All articles by Rebecca Thomas – Page 3
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NHS chief calls on PM to take urgent action over children hit by covid
A trust chief executive and NHS national lead has accused government of denying requests to hold a press conference with children, and called for an “urgent” plan to overcome absence from school due to covid self-isolation.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: A new era dawns for specialised services
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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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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Trust CEO to formally step down for think tank role
The chief executive of an acute trust in the Midlands is set to formally leave the post to work at a health think tank.
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Trust chief leaves to head ICS
The chief executive of a specialist trust in Shropshire is leaving to head up the local clinical commissioning group and integrated care system.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Plot thickens around controversial care model
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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HSJ Local
Major trust faces bullying concerns from hundreds of senior doctors
Concerns over bullying and discrimination have been raised in a survey of hundreds of doctors at a major hospital trust, HSJ can reveal.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: The (incomplete) picture of eating disorder performance
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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HSJ Local
Trust ordered to pay £20,000 in case where there were ‘significant issues’ with CEO’s evidence
A major acute trust has been ordered to pay £20,000 in costs amid a long-running employment dispute with a whistleblower.
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Exclusive: Alarm raised years before hospital’s ‘inadequate’ rating
Multiple concerns were raised about an inpatient hospital for several years before it was rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission, HSJ has learned.
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Supplier to ‘every NHS trust’ placed in special measures
Patients have come to avoidable harm after a large private provider failed to deliver thousands of medicine prescriptions, according to a report from the Care Quality Commission.
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Families launch court case in bid for public inquiry into deaths
The Department of Health and Social Care is facing being taken to court over an inquiry it launched into the deaths of dozens of mental health patients in Essex.
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Expert Briefing
Mental Health Matters: Trusts to review use of controversial care model
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector — contact me in confidence.
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Police launch investigation into patient death
Police are investigating allegations around the death of a patient who was under the care of Hertfordshire Partnership University Foundation Trust.
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NHS England warns provider it ‘will not tolerate’ further service failures
NHS England has told a large private provider it will ‘not tolerate failures’ after repeated concerns have been raised about its services.
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Three hospitals placed in special measures following infection control concerns
Three private mental health hospitals have been placed in special measures after the Care Quality Commission found concerns over infection control.
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Trust ‘reviewing hundreds of patients’ after failings discovered
The suicide of a woman with severe mental illness has prompted a review into the care of hundreds of other patients, according to her family.
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CQC tells provider to inform police of staff assault on patient
Allegations of staff assaulting patients at a mental health hospital have been uncovered for a second time, one year after the Care Quality Commission first raised concerns over potential abuse at the unit.
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NHS England vaccine chief to head up new number 10 delivery unit
NHS England’s executive lead for the national vaccination programme is being appointed to head up Boris Johnson’s new delivery unit.