Exclusive: Another major trust sacks staff over snooping
Members of staff from yet another NHS trust have been sacked for inappropriately viewing patient medical records, HSJ can reveal.
HSJ Podcast: What next after Nottingham
NHS maternity services are again in the spotlight after an independent review revealed serious, systemic failings at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust.
Mackey: We’ll change exec contracts to ensure accountability for failings
NHS executives could have their contracts rewritten to ensure they can be held to account for any actions taken while working for previous employers, NHS England’s CEO has said.
Trusts must recheck 10 years’ worth of mortuary records
Trusts must check records stretching back to 2016 to ensure any failings that have taken place in their mortuaries have been reported to the regulator.
Snooping on records ‘worrying trend, not just isolated incidents’
High-profile cases of staff snooping on patients’ health records, as most recently exposed by HSJ, have revealed “a worrying trend” across the NHS rather than just isolated incidences, a watchdog chief has warned.
Updated: Nottingham families slam ‘abhorrent’ NHS leadership as execs threatened with prison
Families affected by the Nottingham maternity scandal have hit out at the “abhorrent” leadership of “senior staff” as the government revealed that staff who refuse to engage with future investigations could be sent to prison for up to two years.
Arrests made at maternity inquiry trust
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office in connection with operating practices at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust’s mortuary service, police have revealed.
Public inquiry into maternity being considered by DHSC
Current inquiries into care failures lack teeth, and such a gap could be filled by a public inquiry, the government’s new national maternity adviser has revealed.
Six trusts exit NHSE recovery regime
Six trusts have been released from an NHS England’s regime for the most challenged providers, HSJ has learned.
Families want top medic removed from key taskforce
Bereaved families impacted by the Nottingham maternity scandal have called on Wes Streeting to remove a senior medic from a national taskforce whose appointment they said was “deeply distressing”.
Trust signs £53m contract after legal challenge
A hospital trust has awarded a 10-year contract worth £53m to a UK tech supplier after a legal battle.
Exclusive: NHSE halts EPR deployment at third trust
Another trust has had to delay the rollout of its electronic patient record following a last-minute intervention from NHS England, HSJ has learned.
Patient Safety Watch: Baroness Amos’ interim report sparks a sense of déjà vu
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
Mackey delays two more EPR launches
NHS England has intervened to delay the roll-out of electronic patient record systems at two trusts, due to major concerns over the operational impact.
HSJ Podcast: Has Baroness Amos been set up to fail?
NHS maternity care continues to be under the spotlight, so on this week’s episode, we unpick the web of different national reviews and how trusts could be asked to improve services.
The Download: How to launch an EPR
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week, written by Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
National maternity review will not ‘sideline’ Nottingham probe, pledges chair
The high-profile chair of a major maternity review into care failures in Nottingham has pledged to ensure its results “will not be sidelined” by the government’s national investigation.
Dozens of hospitals granted emergency cash to keep services running
Nearly two in five acute trusts received emergency cash from government to keep services running last financial year, according to new figures.
CQC admits it falsely claimed not to know about trust maternity concerns
The Care Quality Commission has admitted it did know about concerns over the death of a baby at a trust being investigated for serious maternity failures after initially denying it had been informed.
HSJ Podcast: Critical incident
This week the team look at what happens when the second most stressful thing that can happen to a trust coincides with winter pressures.