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NewsFormer trust CEO to lead investigation into mortuary offences
The news of David Fuller’s assaults came as a horrendous shock to senior leaders at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust. But their ability to respond has been limited because of the need to keep the offences secret until the murder trial had concluded.
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NewsParents and babies turned away from ‘exceptionally busy’ unit
Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust was forced to limit access to neonatal intensive care at the weekend due to exceptional demand.
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NewsCovid admissions more than doubled in two regions during October
Hospital admissions of covid positive patients more than doubled in two regions last month as national bed occupancy reached levels not seen since early March.
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NewsLeak reveals hour-long ambulance delays have quadrupled in 12 months
Ambulance handover delays lasting more than 60 minutes have quadrupled compared to this time last year, according to internal NHS data.
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NewsCQC warning notice served on ‘inadequate’ emergency department
An acute trust has been served with a warning notice by the regulator after failing to make improvements to its already ‘inadequate’ emergency department.
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NewsFast-track system will tackle medicines shortage
Medicines and medical goods which are at risk of shortages will be transported to the UK ‘within days’ through a new international transport system, the government has announced.
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NewsJavid: elective recovery plan due this month, but no workforce strategy until spring
An elective recovery plan will be published in the coming weeks and a 15-year workforce plan for the NHS and social care workforce will ‘hopefully’ be ready by spring, the health secretary told MPs today.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts told to ‘urgently’ review mortuary security
NHS England has written to all trusts and told them to ‘urgently’ review the security of their mortuaries, including ensuring all doors are swipe-card controlled and that the units have comprehensive CCTV coverage.
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News‘Climate of fear’ faces staff who voice bullying concerns at major trust
A major trust’s Freedom To Speak Up Guardian has warned that a failure to address employees’ concerns about alleged bullying and long-standing ‘dysfunctional behaviours’ is damaging confidence and resulting in the loss of high-quality staff.
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Trust warns it could lose junior doctors
An acute trust is warning that some of its junior doctors could be withdrawn, putting patient safety at risk.
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NewsBMA chief steps down amid row over GP appointments
The chair of the British Medical Association’s GP committee is to step down a year after being re-elected.
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NewsMurder suspect sexually abused corpses in hospital mortuaries for extended period
Police who searched the home of a hospital worker arrested over the killings of two women found videos and photographs showing him sexually abusing female corpses in two hospital mortuaries, a court was told.
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NewsTrusts spending £1m+ a year on settlement deals with gagging clauses
Trusts are still spending at least £1m a year on settlement agreements with staff containing ‘gagging clauses’, despite a crackdown on these conditions in recent years, HSJ research reveals.
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NewsGovernment seeks ‘critical friend’ chair to hold NHS England accountable
The government is seeking a new chair for NHS England who will be a ‘critical friend’, hold the organisation to account, and nurture links with the pharma industry.
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NewsThe Primer: New entrepreneurial structures
The Primer provides a rapid guide to the most interesting comment and analysis on the English health and care sector that has not (usually) appeared in HSJ.
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NewsThree trusts fall back into ‘improvement programme’
Three trusts whose struggling maternity departments were supported and supposedly improved by a national safety programme have since fallen back into the scheme.
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NewsChildren’s intensive care at near full national occupancy amid rising RSV
A senior doctor has warned that paediatric intensive care units are ‘as pressured as I can ever recall’ – despite the absence of cold weather, which typically leads to higher demand levels.
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NewsDaily Insight: Now IC you, now I don’t
The must-read stories and debate in health policy and leadership.
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NewsICS chief nurse appointed as trust CEO
An acute trust in London has appointed the region’s chief nursing officer as its new chief executive.
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NewsRevealed: ICSs which had the biggest rises in face-to-face GP appointments
There was an increase in the share of GP appointments conducted face to face in September, according to new NHS Digital figures.