All articles by Joe Talora – Page 7
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NewsCEO and chair resign from community services provider
The chief executive and chair of a large community services provider in the south west have both resigned.
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NewsFirm fined £6m after hackers stole 83,000 patients’ details
The personal details of nearly 83,000 people were stolen during a cyber attack in 2022 that caused a “total system outage” of 111 services and left several trusts without access to their electronic patient records, regulators have revealed.
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NewsNHSE U-turn mandates trust use of the FDP
NHS England has told trusts they must begin to use the national Federated Data Platform and its analytic products within two years, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTrust nears annual deficit in three months
A hospital trust has almost reached its planned year-end deficit, within just three months of the financial year.
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NewsIT outages hit thousands of services
Thousands of GP practices – and some other localised services – are without their IT systems today, due to global outages also affecting banking, media and aviation.
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NewsThree trusts to share CEO and chair
Three trusts in the South West have announced plans to appoint a joint chair and chief executive, and form a new “group model”.
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NewsVirtual wards growth stalls in 2024
The expansion and use of virtual ward beds has stalled so far in 2024 amid concerns about a cut to national funding, according to analysis of official figures.
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NewsNHSE to monitor ‘cyber vulnerabilities’ in NHS suppliers
NHS England is letting a £4.3m contract to review cyber security risks to critical NHS suppliers.
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NewsTrust merger delayed for second time
The creation of a new community and mental health trust has been delayed for a second time, HSJ understands.
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NewsWhole health system’s IT goes down
An ICS is dealing with a “catastrophic” IT failure that is believed to have affected all health providers in the region.
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NewsRegional ‘medical rate card’ plan revealed
NHS organisations across the South West are planning a “regional medical rate card” in a bid to reduce pay for additional work.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: A closer look at the FDP in action
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by correspondent Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsShared EPR plan for three trusts gets go-ahead
An integrated care system in the South West has had plans to install a shared electronic patient record system across its three acute trusts approved by NHS England.
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NewsRadical rule changes would boost NHS recovery, say chiefs
The vast majority of ICB chiefs believe “drastically reducing data sharing restrictions” would help them achieve their aims, according to HSJ’s survey.
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NewsStaff ‘belittled’ for contacting senior doctors, NHSE finds
The safety of a teaching hospital’s out-of-hours supervision has been questioned, including reports that trainees were told not to ask for help “unless your patient is dying”.
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NewsBlock on data sharing contributed to death
A failure to share medical information between IT systems contributed to the death of a man in prison custody, a coroner has concluded.
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CEO InterviewCEO interview: Alex Whitfield, chief executive, Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust
This is the latest in a series of interviews with provider chief executives, which are available exclusively to HSJ Insight subscribers.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: What we learned from the unredacted FDP contract
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by correspondent Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsNHSE hires consultants to ‘promote adoption’ of FDP
NHS England has awarded an £8.5m contract to consultancy firm KPMG to “promote the adoption” of the “federated data platform” by trusts and integrated care boards.
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NewsIT system which sparked safety alert dropped by 13 trusts
More than a dozen trusts have changed their maternity IT system – or are in the process of doing so – following a national patient safety alert.