Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

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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”.

Ambulance

Health secretary told to intervene over ‘systemic’ ambulance deaths

2023-12-01T04:44:00+00:00

Ministers must intervene over systemic failures which are ‘too big for hospital or ambulance trusts to fix on their own’ and have led to multiple preventable deaths, a senior coroner has warned.

Nick Carding 2023

West Country Chronicle: Trust’s concern over ‘short-term’ funding agreements

2023-10-30T11:53:00+00:00

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Nick Carding 2023

West Country Chronicle: How a Nightingale hospital is, finally, the answer

2023-10-02T13:04:00+01:00

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ICS pauses roll-out of ‘unique’ joint committees after legal advice

2023-09-20T11:21:00+01:00

An integrated care system has paused its implementation of unique new joint committees that sought to bridge the gap between providers and commissioner.

Ambulance.

A&E handover delays ‘still getting worse at some hospitals’

2023-09-14T04:42:00+01:00

Ambulance chiefs say handover delays have got worse at some trusts in recent months, despite the picture improving nationally since last winter.

Tony Chambers

Concerns raised over Letby trust CEO before new appointment

2023-08-30T12:03:00+01:00

Governors at a trust which hired the former chief executive of the Countess of Chester Hospital midway through the trial of Lucy Letby had raised concerns about his appointment, HSJ understands.

Nick Carding 2023

West Country Chronicle: Leadership change comes to the peninsula

2023-08-07T12:23:00+01:00

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Troubled ICS reveals ‘first in England’ shake-up of structure

2023-08-07T04:13:00+01:00

Cornwall’s commissioning board and two providers are set to delegate authority to two new joint committees in what local chiefs claim is a first-of-its-kind governance shake-up for the health service.

Cornwall

CEO issues plea for staff housing

2023-06-20T09:01:00+01:00

The chief executive of a large hospital trust in the south west has made a rare intervention to call for more housing for hospital staff.

Emergency workforce

One in 10 A&E patients waits 12hrs, long-hidden data reveals

2023-04-13T10:31:00+01:00

Around 10 per cent of the 1.2 million accident and emergency attendees in February waited 12 hours or more, newly published NHS England data has revealed, laying bare the true extent of the NHS’s emergency care crisis.

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West Country Chronicle: Staff survey reveals a county of contrast

2023-03-27T12:35:00+01:00

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Digital innovation

Does digital transformation hold the answer to improving patient outcomes?

2023-03-08T13:39:00+00:00

At HSJ’s recent Digital Transformation Summit, board representatives from ICS and provider organisations came together to debate the most pressing issues confronting digital health leaders

Nick Carding 3x2

West Country Chronicle: Two year waits have NOT been ‘eliminated’

2023-02-27T13:05:00+00:00

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ICS plans ‘integrated NHS groups’ spanning ICB and trusts

2023-02-15T13:07:00+00:00

An integrated care system that has struggled with ‘strained and challenging relationships’ is exploring ‘joint constitutional committees’ spanning its integrated care board and two provider trusts.

Nick Carding 3x2

West Country Chronicle: Not another nightmare year

2023-01-30T12:45:00+00:00

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Trusts move away from joint EPR plan

2023-01-17T12:34:00+00:00

A joint electronic patient record system for acute providers across two neighbouring integrated care systems is now unlikely, according to one of the trusts involved.

Tony Chambers

Trust names interim CEO after dropping merger plan

2023-01-12T16:42:00+00:00

One of England’s smallest trusts has appointed an experienced interim chief executive for nine months while it recruits a permanent replacement.

Nick Carding 3x2

West Country Chronicle: New ICS chief targets ‘immoral’ costs

2022-11-28T12:50:00+00:00

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West Country Chronicle: Inside Cornwall’s care capacity row

2022-10-31T13:14:00+00:00

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