STRUCTURE: Tameside Hospital FT has introduced a wireless tracking system for patient records - a step on the way towards electronic medical records.
All records will be tagged with radio frequency bar codes and staff will have new wireless readers to speed up the process of locating and filing patients’ files.
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An ambulance trust has appointed a new chair, who a panel found had displayed “bullying behaviour” in a previous role as a police and crime commissioner.
Three former senior leaders of the trust where babies were murdered by Lucy Letby have been arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.
Dozens of trusts have been hit with financial penalties after regulators questioned their claims to be compliant with maternity safety standards.
A leading chief executive in Greater Manchester says the block contracting arrangements introduced in March should remain in place beyond the coronavirus pandemic.
A North West trust that was placed in special measures after the 2013 Keogh review has now received a good rating after a Care Quality Commission inspection.
STRUCTURE: Monitor has lifted a troubled foundation trust out of special measures, after it agreed to make radical changes to achieve savings of £28m by 2020.
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