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Trusts with ‘distressing’ mixed-sex ward breaches blame poor estates
The trusts with the worst breach rates of mixed-sex ward rules in hospitals are revealed today by HSJ analysis after national levels hit a record high in 2023-24.
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Expert Briefing
West Country Chronicle: How an ICB became the best place to work (again)
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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Abusive patients told ‘we have the right not to treat you’
A trust’s CEO has warned patients they could be refused treatment and asked to leave if they become abusive towards hospital staff.
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Expert Briefing
West Country Chronicle: An ICB finds inspiration in Brazil
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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Trusts’ performance on key recovery target revealed
Ten trusts have just 1 per cent or fewer of their outpatients on “patient initiated follow-up” pathways, against a target of 5 per cent, official data suggests.
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Expert Briefing
West Country Chronicle: Where four out of five CEOs are new
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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Expert Briefing
West Country Chronicle: A £2.5m bureaucratic nightmare
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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Exclusive: Rise in ‘free births’ raised with government and regulators
National leaders have been alerted to the risks from growing numbers of women choosing to give birth without midwifery or medical input – known as “free birthing” – HSJ can reveal.
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Five trust CEOs were paid more than £300,000 last year
Several trust chief executives were paid more than £300,000 in 2022-23, including adjustments for previous underpayments, pay in lieu of pension contributions, and redundancy packages.
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Expert Briefing
West Country Chronicle: New year, same story?
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ’s 10 most-read finance stories of 2023
As we prepare to close the book on 2023, we’re taking stock of our most-read finance stories of the year
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Exclusive: NHSE crackdown on 10-hour ambulance delays
NHS England has launched a new crackdown on trusts it says have a ‘management strategy’ to hold patients in the back of ambulances to cope with emergency pressures inside their hospitals, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Trust seeks compensation after IT crash hits cancer services
An acute trust is seeking compensation from a tech firm after its diagnostic IT suffered major technical problems following a system upgrade.
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Projects excluded from ‘40 new hospitals’ programme had ‘political issues’
Internal government documents show some of the building schemes that failed to make the final list of ‘40 new hospitals’ were flagged as having potentially serious ‘political issues’, HSJ has discovered.
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A&E handover delays ‘still getting worse at some hospitals’
Ambulance chiefs say handover delays have got worse at some trusts in recent months, despite the picture improving nationally since last winter.
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Hospital threatened with loss of junior doctors over safety concerns
A struggling trust has been warned by regulators that it could see its junior doctors moved, after concerns about clinical supervision and safety at a hospital whose A&E closes at night.
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HSJ Local
‘Low morale’ trust appoints new CEO
An acute trust in the South West has appointed a new CEO who joins from a neighbouring provider.
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Around 20 trusts ‘still without electric vehicle charging points’
Around 20 trusts have not yet installed any electric vehicle charging points on their sites, HSJ analysis shows.
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HSJ Local
Trust CEO to depart after eight years
The CEO of a trust with one of the lowest staff satisfaction rates in the NHS has announced she will step down next year, eight years after taking up the post.
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HSJ Local
Trust set for ‘significant’ windfall after court victory
An acute trust is set to recoup at least £14m from the taxman after winning a judicial review over VAT.