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NewsUnder-pressure trust to stop sending ambulances to hundreds of patients
An ambulance trust will stop sending crews to hundreds of calls a day and instead divert patients to other services.
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Comment
A referral to diagnosis target is the wrong solution to the huge risk in the elective backlog
A cancer-style referral-to-diagnosis target sounds simple. But it turns out to be a lot more complicated than splitting the RTT target. By Rob Findlay
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News
Hospitals re-impose visiting restrictions amid soaring covid pressures
Several hospital trusts have re-introduced restrictions on patient visitors as covid-19 infections soar in their areas.
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News
Trusts to remind public they must wear masks after 19 July
Multiple trusts are planning to tell the public they must comply with current covid infection control measures, such as mask wearing, beyond 19 July when they visit NHS premises, HSJ can reveal.
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Comment
Black report on drugs is a wake-up call for the NHS and government
Julie Bass shares her take on the recently published Black review on drugs, suggesting approaches to uplift the substance misuse sector
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News
Nightingale deaths lead to warning over ‘confusion’ around ventilator equipment
Two patients died while being treated at London’s Nightingale Hospital amid what a coroner has described as ‘widespread confusion’ around some of the equipment used for ventilation machines.
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News
Exclusive: Children six times more likely to be restrained than adults
Children in mental health units are almost six times more likely to be restrained compared to adults, according to the findings of an unpublished NHS England review.
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Health bill introduces new criminal offence for sharing NHS data
The new Health and Care Bill has introduced a range of powers for information sharing, as well as a new criminal offence punishable with a prison sentence.
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Partnership Awards 2021: Best Mental Health Partnership with the NHS
WINNER: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust: Fewer Incidents and Better Care in Inpatient Mental Health Hospitals
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HSJ Awards
HSJ Partnership Awards 2021: Most Effective Contribution to Patient Safety
WINNER: Oxehealth, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust, Oxford Health FT and South London and Maudsley FT: Improving Safety and Care for Inpatient Mental Health Patients
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HSJ Local
Inspectors heavily criticise trust leaders after being ‘shouted at by staff’
A maternity unit has been heavily criticised by regulators after they were told of ‘multiple allegations of bullying’ and staff being afraid to raise concerns.
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Comment
The government's NHS data strategy missed the boat on transparency
The new data strategy is once again a lost opportunity to advance the transparency agenda – providing accessible performance data on hospitals and all other care settings, writes Alex Kafetz
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Comment
Exploring the benefits of dermatology screening clinics
Screening consultations can prove to be a breakthrough for patients on the waiting list, by Alun Evans.
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News
Distancing measures now ‘impossible’ in overcrowded EDs
NHS England officials are examining a recent spike in emergency department attendances, with multiple reports that crowded units can no longer meet distancing guidelines.
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News
Trust fined £1.5m after patient deaths
A mental health trust has been fined £1.5m following a prosecution by the Heath and Safety Executive over failings related to 11 inpatient deaths.
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GMC to investigate doctor involved in high-profile patient death
A doctor involved in the care of a teenager whose death was subject to a mismanaged review process is set to face an investigation by the General Medical Council.
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HSJ Local
‘Outstanding’ maternity unit plunges to ‘inadequate’ after unannounced inspection
Maternity services at a Shelford Group hospital have fallen from ‘outstanding’ to ‘inadequate’ following an unannounced Care Quality Commission inspection earlier this year.
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News
Dozens of hospitals hit dangerous bed occupancy levels
Dozens of acute trusts have operated at very high levels of bed occupancy in the past month, as they deal with a surge in non-covid patients with thousands fewer beds than normal.
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News
‘Significant risks to patient safety and trust’s reputation’ uncovered by external review
A gastroenterology service was ‘in a very poor state with significant risks to patient safety’ and had poor teamworking which ‘blighted’ the service, an external review found.
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Trust told to take ‘urgent’ action over risks to cancer patients
An external review has issued a series of ‘urgent recommendations’ to a specialist cancer service around patient safety risks.
