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HSJ LocalStruggling FT appoints new chair
A troubled acute trust in Greater Manchester has appointed a new substantive chair.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Trust reviews all specialties amid 'hidden' patient concerns
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsSurge of patients hit A&Es over Oxford jab clot fears
Emergency clinicians have raised concerns and called for central guidance for dealing with a rush of unnecessary A&E attendances triggered by health anxiety over the Oxford covid vaccine’s safety.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: A tale of three regions – what happened next?
After the first covid wave we took a deep dive into three regions in England – now as the third wave ebbs away we have returned once more.
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HSJ LocalConsultants blow whistle on 10,000 ‘hidden’ follow-up cases amid trust merger
An acute trust is reviewing thousands of gastroenterology cases for possible patient harm, after details emerged of an ‘extremely concerning’ list of patients who have not had follow-up appointments for up to six years since being treated.
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NewsCovid patients in hospital declining much faster in south and east than in north
The number of covid positive hospital patients is dropping almost twice as fast in the south and east than it is in the north.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: ‘Our levels of trust are a million miles away from what we need’
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ LocalTrust chair accused of ‘misleading’ staff over critical report
The chair of a prominent cancer trust has sent a ‘misleading’ message to staff about the extent to which a critical draft report was significantly softened before being finalised.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: A Greater big dog's dinner
Tensions have been building in Greater Manchester around the extent to which it should try to diverge from the “integrated care system” model which is being prescribed nationally.
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NewsRevealed: Most Nightingales in £500m programme to close
England’s Nightingale hospitals will be “stood down” from providing beds for covid-19 patients by next month, with some of the facilities set to be used for other purposes.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: Realpolitik and the NHS’ next big plan
In a last minute controversial intervention, Matt Hancock has torpedoed plans in Lancashire to consolidate emergency services.
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NewsBig cities and staff lag on vaccine uptake
Major urban areas are trailing in the vaccine rollout, with health systems covering London, Birmingham and Manchester reporting lower uptake than the rest of England, new NHS data reveals.
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HSJ LocalHealthcare professional arrested on suspicion of murdering stroke patient
A healthcare professional at Blackpool Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a stroke patient.
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HSJ LocalNHSE overrules trust and orders second review into patient harms
NHS England has ordered an independent review into patient safety and governance concerns at an acute trust which had been resisting calls to take this step, HSJ has learned.
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NewsSuicide inquest sparks warning on 'nine month wait' for treatment
The government has been called on to take action over the national “backlog” for a specialist mental health service after a woman died while waiting to access treatment.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Hancock’s grubby intervention over A&E closure
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Reviews of hospital-acquired covid deaths as ‘basic’ breaches found
Senior doctors are leading a programme of work to review deaths caused by hospital-acquired covid in the North West, which has had disproportionately high rates of nosocomial infections over the last three months.
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NewsExclusive: Covid admissions falling faster among older people, likely due to vaccine
The coronavirus vaccine appears to be having a significant impact on hospitalisations among the elderly, nearly three months into the vaccination campaign, according to analysis of NHS data.
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NewsTen ICUs where ‘super surge’ occupancy remains stubbornly high
Critical care occupancy remains stubbornly high at 10 trusts which still have around double the number of patients they had capacity for last winter, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The tough questions NHSE must answer over famous cancer trust
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.