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Trust paid ex-CEO £180k after departure

2024-12-04T06:46:00+00:00

The former CEO of a major hospital trust was paid around £180,000 for working on an “external programme” for five months after he stepped down, it has emerged.

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The Download: Making a difference this winter

2024-12-03T12:26:00+00:00

The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by bureau chief Ben Clover. Contact HSJ in confidence here.

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Best and worst trusts on maternity experience revealed by CQC

2024-11-29T07:05:00+00:00

The trusts where maternity experience has improved the most and deteriorated the furthest have been revealed by the Care Quality Commission.

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Trust halts ‘dangerous cut to doctors’ pay’

2024-11-13T11:00:00+00:00

University Hospitals Birmingham, earlier this month accused of imposing a “badly disguised pay cut for doctors” and axing enhanced locum pay rates, has appeared to U-turn on the move by pausing the changes.

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Doctors to refuse overtime in major dispute with hospital trust

2024-11-08T11:29:00+00:00

Doctors at a major teaching trust are to refuse overtime and extra shifts from next week, HSJ has learned, amid escalating tensions with executives over a decision to stop paying premium rates for locum shifts.

UHB-Birmingham

Trust accused of imposing ‘badly disguised pay cut’ on doctors

2024-11-01T16:50:00+00:00

University Hospitals Birmingham has become locked in a row with the British Medical Association over its plans to stop paying premium rates for medical bank staff.

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MD representing £18bn turnover teaching trusts steps down

2024-10-02T11:47:00+01:00

The managing director of the Shelford Group, representing 10 of England’s biggest trusts – with a combined £18bn turnover – is to step down after three years in the role.

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Revealed: the trusts with the worst summer A&E handover delays

2024-08-15T11:47:00+01:00

Patients stuck in ambulances queuing outside A&Es have waited an average of over two hours at two trusts this summer, data published for the first time reveals.

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Transfusion never events just ‘tip of iceberg’ at troubled trust

2024-07-10T05:35:00+01:00

Fourteen never events recorded at University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust’s transfusion service were the “tip of an iceberg”, an external review has concluded.

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Chair of £3bn trusts stands down

2024-07-08T10:00:00+01:00

The chair of two large hospital trusts has stepped down after taking up a ministerial job with the new Labour government.

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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”.

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

Suicide risks found in nearly half A&E and mental health wards

2024-06-05T04:00:00+01:00

Nearly half of hospital inspections for emergency departments and mental health wards have raised concerns over ligature risks for vulnerable patients, HSJ analysis has found.

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HSJ Podcast: Return of the control totals

2024-05-31T03:00:00+01:00

NHS England has announced incentives and penalties in a bid to improve the health system’s financial plans, so this week we discuss what the new regime involves and if it will make any difference to the national £3bn deficit.

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‘Culture of bullying and undermining’ uncovered in trust’s maternity service

2024-05-24T11:30:00+01:00

Trainee midwives at a struggling trust have raised serious concerns about bullying and feeling afraid to speak up, an NHS England report has revealed.

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Seven more avoidable sepsis deaths spark coroner warnings

2024-04-17T11:00:00+01:00

Preventable deaths of seven people from sepsis – including four children – have prompted coroners to flag major concerns about NHS services’ management of the condition.

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Revealed: Best trusts for raising concerns and being inclusive

2024-03-19T12:30:00+00:00

The share of a trust’s staff who say it respects differences, and how much confidence they have to speak up, are two of the most strongly linked answers in the NHS Staff Survey, HSJ  analysis has found. Our chart reveals the strongest and weakest organisations on those measures.

UHB-Birmingham

Trust’s leadership downgraded to ‘inadequate’

2024-03-08T03:54:00+00:00

A teaching trust’s leadership has been rated “inadequate” by the Care Quality Commission, as inspectors warned of a “genuine fear” of speaking up and staff feeling unsafe from bullying, sexual harassment, misogyny, and racism.

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

More trusts discover their buildings have faulty concrete

2024-02-29T19:01:00+00:00

Thirteen more NHS hospitals have identified a potentially unsafe form of concrete in their buildings, causing closures and disruption to wards.

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Thirty trusts report more 12-hour waits, despite national improvement

2024-02-27T12:43:00+00:00

Long A&E waits have got worse at more than one in five acute trusts, despite an improving trend nationally.

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CQC names best and worst for maternity experience

2024-02-12T05:44:00+00:00

The trusts where maternity care has deteriorated the most according to patient surveys have been identified by the Care Quality Commission.