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NHS faces multimillion compensation bill after sex assaults

2024-08-22T11:55:00+01:00

The NHS is facing a multimillion pound compensation bill for the crimes carried out by mortuary sex offender David Fuller.

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Revealed: the trusts with the worst summer A&E handover delays

2024-08-15T11:47:00+01:00

Patients stuck in ambulances queuing outside A&Es have waited an average of over two hours at two trusts this summer, data published for the first time reveals.

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Auditors discover ‘significant weakness’ in trust’s financial plans

2024-08-05T18:15:00+01:00

An external auditor has warned of a “significant weakness” in a high-performing trust’s financial sustainability because of its under-delivery on efficiency savings.

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Exclusive: Lack of surgery capacity adding to risk for babies and mothers

2024-07-24T04:01:00+01:00

A lack of surgery capacity at dozens of maternity units is adding to the risk of serious harm to mothers and newborn babies, HSJ has found.

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Trust to take on 2,500 long-waiters after buying private hospital

2024-07-10T11:20:00+01:00

A trust that recently bought a small private hospital is to take on 2,500 long-waiters from across its integrated care system.

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40% of funding targeted at improving emergency care goes unspent

2024-05-20T04:00:00+01:00

Fourty per cent of the £150m capital funding pot NHS England made available to incentivise urgent and emergency care improvements was not distributed, data shown to HSJ reveals.

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EXCLUSIVE: Trusts regularly breaching security standards

2024-05-07T05:11:00+01:00

Twenty one serious security failures at hospital mortuaries were discovered by the Human Tissues Authority between April 2022 and March 2024, HSJ can reveal.

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Pharma exec named chair of high-performing trust

2024-04-29T03:00:00+01:00

A new chair has been appointed at one of England’s best performing trusts.

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IT system which sparked safety alert dropped by 13 trusts

2024-04-12T04:30:00+01:00

More than a dozen trusts have changed their maternity IT system – or are in the process of doing so – following a national patient safety alert.

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Trust takes over private hospital

2024-04-03T11:21:00+01:00

A successful acute trust has bought a private hospital for just under £10m to increase elective capacity.

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Trusts offered up to £4m to make last-ditch attempt on A&E target

2024-03-12T17:28:00+00:00

NHS England has confirmed new financial incentives for trusts to deliver strong performance against the four-hour emergency target this month.

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ICB pauses work on new stroke unit after ‘assurance’ concerns

2024-02-23T11:55:00+00:00

A decade-long bid to establish a hyper-acute stroke unit has been delayed further after commissioners raised “assurance” concerns.

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Maternity unit rated ‘inadequate’ after delayed Caesarean warning

2024-02-16T05:30:00+00:00

A trust’s main maternity unit has been rated “inadequate” and given a warning notice amid concerns delayed Caesarean sections are causing harm to babies.

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Five trust CEOs were paid more than £300,000 last year

2024-01-18T12:33:00+00:00

Several trust chief executives were paid more than £300,000 in 2022-23, including adjustments for previous underpayments, pay in lieu of pension contributions, and redundancy packages.

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NHSE warns widely used EPR could pose ‘serious risks to patient safety’

2023-12-08T11:09:00+00:00

NHS England has issued a national alert to all trusts providing maternity services after faults were discovered in IT software that could pose “potential serious risks to patient safety”.

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‘Same day’ emergency care drops at 40 trusts, despite NHSE push

2023-12-05T04:29:00+00:00

A third of acute trusts are doing proportionally less “same day emergency care” activity than a year ago, despite this being a key pillar of NHS England’s recovery plan, data suggests.

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Trust directors guilty of ‘significant failure’ in not preventing abuse of 101 bodies in mortuary

2023-11-28T15:01:00+00:00

The leadership of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust has been told to ‘reflect’ on the ‘weaknesses and failings’ which contributed to a maintenance supervisor being able to sexually violate more than 100 bodies in hospital mortuaries over a period of at least 15 years.

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Autistic patient trapped in hospital ward for four months due to system failures

2023-11-17T12:23:00+00:00

Two young people facing mental health crises were left on paediatric wards for months while different agencies across a health system struggled to find appropriate placements.

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Trust and manager charged with manslaughter

2023-09-07T17:06:00+01:00

North East London Foundation Trust has been charged with corporate manslaughter – making it only the second NHS provider to be prosecuted for the crime.

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Labour ward staffing shortages restrict use of beneficial drug

2023-09-01T12:01:00+01:00

Staffing shortages are likely to restrict the use of a beneficial painkiller in birthing suites, even once its use has been recommended by national guidance.