urgent electives due to growing covid admissions and spread inside the hospital.
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HSJ LocalMidlands trust fights to ‘preserve’ elective work amid covid bed closures
Covid’s second surge has begun disrupting elective care at hospitals outside the north west, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHSE made ‘urgent’ request that patients be admitted to service despite lack of trained staff
NHS England made ‘urgent requests’ to a new eating disorder service to admit patients before staff had been properly trained, the provider has said.
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust reopens five years of accounts after £50m ‘discrepancy’
A teaching trust has had to adjust five years’ worth of financial accounts after an error which meant one of its hospitals was undervalued by £50m.
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NewsHospital covid deaths triple since start of September
The running seven-day total of patients who have died with diagnosed or suspected covid-19 in English hospitals has risen from 41 on 3 September to 117 just over two weeks later.
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News£1.4bn procurement launched for community and discharge services
NHS trusts in Yorkshire and the Midlands have signalled a need for external help for discharge and community services through a new £1.4bn procurement framework, amid the health service’s response to covid-19.
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NewsCEO says lives were lost as he was ‘leant on’ to delay covid restrictions
A trust chief says he was “leant on from a big height” to delay visiting restrictions at the start of the coronavirus pandemic - a decision which he believes could have cost 25 lives.
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HSJ LocalMajor acute trust launches investigation into bullying during covid crisis
A major teaching hospital trust has launched an investigation into a complaint of bullying during the covid crisis raised on behalf of more than 30 staff.
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NewsRevealed: the first 11 healthcare systems to be judged on collaboration
The Care Quality Commission has launched rapid reviews of how well local health systems are collaborating.
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NewsPolice launch investigation into alleged waiting list fix
A Midlands hospital is under police investigation for allegedly manipulating waiting list figures.
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Cases continue to rise in North and Midlands
ealth economies in the North and Midlands are seeing rising or persistently high covid-19 case rates while a health system in the South West is showing a notable increase in cases.
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NewsA&Es told: prepare for 4 July like it’s New Year’s Eve
Hospitals are planning for surges in A&E “similar to that of new year’s eve” on the night of 4 July, when pubs and restaurants are due to reopen after the coronavirus lockdown, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHospital deaths falling at fastest rate yet
Deaths from covid-19 in England’s hospitals are declining at the fastest rate yet, as the whole South West region sees one death in seven days.
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Restoration delayed as trusts wait for covid cash
There is growing frustration from local leaders over delays in accessing covid-19 capital funds — despite government assurances the NHS would get “whatever it needs”.
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NewsIncoming HEE chief: ‘White leaders under pressure’ to prove black lives matter
The NHS must directly confront the issue of “white privilege”, take responsibility for the fact that some from a minority ethnic background believe the service contains “racist” organisations, and stop looking for reasons not to tackle discrimination, leading NHS figures have told HSJ.
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NewsRevealed: Three regions overtake London on ‘excess’ deaths
Three regions have now overtaken London on the rate of “excess deaths” since the start of the coronavirus pandemic – suggesting increased attention and financial support should be given to these areas.
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HSJ LocalLong-serving hospital chief to retire amid ill health and investigation into trust finances
The chief executive of one of the largest trusts in the country has announced he is retiring following a period of ill health.
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NewsPatients received ‘derogatory’ treatment at women’s unit
Inspectors have placed a women’s mental health service into special measures after patients were said to have been subjected to “inappropriate” and “derogatory” treatment by staff.
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NewsLarge GP network at risk of collapsing over ‘private conversation’ row
A primary care network with 80,000 patients is at risk of collapsing following a dispute over resources.