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NewsCancer surgery waits hit six weeks at 15 trusts
The number of trusts where breast cancer patients typically wait six weeks or more between diagnosis and surgery has risen from two to 15 since before the pandemic, according to new figures.
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NewsExclusive: A&G delays rise after GPs pushed to use scheme
More than one in five advice and guidance requests are not answered within NHS England’s five-day limit, and performance is getting worse, data obtained by HSJ reveals.
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NewsProvider suspends 29 staff over snooping
Twenty-nine staff have been suspended at a single hospital and community trust group in recent months over alleged information governance breaches, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNational director joins teaching trust board
The national director of patient safety has joined the board of a teaching hospital whose maternity services have faced ongoing scrutiny, and is planning to continue in both roles.
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NewsICBs take action against top wheelchair provider
Several integrated care boards have taken formal action against the NHS’s biggest independent wheelchair provider, whose long delays and poor communication have now been criticised by an ombudsman.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: How cash is a ‘growing safety issue’
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings, and efforts to get back in the black. By senior correspondent Zoe Tidman.
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NewsChild death files deleted ‘methodically and selectively’
Records of child, neonatal, and maternal deaths held by a trust’s medical examiner service were “methodically and selectively” deleted, an external investigation has found.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: The lost art of continuity
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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News‘Shocking’ rise in maternal readmissions revealed
The rate of women readmitted to hospital within six weeks of giving birth has risen by more than a third in less than three years, HSJ analysis of unpublished data suggests.
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NewsVictims demand tougher restrictions on snooping
Victims of the Southport and Nottingham attacks have told ministers and NHS leaders that far stricter, more robust processes are needed to stop staff snooping on patient records – and that actions outlined so far are not enough.
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NewsMackey: ‘Let’s stop directors sitting on multiple boards’
Directors sitting on multiple hospital trust boards without a clear purpose have “shrunk the pool” and are creating “too much of a closed mentality”, Sir Jim Mackey has told MPs.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Ghosts in the machine
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week, written by Ella Devereux. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsFormer ‘outstanding’ trust’s A&E rated ‘inadequate’ for safety
Urgent and emergency care services have been rated “inadequate” for safety at a trust that was rated “outstanding” until July.
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CommentMundane tech now poses a critical risk
The NHS must look beyond large IT systems to the everyday components it depends on, whose vulnerabilities can turn minor failures into widespread disruption
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NewsClosing two of county’s three maternity units best for safety, says review
Closing two of three consultant-led maternity units run by a hospital group is the best option for safety and staffing, a review by senior local clinical leaders has concluded.
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NewsMinisters drop plans to axe patient champion
The government has confirmed it is dropping plans to abolish local and national Healthwatch organisations, instead pledging to strengthen their role.
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NewsTrust investigating avoidable harm from transport failures
An ambulance trust has commissioned an “independent” investigation into its patient transport service amid concerns that patients could be at risk of harm.
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HSJ LocalSurgeon harm review delayed to 2027
A trust has apologised for a further delay to an independent review into potential harm to hundreds of patients, many of them children, treated by one of its surgeons.
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NewsInquiry trust appoints ex-nurse as substantive CEO
A trust undergoing an independent inquiry into its maternity and neonatal services has appointed its interim chief executive to the role permanently.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: HSSIB saved – now let it get on with the job
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe