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More than a dozen trust chairs receive two salaries as shared leadership spreads
Sixteen people are now chairing more than one NHS trust, but there is significant variation in how much they are paid for their extra roles, an HSJ analysis has found.
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HSJ LocalHospital brings cleaning and catering in-house to ‘support minority ethnic communities’
An acute trust has brought their cleaning and catering contracts back in house to boost workforce equality and support staff from minority ethnic communities.
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NewsCovid crisis forces suspension of maternity services
Some trusts in London and the South East are closing standalone birth centres and warning they cannot support home births because of high levels of demand for ambulance services from covid patients.
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NewsRevealed: the nine hospital trusts where covid patients fill at least half the beds
Nine English NHS trusts now have at least half their adult acute beds occupied by covid-positive patients, with admissions still growing in every case.
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HSJ PartnersThe NHS IT challenge is not to go ‘paperless’ but to unlock the value of information
Paper records and other forms of unstructured data contain hugely valuable information. Trusts should be planning to capture and use it to meet covid and ‘reset’ challenges by deploying a modern electronic document management system, says Mike Seel
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NewsPair of London trusts to share chair
A pair of London trusts have announced they will be sharing a chair, in the latest in a string of joint leadership moves across NHS trusts.
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NewsCQC demands trust act as patients wait up to eight days for a bed
A mental health trust has closed its patient waiting area due to a threat from the Care Quality Commission, which its chief has said will mean people waiting longer in A&E.
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HSJ LocalNew chief exec for ‘outstanding’ hospital trust
A hospital trust rated “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission has appointed a new chief executive.
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Expert BriefingThe biggest set of mergers for a decade
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
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HSJ AwardsImproving fetal monitoring skills
Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust won the 2018 HSJ Award for Improving Outcomes through Learning and Development with a training programme focused on improving fetal surveillance and wellbeing. Claire Read reports
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Partnership Awards 2019: Clinical Support Service Award
WINNER: Stericycle and Salford Royal Foundation Trust: Stericycle Bio Systems – Reusable sharps containers service
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NewsStaff survey analysis: Best and worst hospitals in each area for staff recommending care
Below is a breakdown by area of acute and combined trusts performance on the NHS staff survey, according to the share of employees who would recommend their organisation for work or care.
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NewsStaff survey analysis: Trusts with the highest and lowest levels of discrimination
The annual staff survey has shown a steady increase in discrimination since 2015. Below is a breakdown of the trusts with the highest and lowest percentages of staff experiencing discrimination at work in the last 12 months, comparing 2017 to 2018.
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NewsWorst waiting list trust looks to outsourcing
The trust with the worst elective waiting times performance is outsourcing work to other NHS trusts and a private provider, and restricting out-of-area referrals.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2018: Improving Outcomes Through Learning and Development
Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust – Physiological CTG and human factors training to reduce early neonatal deaths and intrapartum brain damage In 2015 in the UK, 1,136 babies either died in labour, soon after birth, or sustained severe brain injury. In three quarters of those cases, different care might have led ...
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HSJ LocalHospital CEO calls for changes to London pay rates
The chief executive of a suburban trust has called for changes to the pay system in which inner London staff get a larger supplement to their pay than those in outer boroughs.
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HSJ LocalNew chief executive for London trust
A London hospital trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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HSJ LocalTrust climbs two ratings in latest CQC inspection
An acute trust in London has been rated “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission, after previously being rated as “requires improvement”.
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NewsTwo acute trusts defy NHSI pathology plans
Two acute trusts are yet to agree to join pathology networks proposed 10 months ago by NHS Improvement under plans to save £200m by 2021.
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NewsTrust abandons private patient unit plan
A hospital trust has had to abandon a plan for a new provider to rebuild and run its private patient unit.