North by North West: Coming back from crisis
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HSJ Value Awards 2021: HSJ Value Pilot Project of the Year
The project’s purpose was the redistribution of power, whereby citizens identify local needs and coproduce the agenda for improving quality in the Barkantine practice, Tower Hamlets. The project embodied power sharing at every level: system collaboration via a steering group, and a project team that included staff and community.
HSJ Value Awards 2021: Respiratory Care Initiative of the Year
The Children’s Community Respiratory Physiotherapy Service are a team of four specialist physiotherapists. The service was established to improve outcomes, quality of life and experience for children with complex disorders, in line with the NHS long term plan.
HSJ Value Awards 2021: Acute Service Redesign Initiative
The Consultant Nurse wrote and delivered a workforce strategy that over a five-year period would transform the capability and career potential of the nursing workforce. Workforce development was supported through the delivery of two interlinked work-based courses. Learning outcomes focused on facilitating evidence-based practice which improved senior decision-making, patient outcomes ...
Trust CEO resigns shortly after CQC warning
Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust’s chief executive has resigned suddenly after serious concerns were raised by regulators.
North by North West: On closer inspection
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North by Northwest: 'A bit of a disaster' as ICS recruitment drive draws a blank
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North by North West: Give deprived areas more vaccine and staffing support
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HSJ podcast: Picking the next NHS England chief executive - a conversation with Jeremy Hunt
Monday marked the deadline for applicants wanting to be the next NHS England CEO to throw their hat in the ring.
HSJ podcast: How an Afghan refugee became a telemedicine pioneer
Dr Waheed Arian escaped from Afghanistan and came to the UK as a child refugee in 1999. Since then, he has become an A&E doctor and founded global telemedicine charity ‘Arian Teleheal’.
North by North West: Provider groups take the lead
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North by North West: How trusts compared on the NHS staff survey
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North by North West: Lessons to learn from four-year HR battle
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North by North West: Trust reviews all specialties amid 'hidden' patient concerns
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Consultants blow whistle on 10,000 ‘hidden’ follow-up cases amid trust merger
An acute trust is reviewing thousands of gastroenterology cases for possible patient harm, after details emerged of an ‘extremely concerning’ list of patients who have not had follow-up appointments for up to six years since being treated.
North by North West: ‘Our levels of trust are a million miles away from what we need’
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Concerns over ‘local leadership’ helped drive doubling of whistleblowing in December
The NHS’ response to the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic saw the number of whistleblowing concerns raised with the Care Quality Commission almost double in December, with the strength of local leadership among the most frequent complaints.
North by North West: Jab, jab, jab
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Named: the trusts set to have at least a third of beds filled by covid patients on 31 Dec
There are 14 hospital trusts on course to have at least a third of their beds filled by covid patients on New Year’s Eve.
North by North West: The second wave hit to cancer pathways
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