All HSJ Local articles – Page 69
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HSJ LocalTrust apologises after fatal ward attack on patients
Two NHS trusts have accepted failings which contributed to the killing of two patients on a hospital medical ward in 2015, and set out the actions they have taken since.
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HSJ LocalNHS Improvement investigation exposes 'deep cultural issues' at trust
An independent investigation into Wirral University Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust has described “deep systemic cultural issues” at the organisation.
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HSJ LocalTrust appoints new chief executive to replace Dame Jackie Daniel
A hospital trust has appointed a new leader to replace the outgoing Dame Jackie Daniel who announced her departure in January.
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HSJ LocalMore trusts using estates 'wheeze' to boost their finances
NHS trusts are increasingly revaluing their estate in a way that boosts their reported financial position, under encouragement from NHS Improvement.
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HSJ LocalAnalysis: How top trusts saved money by revaluing their estate
HSJ finance correspondent Lawrence Dunhill explains “modern equivalent asset” revaluations - an accounting “wheeze” being used increasingly by NHS trusts.
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HSJ Local'Incredible' CQC upgrade is endorsement of hospital group model
Sir David Dalton says a troubled hospital trust in Greater Manchester has made “incredible” improvements, despite receiving only a “fraction” of the financial support offered to struggling trusts in the south east.
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HSJ LocalTrust penalised after including walk in centre data in A&E performance
Regulators withheld funding from a teaching hospital after it admitted only meeting its accident and emergency target “through the inclusion of the walk in centre performance [data]” from a facility it does not run, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalBurst water pipe forces trust into major cancellations
Peterborough city hospital has been forced to cancel all outpatient clinics due to a burst water pipe.
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HSJ LocalA&E department bullying and 'tribal divisions' exposed
A bullying culture at Wirral University Hospital’s emergency department has been allowed to persist for years with a lack of action by senior managers, according to an internal report.
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HSJ LocalDeputy chief to retire from crisis-hit trust
East of England Ambulance Service Trust’s deputy chief executive and nursing director has announced he is to retire in April, meaning the trust’s two most senior clinical directors have left in recent months.
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HSJ LocalTrust to change medicine policies to be 'legally compliant'
An ambulance trust has admitted it needs to change its medicines management to be “legally compliant”, including withdrawing a potentially life saving drug from volunteers.
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HSJ LocalNHS England director appointed to lead integrated care system
An integrated care system early adopter has appointed an NHS England director to lead its transformation programme.
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HSJ LocalEmbattled trust chair 'totally confident' in senior leaders
East of England Ambulance Service Trust’s chair has robustly defended the organisation’s executive leadership, and cited lack of resources and hospital handover problems as key reasons for ambulance delays this winter.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Chair of under-fire trust triggers 'independent' review of winter
East of England Ambulance Service Trust is commissioning a senior sector figure to “independently” review its operational management of the winter following allegations of avoidable patient harm and deaths.
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HSJ LocalHospital services centralised in North East shake-up
Commissioners in the North East have approved plans to shift a range of hospital based services from South Tyneside to Sunderland.
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HSJ LocalTrust secures vital capital for hospital rebuild
The redevelopment of a community hospital is back on track after NHS Property Services approved one of its largest ever individual capital investments of nearly £12m.
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HSJ LocalVirgin deal would undermine other NHS services, says judge
A county council’s award of a £104m contract to Virgin Care would “significantly” undermine the incumbent NHS trusts’ ability to maintain other services, a judge has said.
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HSJ LocalTrusts' pathology merger could reduce staff by a third
Four trusts pursing a major pathology services merger in the West Midlands may reduce the number of staff working across them by more than a third, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalTrust delays waiting time reporting again
Persistent problems with a new electronic patient record system will stop an integrated acute and community trust from reporting its elective waiting times for nearly a year.
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HSJ LocalHealth economy brought to 'complete operational standstill'
The Greater Nottinghamshire health economy has spent the weekend on black alert after bed shortages worsened and rising demand was said to be “worse than it was in January”.