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NewsRevealed: Trusts spending millions on B&B rooms
Mental health trusts spent £2m on “bed and breakfast” accommodation in order to discharge patients last year, highlighting big gaps in appropriate housing, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Don’t let NHS capital get stuck in the Whitehall queue, Rachel
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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News£5m spent on deaths inquiry still years from completion
An inquiry into deaths linked to a mental health trust is not expected to report for another two years and has already cost more than £5m, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Goodbye Gordon
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Freedom to speak up
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Morecambe Bay's broken promises
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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NewsThirlwall: Guilty or not there was ‘total failure of safeguarding’ at Letby trust
Lady Thirlwall has rejected calls from senior managers to pause the official inquiry into the deaths of infants at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Less money for London
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsFormer directors call for Letby inquiry to be paused
Lawyers acting for four former executive directors at the Countess of Chester Hospital have called for the Thirlwall inquiry to be paused while the criminal charges against Lucy Letby are reviewed.
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NewsHospital told it’s ‘undoubtedly causing harm’
A major emergency department described by a national team as “undoubtedly causing patient harm and distress to staff” told HSJ it believes it has started to crack some of its problems.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: The end of an era
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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NewsNew NHSE chair seeks ‘clear accountability and responsibility’
The author of a major report into quality and governance in the NHS has stressed the responsibility of local boards – and hinted at a rebalancing from regulators to providers.
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NewsExclusive: Fall in A&Es with proper crisis support
The share of acute hospitals which have proper mental health crisis support has fallen to less than two-thirds, according to new findings for NHS England, seen by HSJ.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Familiar faces take up new roles at NHSE and CQC
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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NewsCEO met ‘a great deal of resistance’ over admitting failures
A former chief executive of the Countess of Chester hospital said she faced “great resistance” over her preparations to admit its mistakes in its handling of concerns about baby deaths and the role of Lucy Letby.
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NewsNHS England director drafted in to CQC
The national director of patient safety has been temporarily drafted in to a key role at the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsICBs ‘detached’ from patient safety risks
A new reporting system has left integrated care boards “detached” from patient safety incidents, a watchdog has found.
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NewsTrust fined £1.7m for maternity care failures
An acute trust has been fined £1.7m – one of the largest penalties to date – after multiple failings in connection with the deaths of three babies under its care.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The (surprising) names linked to England’s top hospital job
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Barriers to learning
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe