National sharing of patient records enabled in first-of-kind initiative
Paramedics will be able to access the records of mental health service users for the first time as part of a wider scheme that aims to allow clinicians to share care records across the country.
Brexit: Trust can operate for 'four days' under food shortage contingency plans
A mental health trust has said it can “operate for four days” by increasing its stock of frozen food and replacing hot meals for patients with cold meals, in the event of food shortages caused by a no-deal Brexit.
Clearing ADHD caseload could take 5 years, CCG warns
A CCG has warned it could take five years to return attention deficit hyperactivity disorder assessment wait times to “acceptable levels”.
HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2018: Education and Training
Winner Western Sussex Hospitals Foundation Trust: Continuous improvement training – creating an army of problem solvers
Trusts taken to court after dropping estates firm over Grenfell link
Two NHS trusts have been taken to court after pulling out of a multimillion pound estates partnership over concerns about an estates management company’s links to a Grenfell Tower contractor.
NHSI: Sacking leaders and quick savings 'endanger improvement'
Sacking leaders when mistakes are made and “salami slicing” budgets to make quick savings “endanger improvement” and risk system failure in mental health, a new NHS Improvement report says.
North by North West: Best and worst from the staff survey
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HSJ Top Chief Executives 2014
The 50 top chief executives nominated by their peers
Revealed: Trusts performing worst against race equality target
Papworth Hospital Foundation Trust was the worst trust in England for racial bias in its formal disciplinary process last financial year.
Exclusive: Trusts cancel estates deal over company's Grenfell link
Two NHS trusts have abandoned a procurement process due to concerns about the preferred bidder’s link to a contractor on Grenfell Tower, HSJ has learned.
HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2017: Mental Health
Mental Health Inreach Team, Oxleas Foundation Trust, HMP Swaleside: The Emotional Wellbeing Mentor Scheme at HMP Swaleside
Revealed: New oversight ratings for every NHS trust
Regulators have published proposed new ratings for every NHS trust that reflect the seriousness of the problems they face.
Trusts named to test new nursing associate role
Health Education England has named the trusts to lead work piloting the new nursing associate role, and confirmed double the number of people will be trained for the new position than originally planned.
North by North West: Mega-merger will create largest trust in England
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
North by North West: Vanguard cuts for Cheshire and Wirral
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
North by North West: Quick end to 'major new chapter'
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
'Unsettling period' for community services trust losing £24m contract
East Cheshire Trust is to lose a £24m contract for community services from October after commissioners served notice on the trust, HSJ can reveal.
Newcastle upon Tyne trust scoops three HSJ Awards
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust has scooped three prizes at the HSJ Awards 2015.
Value in Healthcare Awards 2015
Learn about this year’s winning projects in HSJ’s celebration of organisations delivering real value
Revealed: Winners of the Value in Healthcare Awards 2015
Chosen from a record breaking number of entries