All HSJ Local articles – Page 33
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HSJ LocalTrainees deployed to wards as overseas recruitment ‘blown out the water’
A trust in the Midlands says its international recruitment plans have been ‘blown out of the water’ by the new covid variant and recent travel bans – and forced it to deploy medical trainees to the wards.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Medical leaders seek to ‘shame’ private hospitals and their staff into supporting NHS
NHS England and senior clinical leaders in London are ‘profoundly uncomfortable’ that some routine elective care is continuing in private hospitals, while the NHS faces ‘unthinkable’ pressures from coronavirus.
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HSJ LocalLondon’s largest trust reconfigures to give covid-swamped hospitals ‘breathing space’
Barts Health Trust has declared the sickest covid-19 patients along with emergency care and trauma admissions will be seen at the Royal London Hospital to give other hospitals in the group ‘breathing space’.
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HSJ LocalTrust boss warns region faces ‘absolute crisis’ with trusts ‘hanging on by their fingernails’
Hospital chiefs in the South West have warned the region will not avoid the extreme pressures felt by other parts of the NHS, amid rapidly rising numbers of covid-19 inpatients.
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HSJ LocalMultiple failings in trust’s handling of £20m Roche deal, leak reveals
Multiple failings have been identified in how a leading cancer trust entered into a £20m research partnership with a large pharmaceutical company, and how bosses then reacted to concerns raised by staff.
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HSJ LocalMajor trust diverts ambulances and cancels electives after covid surge
One of England’s largest hospital trusts has been forced to divert ambulances and cancel operations, after seeing a very steep increase in covid-19 admissions over the past week.
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HSJ LocalTrusts to share chair after NHSE ordered 'rapid' move to group model
Two trusts have agreed to appoint a joint chair amid efforts to form a group model across their sustainability and transformation partnership.
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HSJ LocalICS lead announces retirement
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire integrated care system’s executive lead is to retire in March after 36 years of working in the NHS.
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HSJ LocalChair of troubled FT to resign after CEO’s sudden departure
The chair of a troubled acute trust in Greater Manchester has announced his resignation, a month after its chief executive announced her sudden departure.
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HSJ LocalSTP lures system leader away from London
A north east London system leader is moving out of the capital to run a health system in the West Country.
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HSJ LocalCEO urges staff to come forward after anonymous racism allegations
A trust chief executive has called for staff to come forward with concerns after anonymous allegations were made about black workers being treated like a ‘second class’.
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HSJ Local‘Deep-rooted cultural problems’ found within trust’s ‘inadequate’ maternity services
The Care Quality Commission has raised serious concerns about a major teaching trust’s maternity services and taken action to prevent patients coming to harm.
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HSJ LocalRegulator sorry for manager’s ‘five years of hell’
Regulators have apologised to a health manager who went through “five years of hell” while being investigated for misconduct, before being told there was no case to answer.
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HSJ LocalMaternity unit rated ‘inadequate’ as trust faces scrutiny over horrific stillbirth
An Essex maternity department has been served with further warnings by the Care Quality Commission and again rated “inadequate”.
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HSJ LocalTrusts across region create staff bank to cut agency costs
Eighteen trusts in the North West will establish a major ‘staff bank’, using new technology to pool junior doctors across the region.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Patients harmed amid ‘internecine squabbles’ and cover-up claims
Several patients were harmed after acute trust leaders failed to act on multiple concerns being raised about a surgeon, documents obtained by HSJ suggest.
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HSJ LocalHospitals across system cancel planned ops
Three acute trusts across the Black Country and West Birmingham have been forced to cancel some planned procedures as covid-19 pressures mount, HSJ can confirm.
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HSJ LocalCluster of never events has sparked ‘great deal of soul searching’ says trust CEO
An acute trust’s record of eight never events in the last six months has raised concerns that quality standards have slipped since it was taken out of special measures.
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NHS England set to accelerate ‘radical’ changes to payment tariffs
NHS England is proposing to accelerate ‘radical’ changes to the way funding is distributed to providers, in a move that would hasten the demise of activity-based payments.
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HSJ LocalTrust bosses ‘disgusted’ at MPs who claim covid impact exaggerated
Local NHS leaders have publicly hit out at politicians for questioning the need for a second national lockdown, with one chief executive inviting MPs to either visit her hospital to see the pressures themselves, or to ‘sod off’.