Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
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HSJ Local
Trust scraps ex-chair’s building tribute after ‘legacy reassessment’
Plans to name a new major trauma centre after a long-serving trust chair were scrapped after a reassessment of his legacy, HSJ has been told.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Running rings around the ICB
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ Local
‘Systematic’ cuts to private activity planned by stricken ICS
A health system with one of the largest elective backlogs in the country will implement a “systematic reduction” of its dependency on private hospitals, as part of a bid to cut costs.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Funding still pending as new hospital opens
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News
Long-waiters fall by a third despite ‘stubbornly high’ elective list
Trusts cut the number 65-week breaches by 35 per cent between February and March, reducing the long waiter cohort significantly from around 75,000 to around 49,000, according to NHS England’s monthly data.
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HSJ Local
NHSE should intervene in trust safety investigation, says inquiry chair
The chair of the major inquiry into rogue surgeon Ian Paterson has raised concerns over a separate patient recall process conducted by Salford Royal Hospital, and suggested NHS England should intervene.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Patient safety or administrative convenience?
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News
Redundancy scheme to cut corporate staff by 14%
Multiple hospitals are launching redundancy schemes or plans to freeze recruitment for corporate and non-clinical staff, in a bid to meet their financial expectations in 2024–25.
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Comment
Tackling health inequalities should be core business for trusts
A new NHS Providers’ guide for trusts provides a comprehensive framework for identifying, prioritising, and addressing health inequalities, write Christine Camacho and Rachael McKeown
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Skin in the game
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Podcast
HSJ Podcast: Scandal at ‘the safest trust in England’
This week, we discuss the implications of a long-awaited independent review into a patient safety scandal at Salford Royal Hospital, where former head of the spinal division John Williamson harmed multiple patients.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Coming up with the wrong answer
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HSJ Local
Review ‘strewn with errors’ gave trust ‘false assurance’ over division lead
An investigation has heavily criticised a royal college review that was “strewn with errors” and gave “false assurances” to trust leaders over a prominent spinal surgeon.
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News
NHSE makes three senior hires
NHS England has hired three new senior directors to its estates and facilities team.
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Expert Briefing
Recovery Watch: What ‘virtually eliminating’ 78-week breaches really means
Recovering services from the covid crisis is a big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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News
NHSE warns widely used EPR could pose ‘serious risks to patient safety’
NHS England has issued a national alert to all trusts providing maternity services after faults were discovered in IT software that could pose “potential serious risks to patient safety”.
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HSJ Partners
Right people, right time, right information - A blueprint for stronger multidisciplinary teams and efficient patient pathways
Discover how digital infrastructure can transform multidisciplinary teamwork, reduce referral times, and enhance staff experience
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HSJ Local
Headcount rise of 4,000 ‘not readily explainable’ by troubled ICS
The hiring of several thousand staff in a financially troubled health system was found to be ‘not readily explainable’ and well beyond the increases reported by similar areas.
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Comment
Neurosurgery waits surge as national elective list hits new high
Clinical risk on the waiting list continues to grow
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News
Major blow to NHSE recovery plan as 65-week waits rise
The number of elective care waits over 65 weeks rose by nearly 13,000 between July and August – the biggest monthly increase in over two years, according to official data published today.