All North West articles
See all articles with this subject.
-
HSJ LocalNew trust probes staff accessing Southport victims’ records
A second hospital in Liverpool has suspended two staff members while it investigates whether they viewed the medical records of the Southport attack victims without legitimate reason.
-
NewsChair quits after CQC finds ‘misaligned’ board
The chair of an embattled trust has announced he will step down amid warnings from the Care Quality Commission, HSJ has learned.
-
NewsFormer chief crown prosecutor to chair biggest trust
A former chief crown prosecutor has been appointed to chair England’s largest trust.
-
News£460m patient transport deal collapses again
Plans for the supply of non-emergency patient transport services across the North West lie in ruins for the second time within 20 months after two of its three regional lots were abandoned.
-
HSJ LocalVirtual ward patient died due to failure to transfer him to hospital
The death of a man being cared for on a virtual ward was the result of a “catalogue of failings” by two trusts, a coroner has ruled.
-
HSJ LocalRegional director made chair of struggling hospital group
A NHS England regional director has been announced as interim chair of a hospital group facing significant financial challenges and leadership instability.
-
NewsUnion calls new trust CEO’s claim ‘simply untrue’
A trade union has accused a troubled trust’s new interim chief executive of making a “simply untrue” claim to staff that he had met its representatives to resolve a strike by theatre workers.
-
HSJ LocalNursing regulator makes U-turn over snooping cases
Nurses are now facing regulatory action for improperly viewing Southport attack victim files after a U-turn by their regulator – which was made only after the breaches became public, HSJ can reveal.
-
NewsICB faces potential legal battle over funding row
Three GP practices are threatening to sue their integrated care board over its plans to cut premises funding.
-
NewsNorth-south divide opens up in ambulance services
Every ambulance trust in the south of England is missing the national category 2 response target so far this year, while all three northern trusts are inside it after a more sustained recovery.
-
NewsWorst-rated trust gets new CEO for six months
The worst-rated acute trust in England has hired an experienced interim chief executive while its incumbent takes leave.
-
NewsICBs face £6m legal bill as ‘complex’ contract dispute drags on
Two thirds of integrated care boards have been caught up in a multi-million-pound legal challenge brought by a waste management firm.
-
NewsCEO who left for Gibraltar joins struggling trust
A leading trust chief executive who left the NHS to run Gibraltar’s health system has returned as an interim appointment at one of England’s largest providers.
-
NewsUnder-fire trust pauses CEO recruitment
A major trust under intense scrutiny over quality and governance concerns has paused its search for a permanent chief executive.
-
NewsLetby trust criticised over fetus storage
The trust where Lucy Letby worked has been heavily criticised for how it looks after the bodies of fetuses.
-
NewsICB orders all GPs to use ‘distrusted’ IT system
An integrated care board has ordered all of its 337 GP practices to use a single digital access system and is switching off five rival products to save money.
-
HSJ LocalWe’re providing ‘pretty awful’ care, says CEO
A hospital trust is providing a “pretty awful” standard of care, its interim chief executive has declared.
-
HSJ LocalBoard shake-up at ailing hospital group
The chair of a large hospital group has announced he will be stepping down after three years, amid a major board shake-up.
-
HSJ LocalManagers ‘should not feel affronted’ by Letby inquiry, says CEO
No NHS leader “should feel affronted” at being reminded of basic duties towards patients by the Letby inquiry, the chief executive of the Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust has said.
-
NewsBoards must ‘never again treat baby safety as side issue’, says Cooper
Maternity and neonatal services “cannot operate on the margins,” and deaths of babies and children must be investigated as a priority by NHS boards, the health and social care secretary has warned.