All articles by Lawrence Dunhill – Page 16
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HSJ LocalAmbulance service facing ‘terrifying’ levels of risk, says trust chief
The chief executive of a small acute trust has described the “terrifying situation” faced by ambulance crews and hospital staff in trying to provide adequate emergency care as coronavirus threatens to overwhelm the local NHS services.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Glimpsing the peak and surveying the wreckage
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HSJ LocalUrgent cancer cases cancelled at North West trust
Some urgent cancer treatments have been cancelled in Cheshire due to the rising covid pressures, HSJ has learned.
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NewsPrivate sector ‘pushing back’ on NHS request to take more patients, says top trust
Private hospitals are ‘pushing back’ on requests from trusts to send them more NHS patients, following a change to the national contract with the independent sector, and amid high pressure from covid-19.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Medical leaders seek to ‘shame’ private hospitals and their staff into supporting NHS
NHS England and senior clinical leaders in London are ‘profoundly uncomfortable’ that some routine elective care is continuing in private hospitals, while the NHS faces ‘unthinkable’ pressures from coronavirus.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: New surge could see covid bed occupancy at 60pc
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HSJ LocalMultiple failings in trust’s handling of £20m Roche deal, leak reveals
Multiple failings have been identified in how a leading cancer trust entered into a £20m research partnership with a large pharmaceutical company, and how bosses then reacted to concerns raised by staff.
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NewsDoctors claim major infection control ‘deficiencies’ at region’s hospitals
Research by a group of doctors has found ‘major deficiencies’ around infection control within hospitals in the North West region.
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NewsCancer waiting list has almost doubled, leak reveals
The waiting list for cancer patients has almost doubled over the last seven months, according to internal NHS data which has never been made public.
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HSJ LocalChair 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.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The second wave hit to cancer pathways
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HSJ LocalRegulator sorry for manager’s ‘five years of hell’
Regulators have apologised to a health manager who went through “five years of hell” while being investigated for misconduct, before being told there was no case to answer.
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NewsNearly half of trusts report no BAME staff in top management tier, HSJ investigation reveals
Nearly 100 trusts have no ‘very senior managers’ who are declared to be from a black, Asian or minority ethnic background, HSJ analysis has revealed.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The long and slow decline
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HSJ LocalMaternity unit rated ‘inadequate’ as trust faces scrutiny over horrific stillbirth
An Essex maternity department has been served with further warnings by the Care Quality Commission and again rated “inadequate”.
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HSJ LocalTrusts across region create staff bank to cut agency costs
Eighteen trusts in the North West will establish a major ‘staff bank’, using new technology to pool junior doctors across the region.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Patients harmed amid ‘internecine squabbles’ and cover-up claims
Several patients were harmed after acute trust leaders failed to act on multiple concerns being raised about a surgeon, documents obtained by HSJ suggest.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Hardest-hit region may have passed peak of second wave
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HSJ LocalLeadership 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.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Doctors accuse trust of caving to political pressure to reopen ‘unsafe’ A&E
Senior clinicians say their trust board has caved into political pressure by making an ‘unsafe’ decision to re-open a small emergency department — having previously suggested this would not happen if there was a second wave of coronavirus.