Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Trusts accused of ‘lack of planning’ after strike exemption requests

2025-07-28T12:20:00+01:00

The British Medical Association has accused several trusts of a “dangerous lack of planning” and flawed exemption requests, as they sought to maintain more planned care during the ongoing resident doctor strikes.

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Trusts blaming cyber-attack risk for failing to share information

2025-07-28T05:23:00+01:00

Four trusts have been warned by the UK’s information regulator over their failure to respond to freedom of information requests.

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Patient Safety Watch: For safer maternity care, we need action, not words

2025-06-20T08:47:00+01:00

HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt

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Trusts penalised for exaggerating safety standards

2025-06-17T04:44:00+01:00

Dozens of trusts have been hit with financial penalties after regulators questioned their claims to be compliant with maternity safety standards.

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Police launch corporate manslaughter investigation into another trust

2025-06-02T13:41:00+01:00

A corporate manslaughter investigation has been launched into serious maternity failings at a major trust where hundreds of babies have died or been harmed.

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‘Profound disappointment’ as ICBs are allowed to cut safety funding

2025-05-01T11:55:00+01:00

A leading midwife and chair of government maternity inquiries has cited “significant concern about safety and wellbeing” following a substantial cut to nationally ring-fenced funding.

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HSJ Podcast: The never-ending care scandal

2025-03-28T03:02:00+00:00

After another damning coroner’s report following the preventable death of a baby at a Lancashire hospital, we take a closer look at why the NHS is beset with so many maternity scandals.

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Patient Safety Watch: Familiar faces take up new roles at NHSE and CQC

2025-02-28T12:00:00+00:00

HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt

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Trust fined £1.7m for maternity care failures

2025-02-12T14:34:00+00:00

An acute trust has been fined £1.7m – one of the largest penalties to date – after multiple failings in connection with the deaths of three babies under its care.

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Hospitals prosecuted over baby deaths

2025-02-07T18:05:00+00:00

The trust at the centre of a maternity investigation is being prosecuted by the Care Quality Commission over the deaths of three babies.

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Patient Safety Watch: Barriers to learning

2025-02-07T11:45:00+00:00

HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe

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HSJ Podcast: Delay and disappointment for the ‘new hospitals’

2025-01-23T10:20:00+00:00

This week government finally revealed its new - and mostly delayed - target dates for the building of the promised “new hospitals”.

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Patient Safety Watch: The NHS remains an organisation with amnesia

2024-10-25T12:00:00+01:00

HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.

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‘Conflict of interest’ concerns over consultants hired to fix NHS finances

2024-08-30T04:57:00+01:00

Concerns have been raised that consultants advising systems on savings plans could be “marking their own homework”, with many of the firms having already done similar exercises for the same organisations.

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NHSE holds back cash support for struggling trusts

2024-08-12T04:00:00+01:00

Trusts could be forced to slow down payments to suppliers and delay capital projects after NHS England restricted access to cash for providers in deficit, finance directors have warned.

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Capital budgets cut at trusts with largest repair backlogs

2024-07-18T04:58:00+01:00

Hospitals with some of the biggest maintenance backlogs have had their budgets for repairs slashed as a result of new NHS finance rules, HSJ can reveal.

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Midwives call women in labour ‘Asian princesses’ amid ‘hostile’ environment fears

2024-06-28T05:07:00+01:00

The NHS Race and Health Observatory has raised fundamental concerns about racism towards maternity patients after several cases have come to light in recent months, including midwives branding patients “Asian princesses”.

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HSJ Podcast: The latest safety crisis for maternity care

2024-04-05T05:00:00+01:00

On this episode, we discuss the quality of maternity services in the NHS, which have remained firmly in the spotlight.

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Patient Safety Watch: ‘Our son was not a learning opportunity’

2024-03-15T10:29:00+00:00

HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.

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Patient Safety Watch: ‘Martha’s Rule will mean that she didn’t die completely in vain’

2024-03-01T10:31:00+00:00

HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.