Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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System lacks ‘critical self-reflection’, says NHSE

2024-11-05T12:47:00+00:00

NHS England has accused an integrated care system of lacking “critical self-reflection” about the severity of its problems.

Peter Lewis

No point in having ‘honest conversations’ with centre on finance, say trust CEOs

2024-09-30T04:43:00+01:00

Trusts are increasingly deciding there is little benefit in resisting the imposition of unrealistic financial plans demanded by NHS England, some of the country’s leading provider chief executives have told HSJ.

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Trust nears annual deficit in three months

2024-07-30T12:32:00+01:00

A hospital trust has almost reached its planned year-end deficit, within just three months of the financial year.

Alex Whitfield

CEO interview: Alex Whitfield, chief executive, Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust

2024-04-18T11:00:00+01:00

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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Exclusive: Maternity delays spark thousands of safety alerts each year

2024-04-02T05:00:00+01:00

Maternity departments are raising thousands of safety reports every year about delayed inductions of labour, HSJ can reveal.

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Trusts’ performance on key recovery target revealed

2024-03-20T12:54:00+00:00

Ten trusts have just 1 per cent or fewer of their outpatients on “patient initiated follow-up” pathways, against a target of 5 per cent, official data suggests.

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More trusts discover their buildings have faulty concrete

2024-02-29T19:01:00+00:00

Thirteen more NHS hospitals have identified a potentially unsafe form of concrete in their buildings, causing closures and disruption to wards.

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Thirty trusts report more 12-hour waits, despite national improvement

2024-02-27T12:43:00+00:00

Long A&E waits have got worse at more than one in five acute trusts, despite an improving trend nationally.

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ICB and seven trusts put in ‘recovery’ after refusing to submit balanced financial plan

2023-06-12T05:02:00+01:00

An integrated care board and all seven of its member trusts have been placed into the ‘recovery support programmes’ – formerly known as special measures – by NHS England, after declaring a deficit plan for 2023-24.

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What’s changed in the ‘new hospitals’ programme?

2023-05-25T15:55:00+01:00

HSJ has mapped and charted how the projects in the new hospitals programme have changed following government’s announcement today.

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Sunak’s local acute becomes first to be upgraded to ‘good’ since covid

2023-05-24T05:04:00+01:00

The Care Quality Commission has upgraded a major hospital trust to a ‘good’ rating for what is believed to be the first time since the start of the pandemic.

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The Ward Round: A stop-gap with questionable ethics

2022-09-01T05:01:00+01:00

Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.

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Trusts left with valueless company shares given in exchange for patient data

2022-07-01T03:51:00+01:00

Several NHS trusts are reviewing their data-sharing agreements with a technology company after their shares in the firm were rendered currently worthless following its financial collapse

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Revealed: Trusts where most staff withhold disability status

2022-05-16T04:00:00+01:00

More than half the staff at eight trusts have either refused or failed to declare whether they consider themselves ‘disabled’, an HSJ analysis has found.

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Neonatal units face ‘redesignation’ under national shake-up

2022-03-16T12:53:00+00:00

A major shake-up of neonatal care, aimed at reducing mortality and illness, could see dozens of units restricted to caring for less premature babies.

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Trust which was receiving critical covid patients poised to start transfering them out

2021-01-27T07:15:00+00:00

A hospital trust which recently accepted critical covid patients from neighbours may shortly have to send them elsewhere, its chief executive has said.

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Hospitals recruit vets to staff covid-19 wards

2020-04-09T08:20:00+01:00

Hospitals are turning to the veterinary workforce to fill staffing gaps on intensive care wards ahead of an expected peak of covid-19 patients, HSJ can reveal.

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Mapped: The hospital builds in PM’s pledge

2019-09-29T09:12:00+01:00

The trusts which will benefit from a share of £2.7bn to rebuild hospitals, or £100m to develop business cases for future schemes, announced by the prime minister today.

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NHSE sets first targets to cut BME disciplinary cases

2019-07-04T06:08:00+01:00

The first NHS targets for reducing the disproportionate share of black and minority ethnic staff being subject to disciplinary cases have been set by NHS England, which has also told trusts to reduce unnecessary disciplinary action overall.

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National radiotherapy plan 'impossible to realise' without more funding

2019-01-28T11:00:00+00:00

Consolidation of radiotherapy services “will be impossible” without more money, a royal college has warned.