Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

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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.

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Trusts must hit new A&E target to access capital fund

2023-07-28T04:07:00+01:00

Trusts ‘over-delivering’ on two emergency care targets this winter will be awarded a share of a new £150m capital fund, NHS England has announced.

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Two trusts added to NHSE list of providers at ‘high risk’

2023-06-15T10:40:00+01:00

Two trusts have been added to NHS England’s list of those identified as needing the most support meeting cancer and elective targets.

Tunbridge wells hospital

Region gets first top-tier acute trust

2023-02-16T12:12:00+00:00

A Kent general acute trust has become the first in its region to be rated in the top tier of NHS England’s oversight framework, and only the seventh nationally.

Shutler

Scandal-hit trust loses four directors

2023-01-25T11:57:00+00:00

The trust at the centre of a maternity scandal is losing four executive directors in the space of a few months.

Building plan

All new hospitals must have single rooms only, government rules

2022-12-13T17:47:00+00:00

All new hospitals built in England must have only single patient rooms, health infrastructure chiefs have confirmed, requiring an overhaul of many trusts’ current proposals.

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Families blame ‘chaotic, splenetic mess of a government’ for compensation hold-up

2022-11-16T12:10:00+00:00

Families whose loved ones’ bodies were sexually abused in a hospital mortuary have yet to receive any compensation, because the Department of Health and Social Care has not signed off a proposed framework.

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Exclusive: New hospitals could be required to have single patient rooms only

2022-09-30T06:32:00+01:00

New hospitals may be required to have single patient rooms only, HSJ can reveal.

Stroke

Reconfiguration greenlighted by Javid faces 12-month delay

2022-06-13T11:54:00+01:00

A contentious reconfiguration of stroke services which has already suffered years of delays now faces a further setback, after commissioners declared another review of the scheme.

Mortuary

Mortuary abuse inquiry suggests contractors’ criminal checks could be shared with trusts

2022-05-20T11:35:00+01:00

Contractors could be required to provide trusts with the findings of criminal records checks on their employees, an update from Michael inquiry into mortuary security has suggested.

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Mortuary sex inquiry report taking ‘longer than anticipated’

2022-04-20T11:35:00+01:00

The report from an independent inquiry into a hospital mortuary sex offender is likely to be delayed, HSJ can reveal.

Tunbridge wells hospital

‘Don’t overwork staff’, says trust with just one 52-week waiter

2022-02-16T05:47:00+00:00

Allowing staff enough rest has been ‘the key’ to elective recovery for an acute trust which has the lowest number of 52-week waiters in England, it has said.

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Mortuary assaults trust struggled to carry out regular criminal records checks

2022-02-03T04:30:00+00:00

The HR department at a trust where a maintenance man molested bodies in the hospital’s mortuary has struggled to carry out regular criminal records checks on staff, according to a paper discussed by the trust’s board.

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Leak reveals details of mortuary sex assaults inquiry

2022-01-28T12:40:00+00:00

The inquiry into sex offences carried out in a hospital mortuary will consider whether the trust board ‘received sufficient assurance’ about the issues raised by the assaults, documents shared with HSJ show.

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Chair to lead second acute trust

2022-01-25T05:35:00+00:00

An experienced former trust chief executive has taken on an additional role as chair, nearly 80 miles away from his current trust.

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Mortuary abuse report delayed until ‘middle of next year’

2022-01-18T12:09:00+00:00

The final report into how a maintenance supervisor managed to abuse scores of women’s bodies in two hospital mortuaries has been delayed until next year.

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Exclusive: Families consider action over mortuary sex offences inquiry

2022-01-11T12:00:00+00:00

The families of women whose bodies were violated by mortuary necrophiliac David Fuller are considering a legal challenge to the independent inquiry into his actions.