All HSJ Local articles – Page 20
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Trust CEO drafted in to advise crisis-hit neighbour
A senior acute chief executive with extensive experience of managing a special measures provider has been appointed to an advisory role at the NHS’s worst-performing mental health trust, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local‘Broken’ health system failing to tackle ‘unsustainable’ emergency care pressures
An integrated care system which has some of England’s worst waiting times for emergency care lacks “delivery structure and processes” to make desperately needed improvements, according to an external report.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Trust could be split after crucial CQC inspection, sources warn
An imminent inspection of a special measures trust’s leadership could prompt the provider to be broken up, senior figures have warned.
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HSJ LocalCity braced for ‘Winterbourne View’-level scandal
Police are braced to investigate a ‘Winterbourne View’-level scandal in Greater Manchester, with a TV documentary expected to include allegations of serious patient abuse.
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HSJ LocalGP contract change needed, says CEO of integrated trust
Changes are needed to national GP contracts in order to deliver better integrated care, according to the chief executive of trusts spanning acute, primary and mental health services.
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HSJ LocalHospital issues ‘full capacity’ alert days before move to smaller building
A major acute site has issued a ‘full capacity’ alert to staff, just days before the services are due to move into a replacement hospital with fewer beds.
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HSJ LocalWomen wait days for induced labour in troubled maternity service
A troubled acute trust has been sent a further warning notice after inspectors found severe shortages of midwives were causing dangerous delays to labour inductions.
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HSJ LocalTop CEO announces retirement
The chief executive of Gateshead Health Foundation Trust, Yvonne Ormston, has announced her retirement.
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HSJ LocalTrust forced to ‘phone around’ to find cots for premature babies
Staff at a trust in the South West have had to spend hours “phoning around hospitals” to find suitable cots for premature babies, in the face of “increasing difficulty” in accessing appropriate care locally.
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HSJ LocalPlans to improve urgent care and ambulance handovers £8m short
Portsmouth Hospitals University Trust is facing an £8m gap in its finances after funding it had anticipated it would receive for improving urgent care and ambulance handovers has not materialised.
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HSJ LocalLack of ‘psychological safety’ at trust with ‘acceptance of poor behaviours’
An acute trust has “palpable” cultural problems and staff “at all levels” have described an acceptance of “poor behaviours”, according to the Care Quality Commission.
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HSJ LocalScandal trust's comms director suspended
A trust’s director of communications has been suspended from her role following reports she blocked bereaved parents on social media.
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HSJ LocalTrust chief quits after funding row with ICS
A mental health chief is stepping down after a breakdown in relations with local integrated care system leaders over the funding for her organisation, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalInternal memo warns of ‘increasingly common’ deaths in A&E
Senior doctors have raised concerns about the numbers of patients now dying in their A&E department due to extreme operational pressures.
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HSJ LocalCEO ‘not proud’ as heart attack patients face three-hour ambulance wait
Ambulances are taking more than three hours to respond to patients with suspected heart attacks or strokes across Cornwall, in what is thought to be the worst reported system-level performance so far.
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HSJ LocalDoctor confirmed as CEO of two trusts
A medic who has been confirmed as joint CEO of two South Yorkshire hospital trusts has told HSJ the move is a “natural development” but “definitely not a merger, now or down the line”.
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HSJ LocalTrust to expand its accommodation amid rocketing property prices
One of the NHS’s biggest trusts is planning to significantly boost its staff accommodation amid concerns a shortage of affordable housing in its catchment area is having a “significant impact on recruitment”.
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HSJ LocalDeegan to leave after 21 years as trust chief
One of the longest-serving and most influential chief executives in the NHS has told staff he will retire in early 2023.
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HSJ LocalBabylon ends partnerships with acute trusts
Digital GP provider Babylon is ending its partnerships with two large Midlands trusts, it has emerged.
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HSJ LocalFresh allegations of whistleblower mismanagement at ‘witch hunt’ trust
Fresh concerns have been raised about the treatment of whistleblowers by managers at a trust recently embroiled in a high-profile bullying scandal, the hospital’s workforce director has disclosed.