All articles by Matt Discombe – Page 17
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Covid occupancy rates grow at outlier trusts while trend flattens nationally
The rate that England’s acute hospital beds are filling with covid patients has slowed down nationally — but a handful of trusts are still reporting growing occupancy rates despite four weeks of national lockdown.
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New trust’s ‘inexperienced’ leadership criticised as CQC serves warning
The Care Quality Commission has criticised a new trust’s leadership after issuing it with a warning notice to improve care in its two emergency departments.
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Kirkup: ‘Significant reluctance’ in health system to review ‘historic’ cases
One of England’s top authorities on patient safety has warned there is ‘significant reluctance’ in the health service to investigate cases considered ‘historic’, after he published a report today detailing a ‘20-year cover-up’ over the death of a baby girl.
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Exclusive: 111 First to go live imminently amid ‘vehement’ opposition in some EDs
Emergency care leaders are warning it will take up to six more months to determine whether pilots of a radical change to accident and emergency are working, even though it is due to go live nationally next week, HSJ has learned.
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Covid deaths rise in the Humber while admissions surge in Lincolnshire
Covid deaths in hospitals are rising quickly in the Humber, Coast and Vale health system and the neighbouring Lincolnshire system, NHS data shows.
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Patients eight times more likely to die following major surgery at outlier hospitals
Death rates for a major emergency abdominal surgery are almost eight times higher at some outlier hospitals compared with top performers, a national report has found.
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Hospital trust tightens covid measures and sounds alarm over growing pressure
A hospital trust has warned it is facing ‘huge pressure’ as it must convert more wards to covid-only, and has more than 100 ‘medically fit’ patients who have not been discharged.
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DHSC review ‘compounded mother’s suffering’, concludes watchdog
The Department of Health and Social Care has been criticised by the national health ombudsman for the ‘maladministration’ of a 2018 review into the death of a teenage girl under the care of one of England’s top specialist hospitals, HSJ can reveal.
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Safety review chair vows to fight ‘woeful’ Gov response
A Tory peer has attacked the Department of Health and Social Care’s ‘woeful’ response to the patient safety review she authored and has revealed she intends to create a cross-party group to force action.
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Senior medics urge trusts to protect electives by boosting post-op care
Senior medics urge trusts to protect electives by boosting post-op careospitals are being urged to set up enhanced post-operative care services to free up critical care beds and protect electives in the face of a covid winter surge.
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Exclusive: Watchdog investigating national rise in stillbirths during covid first wave
A national review has been launched by safety investigators because of an increased number of stillbirths during the first wave of covid, HSJ can reveal.
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Third of covid care home deaths in one region
A third of all covid deaths in care homes in England over the past three weeks have been recorded in the North East and Cumbria – with Sunderland a particular hotspot, new data has revealed.
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Exclusive: Major hospital trust cancels electives as covid soars
One of the biggest hospital trusts in England will imminently cancel some elective operations, as covid-19 admissions rise steeply in Yorkshire.
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Exclusive: CQC launches criminal investigation into medication incidents at major acute trust
A major acute trust has confirmed the health service inspectorate has begun a criminal investigation into three incidents at its hospitals.
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UPDATED: Another Yorkshire trust suspends electives
Another Yorkshire trust has suspended non-urgent elective care following a large rise in covid admissions.
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Trusts dismissive of ‘unsuitable’ Nightingales
Senior leaders have expressed concern that Nightingale hospitals in the North of England will not be suitable for patients during the covid-19 second wave, despite their remobilisation.
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Wards rated ‘inadequate’ treble in a year
Inspectors are finding more evidence of poor care in inpatient wards for people with a learning disability or autism, with the proportion of these services rated as ‘inadequate’ more than tripling in a year.
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Rising covid absences will have ‘significant impact’ on NHS recovery
Increasing staff absence due to covid-19 will have a ‘significant impact’ on the ability of the NHS to deliver critical care services and routine operations, leading intensive care doctors have said.
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‘Babies are still being damaged’ Tory peer warns ‘evasive’ ministers
The government has been told it is ‘not sustainable’ to continue to delay its response to a major review on patient safety as ‘babies are still being damaged’.
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Region’s hospitals set for 850 covid deaths by mid-November, says leaked modelling
Hospitals in the North West are forecast to see around 850 coronavirus deaths within the next five weeks, according to a modelling document seen by HSJ.