All HSJ Local articles – Page 36
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HSJ LocalExecutives all white in city where 40pc of population is BAME
Every current executive director at the five NHS trusts in Birmingham is white, despite more than 40 per cent of the city’s population being from a black, Asian or ethnic minority background.
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HSJ LocalMajor trust awards facilities contracts worth £236m to two firms
A major London trust has awarded facilities management contracts worth £236m to two firms.
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HSJ LocalNot wearing a mask a ‘serious conduct issue’, CEO warns staff
A London acute trust has told its staff they may not be paid for time at home self-isolating if it transpires they were not wearing a mask near someone with coronavirus.
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HSJ LocalTrusts end Lorenzo use after failed national IT programme
An acute trust in Yorkshire has become the first of its cohort to fully replace its electronic patient record installed under the much-criticised National Programme for IT, with another trust set to follow suit.
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HSJ Local‘Missed opportunities’ in management of troubled service, review finds
Several ‘missed opportunities’ by local commissioners to tackle problems within a troubled autism service have been identified by an independent review.
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HSJ LocalTrust warned after CQC’s ‘serious concerns’ for patients
Safety inspectors have ordered a mental health trust to make immediate improvements after visiting two inpatient wards where three patients died inside six months.
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HSJ LocalMaternity service ‘inadequate’ after six babies starved of oxygen
Maternity services at an Essex hospital have been rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission, after babies were starved of oxygen and put at risk of permanent brain damage.
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HSJ LocalLeak reveals 7,000 year-long waiters at major trust
Almost 7,000 patients have waited for treatment for a year or more at a major north London trust, according to NHS data seen by HSJ.
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HSJ LocalNightingale contract extended to next year
NHS England has agreed a contract to maintain the Harrogate Nightingale Hospital until March 2021.
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HSJ LocalTrust director quits for STP role
A trust finance chief in Lancashire has resigned to take up a senior role for a sustainability and transformation partnership.
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HSJ LocalGetting shielded staff back before winter key priority, says hospital CEO
A teaching hospital which had over a thousand staff shielding or working from home at the peak of the covid outbreak has made getting these employees safely back on site a top priority before winter, its chief executive has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalInvestigation launched into 'inappropriate behaviour' by trust security staff
An investigation has been launched into three incidents at a North West acute trust involving security staff and alleged “inappropriate behaviour” towards vulnerable patients.
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HSJ LocalCoastal trust to be ‘twinned’ with high performing US hospital
A hospital trust in the North West is set to be ‘twinned’ with a US hospital as part of a programme it believes will improve staff retention and care quality.
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HSJ LocalTrust agrees sick pay uplift after pressure from unions
A London trust has resisted calls to insource its soft facilities management contract, but agreed to improved terms and conditions for staff providing the outsourced services.
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Trust lost £11m in private income due to covid
An NHS trust lost £11m in expected private income because of the covid-19 outbreak, it has revealed.
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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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HSJ LocalNHS should ‘never return’ to tariff system, says top trust CEO
A leading chief executive in Greater Manchester says the block contracting arrangements introduced in March should remain in place beyond the coronavirus pandemic.
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HSJ LocalFT ‘must do better’ as none of its 35-strong senior team declare as BAME
None of the 35-strong ‘very senior manager’ team at one of England’s largest NHS trusts are declared as black, Asian or minority ethnic.
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HSJ LocalTop trust wins £14m court battle with HMRC
Judges have thrown out an appeal by HMRC over £14m claimed by the NHS in a case described as “highly unusual”.
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HSJ LocalMP says hospital merger has ‘disadvantaged’ town
Colchester hospital has been chosen over Ipswich to host a new £44m elective orthopaedic centre, prompting East Suffolk politicians to allege their local provider has deteriorated since the two hospitals merged and urging a re-think.