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Royal Shrewsbury Hospital

Exclusive: NHS still waiting for over £1bn capital funding announced five years ago

2023-05-15T04:29:00+01:00

More than half of £2.7bn awarded to NHS organisations for capital projects in 2017 and 2018 has yet to be delivered, research by HSJ  has discovered.

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Revealed: Best and worst trusts for cleanliness and food

2023-04-11T11:39:00+01:00

The best and worst trusts for cleanliness and food have been revealed in a national assessment by patients and staff.

Microsoft

Automation and low code: Democratising digital innovation in the NHS

2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00

After the talks of introducing a new process at the HSJ Digital Transformation Summit, Microsoft’s roundtable of senior digital leaders found four focus areas that can help upscale the automation efforts in the NHS

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CCTV to be used ‘pro-actively’ by trusts to combat abuse

2023-02-27T12:25:00+00:00

Mental health trusts are exploring wider use of CCTV to review incidents of seclusion or restraint in response to high-profile abuse scandals, HSJ  has learned.

Digital

Four in five trusts yet to reach digitisation target

2022-11-23T06:00:00+00:00

Only one in five trusts has reached the level of digitisation required by 2025 – more than three years after the target was set, tech chiefs have revealed.

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HSJ Awards 2021: HSJ Partnership of the Year

2021-11-19T00:01:00+00:00

WINNER: Attain, East Berkshire CCG and Berkshire Healthcare FT: East Berkshire Autism and ADHD Service Transformation

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10 new hospital vaccine sites revealed

2020-12-11T12:52:00+00:00

Ten more hospitals are to start giving the Pfizer covid vaccine, including two in coronavirus ‘hot spots’.

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Incorrect covid tests spark harm review for staff and patients

2020-12-02T05:26:00+00:00

Trusts are carrying out harm reviews after a ‘contamination issue’ affecting hundreds of samples resulted in some staff and patients being wrongly told they had coronavirus, HSJ can reveal.

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Trust upgraded from ‘good’ to ‘outstanding’

2020-04-01T12:25:00+01:00

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust has been upgraded to “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission following an inspection.

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Revealed: The trusts testing latest round of emergency targets

2019-09-10T06:23:00+01:00

New mental health emergency care targets will be trialled across 11 NHS organisations and one social enterprise, NHS England has confirmed.

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Exclusive: Trusts 'limiting access' to psychosis services

2019-01-29T05:00:00+00:00

Struggling community teams have resorted to “limiting access” to services for seriously ill patients as investment fails to reach the front line, an official report has claimed.

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Revealed: Hundreds of children wait more than a year for specialist help

2018-08-30T06:22:00+01:00

Hundreds of young people assessed as needing specialist mental health treatment have been made to wait more than a year, an investigation by HSJ can reveal.

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Two more digital 'exemplars' to get £7.5m

2018-06-27T13:54:00+01:00

NHS England has picked two more regions to receive up to £7.5m to create detail health and care patient records.

Computers

Revealed: Trusts lined up for next wave of digital funding

2018-01-17T11:44:00+00:00

Six mental health trusts are being lined up for the next wave of NHS England’s flagship effort to digitalise providers.

Oxford

Trust chief exec appointed to lead 'advanced' STP

2017-12-01T11:59:00+00:00

A trust chief with more than 20 years experience has been appointed “executive lead” of the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West sustainability and transformation partnership.

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Updated: The NHS trusts with the highest DTOC rates

2017-08-24T12:57:00+01:00

The NHS is unlikely to meet a government target to cut delayed transfers of care to 3.5 per cent of its overall 131,000 bed base by next month, analysis of official data published today suggests.

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NHS England pledges to increase child mental health beds

2017-03-31T00:01:00+01:00

More than 150 new inpatient beds for children and young people with mental health problems will be available by 2019, NHS England said today.

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HSJ Value in Healthcare Awards shortlist revealed

2017-01-19T12:30:00+00:00

The organisations in the running to win one of the HSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2017 at have been revealed.

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Revealed: Trusts in mix for millions in digital funding

2017-01-05T00:01:00+00:00

Fourteen mental health trusts are vying to secure up to £5m of central funding as part of the digital exemplars programme, HSJ understands.

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National officials 'ensuring' STPs plan 'right skilled' staffing

2016-11-24T10:39:00+00:00

NHS England has told HSJ it is working with a sustainability and transformation plan on ”ensuring they will put in place the right skilled workforce to ensure high quality care”.