North by North West: The real route to reopening a fragile service
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
Trusts receive half of funding for ‘essential’ maternity improvements
Trusts have so far received just over half of the £102m they said was needed for ‘immediate and essential’ improvements in maternity services.
North by North West: The legacy of Shipman
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Watchdog forced to hand over NHS staff names in safety failure cases
A national safety watchdog has been forced to release almost 100 pieces of evidence, including from NHS staff, after being ordered to by courts.
Ten ICUs where ‘super surge’ occupancy remains stubbornly high
Critical care occupancy remains stubbornly high at 10 trusts which still have around double the number of patients they had capacity for last winter, HSJ can reveal.
The Integrator: Treasury’s ‘reluctance’ is worsening NHS crisis
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by senior integration correspondent, Sharon Brennan.
Chair of troubled FT to resign after CEO’s sudden departure
The chair of a troubled acute trust in Greater Manchester has announced his resignation, a month after its chief executive announced her sudden departure.
Leadership of struggling trust to be taken over as CEO announces sudden departure
The chief executive of an acute trust in Greater Manchester has suddenly announced her departure, with the boss of a neighbouring provider set to take over the organisation’s leadership on a joint basis.
Exclusive: New surge in Manchester covid patients amid lockdown row
Greater Manchester’s hospitals have seen a new surge in beds occupied by patients with coronavirus in the last 24 hours, HSJ understands.
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.
Single trust accounts for one in three covid hospital deaths
A third of those who died with diagnosed or suspected covid-19 in English hospitals did so at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care Foundation Trust in the seven days to 10 September.
HSJ Value Awards 2020: Cancer Care Initiative of the Year
WesFit is an innovative approach to delivering Personalised Prehabilitation Care Plans (PPCP) to people recently diagnosed with cancer.
HSJ Value Awards 2020: Diabetes Care Initiative of the Year
The Youth Empowerment Skills (YES) programme is a psycho-educational intervention for young people (age 14-20 years) with type 1 diabetes, co-developed by young people and co-delivered by a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals, youth workers and peer educators.
HSJ Value Awards 2020: Operations and Performance Initiative of the Year
The Clinical Coding team are vitally important for Kettering as clinically coded data forms the bedrock of information they have on their patients.
HSJ Value Awards 2020: Acute Service Redesign Initiative
The Integrated Urgent Care Team now work together with other transformation services to support older people living in the community in an integrated model of care to deliver ‘integrated urgent care at home’.
HSJ Value Awards 2020: Primary Care or Community Service Redesign Initiative
The Acute Home Visiting Service is a responsive and effective home visiting service for patients that prevents them attending accident and emergency and relieves GP workload.
HSJ Value Awards 2020: Specialist Service Redesign Initiative
The place based paediatric offer across Tameside and Glossop consists of a number of initiatives that support children and their families being seen and treated by the most appropriate professional, at the right time and in the right place:
HSJ Value Awards 2020: System or Commissioner Led Service Redesign Initiative
RESTORE2 is a project to support staff in care and nursing homes to proactively recognise and manage physical deterioration in order to improve resident experience and outcomes, reduce 999 calls and prevent admissions to hospital.
HSJ Value Awards 2020: HSJ Value Award of the Year
Just one in four people suffering from a long-term mental illness are in work. Mental health problems at work cost the economy £34.9bn with a cost to business of £26bn each year.
HSJ Value Awards 2020: Finance Team of the Year
Over the past 18 months the Sherwood Forest Hospital’s finance team has focused on ‘Working towards excellence’.