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HSJ LocalRevealed: Why one county saw a third of all 12-hour A&E breaches
Two reviews have uncovered a catalogue of problems with Lancashire’s mental health services, which have led to patients being unlawfully detained in seclusion rooms and a crisis situation developing in the county’s emergency departments.
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News
Senior A&E medics 'ashamed' of trust execs
Consultants have written to a teaching trust’s directors and taken to social media to raise concerns about its struggling emergency services, which have been among the worst performing in England against the four-hour target.
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Comment
Service users are best placed to design improvements
Emma Tiffin and Lois Sidney explain a new initiative in Cambridge and Peterborough that puts patients in the driving seat to improve mental health services
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News
Exclusive: Trust receives fourth CQC warning in eight months
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust has received another warning from the Care Quality Commission over the safety of its services, HSJ can reveal.
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'Zero tolerance' for A&E waits beyond six hours proposed by NHSE chief
NHS England’s emergency care clinical lead has said there should be “zero per cent tolerance” on patients spending longer than six hours in an accident and emergency department.
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News
Dementia fund could cut A&E admissions
A multibillion-pound dementia fund should be used to fund personal health budgets for dementia patients to address care inequalities, a former NHS science adviser has said.
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HSJ Local
Urgent care centre taken out of special measures
An urgent care centre in north east London has achieved a “good” rating, nine months after it was placed in special measures.
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HSJ Awards
The award winning campaign reducing A&E attendance
Mid-Mersey A E Delivery Board, Widnes Vikings, Renova Developments, and Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership won the 2018 HSJ Award for primary care innovation for their awareness campaign Beat the Scrum . Claire Read reports
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North by North West: Rejection for incumbent chairman
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How to build an effective chief executive
Stephen Hart on how the NHS Leadership Academy’s aspiring chief executive programme is helping develop the health service’s leaders
