Six-fold variation in staff vaccination rates revealed
Fewer than one in 10 frontline NHS staff have been vaccinated at some trusts, despite public appeals from NHS England ahead of this winter.
Quran desecrated at hospital in ‘Islamophobic hate incident’
A copy of the Quran has been desecrated in the faith room at a major teaching hospital in what its CEO has described as a suspected “Islamophobic hate incident”.
CEO search paused ‘to enable stability’ at troubled £2bn trust
Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust has paused its search for a new CEO “to enable a much-needed period of stability” following a raft of senior departures and major leadership and care quality failings at the trust.
NHS fraud chief steps down
The chair of the NHS Counter Fraud Authority has resigned after just four months in the role.*
Trust told to open up about ‘maternity scandal’ meeting
A trust under fire for quality and governance failures has been reprimanded by a watchdog for withholding information about a meeting of its senior leaders over maternity failures.
Chief nurse leaving troubled trust for ICB
A chief nurse is leaving a teaching hospital under investigation over maternity failings for an integrated care board role, HSJ has learned.
Patient Safety Watch: Another round of inquiries alone won’t deliver safer care
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
Poor ventilation leaves hospitals ‘not ready’ for another covid
Just four years after the peak of the pandemic, four in five NHS acute trusts are concerned their ventilation systems may be inadequate, according to an investigation by HSJ.
HSJ Podcast: How the Leeds Way went wrong
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, one of the biggest acute providers in Europe, was seen as an example of how a trust can turn things around, despite its size and complexity.
CQC chief quits with ‘immediate effect’
The chief executive of the Care Quality Commission has quit with “immediate effect”, the regulator has announced today.
Two trusts removed from maternity probe
Two trusts have been removed from the health and social care secretary’s “rapid” national investigation into maternity services, a month after they were included.
NHSE intervenes over trust’s leadership failures
NHS England has taken legal enforcement action against one of England’s biggest teaching trusts over concerns about its leadership and governance.
‘Urgent’ inquiry into major trust called by Streeting
Ministers have taken what they described as the “exceptional step” of launching an “urgent” independent inquiry into maternity and neonatal care failings at one of England’s biggest teaching trusts.
Patient Safety Watch: Maternity services need change now, not in 2030
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
‘Exceptionally strong personalities’ undermining trust’s board
The board of one of the country’s biggest teaching trusts has not been working as “cohesively as it should”, the care regulator has found, with concerns among senior leaders that some “exceptionally strong personalities” may have prevented robust scrutiny of decisions.
‘Moral distress’ at trust’s ‘persistently underfunded’ neonates service
“Persistent underfunding” and staff shortages at a teaching trust’s neonatal service is likely to have harmed long-term development of newborn babies, an NHS England review has found.
Hospitals falling far short of national quality target
The NHS fell well short of its goal to offer the best standard of acute stroke treatment to 10 per cent of patients last year, with some units carrying out the procedure only once a week.
Fourteen maternity investigation trusts named
Fourteen trusts are to be subject to a government-commissioned investigation into maternity service quality, it was announced today.
CEO accelerates exit from £2bn trust
The CEO of an embattled trust dealing with service failings and cultural issues is standing down with immediate effect, HSJ has learned.
Trust orders review after racism complaints
One of the country’s biggest trusts has ordered a review following staff accusations of racism and bullying, including an official complaint against a board member, HSJ can reveal.