Latest news – Page 199
-
NewsMajor survey reveals ‘best and worst’ A&Es for patient satisfaction
A survey of almost 50,000 patients by the Care Quality Commission found people’s experiences of emergency departments improved in 2020, compared to the last time the poll was conducted in 2018.
-
NewsTriple award success for HSJ team
The HSJ team took home a trio of awards at the AOP Digital Publishing Awards 2021 today.
-
NewsTrust put in ‘special measures’ as inspection finds ‘culture of bullying’
A hospital trust is being put in ‘special measures’ after ‘a culture of bullying’ and ‘racial discrimination’ was reported during an inspection.
-
NewsTroubled provider sees ‘outstanding’ services downgraded to ‘inadequate’
A mental health trust already subject to an inquiry into a string of adult patient deaths has had its rating for children’s wards downgraded from “outstanding” to “inadequate”.
-
HSJ Local‘Severe pressures’ driving two-month waits for urgent scans
A trust in the Midlands has cited ‘severe pressures’ on its imaging department which mean patients are waiting more than two months for urgent scans that should normally happen within two weeks.
-
NewsCQC chief inspector to retire
The Care Quality Commission’s chief inspector of hospitals, Ted Baker, has announced he will retire in March next year.
-
HSJ LocalCEO ‘astonished’ by how few junior doctors meet their senior directors
A retiring chief executive was “astonished” how many junior doctors had never met the senior directors of their hospitals — and stressed how being visible on the wards is “critical” to good leadership.
-
NewsPrivate provider’s takeover of urgent service sparks union opposition
A private organisation’s takeover of a hospital’s urgent treatment centre has sparked opposition from staff and trade unions.
-
News
NHS leaders ‘set for fight’ amid signs mental health will miss out on new funding
Mental health leaders are preparing for a “fight” over the new NHS funding announced by the government, with senior sources saying none of the new money has been earmarked for the sector.
-
NewsExclusive: New hospitals bottom of public’s NHS priorities
Building new hospitals ranks bottom on the public’s priority list for the NHS, according to a new poll shared exclusively with HSJ.
-
NewsNearly half of hospital trusts hit ‘unsafe’ occupancy levels
The number of acute trusts running at very high bed occupancy hit a new peak last week, with nearly half of acute trusts over NHS England’s 92 per cent benchmark, analysis shows.
-
NewsHospital trust makes chief permanent after two years
England’s most high-profile hospital trust has appointed its interim chief executive on a permanent basis after two years.
-
NewsJavid wants review of ‘nonsense’ NHS targets
Health secretary Sajid Javid has called for a ‘proper review of NHS targets’ after describing some targets as ‘nonsense’.
-
NewsNHS England appoints top trust chief to support elective recovery
Sir Jim Mackey has been brought in by NHS England to advise on elective recovery, it was announced today.
-
News‘Significant unresolved issues’ at mental health trust years on from scandal
There are still “significant unresolved issues” at Southern Health Foundation Trust which has not “reached the standards expected”, a report has found, six years after its leadership was heavily criticised in relation to major care failings.
-
HSJ LocalTrust appoints permanent CEO after year of interim leadership
An acute trust in the Midlands has made its interim chief executive a permanent appointment.
-
NewsCCG closes private firm's GP practice in remote area
Nine thousand patients in an isolated part of Kent have been given two months to find a new GP surgery after the clinical commissioning group did not renew a contract with the existing practice – despite the area being short of GPs.
-
NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in July 2021, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
-
NewsTory council review challenges use of ‘profit driven’ private hospitals
A review which examined the deaths of three vulnerable patients has challenged the continued use of “profit-driven” private hospitals by NHS commissioners.
-
NewsNICE chief executive to retire after 18 months
The chief executive of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is to retire.