PERFORMANCE: The Robert Hunt and Agnes Jones Orthopaedic and District Hospital Foundation Trust reported two serious incidents in December - one involved a fracture when a patient fell and the second a case of physical and verbally abusive behaviour.
The trust had 17 patient falls in December and is now putting more emphasis on reducing them.
January 2012
Dozens of trusts have been hit with financial penalties after regulators questioned their claims to be compliant with maternity safety standards.
An NHS England regional director has been made a dame in the King’s birthday honours.
When Sir Jim Mackey took over as NHS England’s last chief executive, he picked four fellow acute trust CEOs to help him lead the service over the next two years.
Repeated refusals by NHS England to fund extra staff was a key factor in a patient’s death, a coroner has said.
A trust ended a long-standing multi-million deal with an insourcing firm owned by some of its medical consultants after a “supportive intervention” by NHS England, HSJ has learned.
An NHS trust has concluded that its former chief executive is not a “fit and proper person” to be on an NHS board, after investigating allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviour, HSJ has learned.
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