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How NHS trusts are removing barriers to create ‘staffing safety nets’
North by North West: Trust reviews all specialties amid 'hidden' patient concerns
Consultants blow whistle on 10,000 ‘hidden’ follow-up cases amid trust merger
North by North West: ‘Our levels of trust are a million miles away from what we need’
Revealed: Beds for children hit ‘crisis point’ amid covid demand surge
Concerns over ‘local leadership’ helped drive doubling of whistleblowing in December
North by North West: Jab, jab, jab
North by North West: Glimpsing the peak and surveying the wreckage
Named: the trusts set to have at least a third of beds filled by covid patients on 31 Dec
Doctors claim major infection control ‘deficiencies’ at region’s hospitals
A&E trolley waits double despite many fewer patients
North by North West: The second wave hit to cancer pathways
Regulator sorry for manager’s ‘five years of hell’
Covid occupancy rates grow at outlier trusts while trend flattens nationally
Patients eight times more likely to die following major surgery at outlier hospitals
Trusts across region create staff bank to cut agency costs
Revealed: Eight hospital trusts with more covid patients than in the spring
Liverpool admissions flatten as covid accelerates in Manchester, Yorkshire and Notts
Two trusts in Greater Manchester suspend some electives
Exclusive: New surge in Manchester covid patients amid lockdown row
North by North West: ‘Our levels of trust are a million miles away from what we need’
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
North by North West: Glimpsing the peak and surveying the wreckage
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
Covid occupancy rates grow at outlier trusts while trend flattens nationally
The rate that England’s acute hospital beds are filling with covid patients has slowed down nationally — but a handful of trusts are still reporting growing occupancy rates despite four weeks of national lockdown.
Fifty people each day catching covid in region’s hospitals
The North West region is now seeing around 50 new cases of coronavirus per day that are likely to have been caught in hospital by patients being treated for other conditions.
Covid hospital deaths climb steeply in the North West, but plateau elsewhere
The number of coronavirus deaths in North West hospitals has started to climb steeply, following weeks of high infection rates in the community.
Raft of covid service changes not being reversed
Significant changes to a range of services, including A&E, stroke and maternity, made amid the covid-19 crisis are set to remain into next year, an HSJ analysis of key projects has found.
New trust CEO promises to be ‘advocate for diversity’
An NHS leader who worked in health development in Zimbabwe, Somaliland and Pakistan has promised to be a ‘strong advocate for diversity’ after being named chief executive of a northern trust.
Revealed: The trusts which will struggle most to deliver quality care in 2020
The trusts which are likely to face the fiercest struggle to deliver quality care in the immediate future have been identified through an analysis carried out exclusively for HSJ.
Exclusive: Trusts set to be let off £10bn debt
NHS providers that owe the government a combined £10bn would see the debts converted into a form of investment that does not have to be repaid, under plans being discussed by national leaders.
The agenda for 2020
In this edition, North by North West outlines some the key priorities for the region in 2020.
North by North West: Not copying Salford
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Trust appoints seventh CEO in four years
A small acute trust in the north west has appointed its seventh chief executive in four years.
NHS trusts owe government £14bn
Heavily-indebted NHS providers are bidding to restructure their loans with the Department of Health and Social Care, albeit with little prospect of them being written off.
Twenty big NHS building projects that need Boris’ cash
With the new prime minister poised to announce NHS building projects, HSJ has identified 20 of the most significant hospital infrastructure schemes that require big injections of capital funding, often to address pressing problems with care quality.
Leadership Q&A: Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust
Neil Masom explains how the next chief executive will continue to lead a dramatic transformation of Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust.
Staff survey analysis: Trusts with the most staff experiencing violence
A breakdown by area of acute and combined trusts based on the share of employees experiencing violence from patients, relatives or the public in the last 12 months, according to the NHS staff survey 2018.
NHS England to arbitrate on £20m of disputed payments
Around £20m in disputed payments between trusts and commissioners have been referred to NHS England for arbitration so far this financial year, board papers have revealed.
Exclusive: NHS England told to act on internal review to end 'avoidable harm'
Spinal patients have been exposed to “avoidable harm” due to “wholly unacceptable” delays in their treatment, according to an unpublished NHS England report.
'Fantasy' trust debts overtake PFI liabilities
A steep increase in emergency bailouts means NHS trusts’ total borrowing from the Department of Health and Social Care has overtaken their PFI liabilities.
North by North West: Trusts drowning in debt
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