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Stroke patient rehab

Stiffer stroke target introduced – despite failure to meet old standard

2023-11-29T05:13:00+00:00

The failure of trusts to offer stroke patients the level of rehab required by standards introduced 10 years ago has not prevented the publication of new guidance which demands even higher performance.

Emergency, service redesign, A&E

Revealed: Official data masking long waits for the sickest patients

2023-11-24T05:10:00+00:00

Several trusts are failing to admit their sickest emergency patients in a timely fashion, despite performing well in official waiting time statistics, HSJ can reveal.

Manchester devolution tapestry

Headcount rise of 4,000 ‘not readily explainable’ by troubled ICS

2023-11-15T12:26:00+00:00

The hiring of several thousand staff in a financially troubled health system was found to be ‘not readily explainable’ and well beyond the increases reported by similar areas.

Lawrence Dunhill 2023

North by North West: Criticising your own team’s a risky tactic

2023-11-06T12:28:00+00:00

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Lawrence Dunhill 2023

North by North West: Trust backed into corner as strikes escalate

2023-10-23T13:07:00+01:00

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RAAC

Hospitals close areas after discovering RAAC planks

2023-10-20T12:27:00+01:00

More hospitals have closed parts of their site after discovering potentially unsafe concrete had been used in the building structures, HSJ has learned.

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Major blow to NHSE recovery plan as 65-week waits rise

2023-10-12T11:47:00+01:00

The number of elective care waits over 65 weeks rose by nearly 13,000 between July and August – the biggest monthly increase in over two years, according to official data published today.

RAAC

More trusts find RAAC concrete on estates

2023-10-06T04:37:00+01:00

At least seven more trusts have confirmed lightweight concrete on their estates following NHS England-ordered reviews and widespread safety concerns, HSJ has found.

Emergency, service redesign, A&E

Exclusive: Site-level A&E performance revealed for the first time

2023-10-02T04:33:00+01:00

The true scale of poor performance against the four-hour waiting time target at individual A&E sites, which is often masked by the official trust-level data, has been laid bare for the first time by information acquired by HSJ.

Baby

Thousands of women left waiting for induction due to staff shortages

2023-09-27T11:21:00+01:00

Thousands of women are having induction of labour delayed because of a shortage of staff, raising concerns about the safety of them and their babies, HSJ has found.

Lawrence Dunhill 2023

North by North West: Unsanctioned CEO payoff the least bad option

2023-09-25T11:57:00+01:00

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Hospital consultants

Shelford trusts now paying consultants up to £269 an hour to cover strike night shifts

2023-09-15T10:12:00+01:00

Seven of the 10 largest teaching trusts are understood to have acquiesced to demands by the British Medical Association to pay consultants higher overtime rates for covering August’s junior doctors’ strike.

Stephen Hay

Former regulator chief drafted in to tackle poor performance at ICS

2023-09-14T12:01:00+01:00

A former regulator who created a ‘failure regime’ for trusts has been drafted in to address performance problems in a high-profile integrated care system.

Lawrence Dunhill 2023

North by North West: ‘We are being watched’

2023-09-11T11:03:00+01:00

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Richard Murray

NHSE must target cash-rich trusts for savings, as well as strugglers, says ex-DH boss

2023-09-01T04:44:00+01:00

Regulators are trying to squeeze cost savings out of some of the most financially challenged trusts and should focus more heavily on organisations with healthier balance sheets, says a former Department of Health director.

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Revealed: 60pc of trusts have a ‘first-time’ CEO

2023-08-29T03:18:00+01:00

Nearly two-thirds of trusts have a ‘first-time’ chief executive, while one-third of the sector’s CEOs have been in their current post for 18 months or less, following a period of remarkable turnover since the covid crisis.

Xray

Radiographers warn next strike could hit 100 trusts

2023-08-02T04:41:00+01:00

The Society of Radiographers is considering reballoting members in an effort to significantly increase the scope of its industrial action, the union’s director of industrial strategy has told HSJ.

Barts

Trust gives in on consultant overtime rates

2023-06-07T16:32:00+01:00

The third biggest trust in the NHS has agreed to increase consultant overtime rates ahead of next week’s junior doctors strike, despite a regional attempt to hold the line, citing patient safety and the need to treat cancer patients, HSJ can reveal.

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Exclusive: 800 consultants refuse to cover juniors strike without extra pay

2023-06-07T09:09:00+01:00

More than 800 consultants in London have signed a letter saying they will not cover the junior doctors’ strike next week unless their trusts agree to pay a higher overtime rate set by the British Medical Association.

Lawrence Dunhill 2023

North by North West: The good, the bad, and the overlooked

2023-05-30T11:24:00+01:00

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