North by North West: Patient safety or administrative convenience?
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Redundancy scheme to cut corporate staff by 14%
Multiple hospitals are launching redundancy schemes or plans to freeze recruitment for corporate and non-clinical staff, in a bid to meet their financial expectations in 2024–25.
Tackling health inequalities should be core business for trusts
A new NHS Providers’ guide for trusts provides a comprehensive framework for identifying, prioritising, and addressing health inequalities, write Christine Camacho and Rachael McKeown
North by North West: Skin in the game
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HSJ Podcast: Scandal at ‘the safest trust in England’
This week, we discuss the implications of a long-awaited independent review into a patient safety scandal at Salford Royal Hospital, where former head of the spinal division John Williamson harmed multiple patients.
North by North West: Coming up with the wrong answer
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Review ‘strewn with errors’ gave trust ‘false assurance’ over division lead
An investigation has heavily criticised a royal college review that was “strewn with errors” and gave “false assurances” to trust leaders over a prominent spinal surgeon.
NHSE makes three senior hires
NHS England has hired three new senior directors to its estates and facilities team.
Recovery Watch: What ‘virtually eliminating’ 78-week breaches really means
Recovering services from the covid crisis is a big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
NHSE warns widely used EPR could pose ‘serious risks to patient safety’
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”.
Right people, right time, right information - A blueprint for stronger multidisciplinary teams and efficient patient pathways
Discover how digital infrastructure can transform multidisciplinary teamwork, reduce referral times, and enhance staff experience
Headcount rise of 4,000 ‘not readily explainable’ by troubled ICS
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.
Neurosurgery waits surge as national elective list hits new high
Clinical risk on the waiting list continues to grow
Major blow to NHSE recovery plan as 65-week waits rise
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.
Seven trusts relegated to NHSE’s poorest performers group
Seven trusts have been added to NHS England’s list of providers with the worst elective and cancer problems, putting the number of organisations in the ‘tier 1’ group back into double figures – and five leaving it, HSJ has learned.
North by North West: Unsanctioned CEO payoff the least bad option
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Former regulator chief drafted in to tackle poor performance at ICS
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.
North by North West: ‘We are being watched’
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Hospitals to review concrete risks to ‘maintain safety and confidence’
NHS boards have been told to obtain extra assurance around the risks to unsafe concrete beams in their estate, following the sudden closure of school buildings.
Nursing director suspended over Letby concerns
The former chief nurse of Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust has been suspended by her current employer, after the conviction of Lucy Letby for murdering babies while working in Chester.