Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust – Page 4
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NewsNew patient safety requirement for trusts after Gosport scandal
NHS trusts must report annually on how they have dealt with staff concerns over patient safety, under new legislation proposed by the Department of Health and Social Care.
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NewsRegulators tell county to look again at centralising stroke services
Stroke services in West Sussex could be reorganised – two years after plans were halted because of fears they would impact on other hospitals outside the county.
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HSJ LocalCEO 'disappointed' after staff told to be more caring
A chief executive says he is “disappointed” with his trust being rated among the worst in England for staff being “caring” towards patients, but believes improvements to “long standing challenges” are being made overall.
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HSJ LocalTrust agrees to move 'unsustainable' service to neighbour after three year saga
“Unsustainable” spinal services are set to be transferred from a cash strapped acute provider to its tertiary neighbour after three years of uncertainty.
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NewsSix trusts named as 'outliers' in lung cancer audit
A hospital trust is considering hiring more nurse specialists after being flagged as an outlier for lung cancer treatment.
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NewsRadiology backlog a 'potential key risk' for trusts: CQC chief
Trust boards must recognise backlogs of unreported radiology images as “a potential key risk” and take action immediately, the chief inspector of hospitals has warned.
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News'Disregard for human life' - 450 patients killed by painkillers at hospital, report says
More than 450 patients died from prescriptions made “without medical justification” at a hospital where the use of opioids resulted in an “institutionalised practice of shortening patients’ lives”, an investigation has found.
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NewsFinancial performance: Best and worst of 2017-18
Twenty NHS providers accounted for almost £600m of deterioration against the trust sector’s financial plans in 2017-18.
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HSJ LocalDeficit trust rejects 'hard to understand' surplus control total
A deficit ridden acute trust has rejected a demand by NHS Improvement to deliver a £23m surplus in 2018-19, with local commissioners criticising the imposed target.
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HSJ LocalUp to eight trusts to share pathology system
Pathologists in one of England’s most advanced health economies have launched a procurement for a common IT system across laboratories at up to eight NHS trusts.
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NewsTrusts singled out for failing at 'bog standard' IT
The failure of parts of the NHS to use “bog standard” IT is undermining the case to Treasury for more technology funding, an NHS England director has said.
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NewsRevealed: New money for 15 trusts to trial flexible working
Fifteen NHS trusts have been selected by the Department of Health and Social Care to receive funding for pilot projects to enable flexible working.
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HSJ LocalTrusts yet to agree permanent deals for former Carillion services
Permanent deals are yet to be agreed by NHS trusts whose facilities management services were hit by the collapse of Carillion, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalPatient died waiting for treatment at hospital 'under extreme pressure'
A heart patient is believed to have died after not receiving treatment quickly enough due to a troubled hospital’s cardiac unit being used “extensively” for extra bed capacity.
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HSJ Local'Severe harm' to patients caught up in huge x-rays backlog
Three patients suffered severe harm because their chest x-rays were among tens of thousands of tests not reviewed properly at Portsmouth Hospitals Trust.
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NewsRevealed: Surge in numbers waiting for X-ray and scan results
There was a surge last year in the number of patients waiting for the results of X-rays and scans, a leaked national performance report suggests.
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NewsHighest and lowest trusts in each area for staff witnessing care mistakes
A breakdown by area of acute trusts by the share of staff saying they had witnessed potentially harmful errors, near misses or incidents in the last month, in the 2017 NHS staff survey.
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NewsIn full: Pathology network proposals
HSJ approached the 29 pathology networks proposed by NHS Improvement to ask if local trusts had signed up. In most cases the proposed “hub” trust was able to answer on behalf of its network.
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NewsSerco set to take over Carillion NHS contracts
Facilities management services at five NHS hospital trusts could be taken over by Serco in a £29m deal, following the collapse of Carillion.
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NewsRevealed: 58 trusts admit they will miss financial plan
NHS Improvement has accepted formal revisions to the financial forecasts of almost 60 NHS trusts, according to data published today.