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NewsRevealed: Best trusts for raising concerns and being inclusive
The share of a trust’s staff who say it respects differences, and how much confidence they have to speak up, are two of the most strongly linked answers in the NHS Staff Survey, HSJ analysis has found. Our chart reveals the strongest and weakest organisations on those measures.
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HSJ LocalTrust’s leadership downgraded to ‘inadequate’
A teaching trust’s leadership has been rated “inadequate” by the Care Quality Commission, as inspectors warned of a “genuine fear” of speaking up and staff feeling unsafe from bullying, sexual harassment, misogyny, and racism.
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NewsMore trusts discover their buildings have faulty concrete
Thirteen more NHS hospitals have identified a potentially unsafe form of concrete in their buildings, causing closures and disruption to wards.
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NewsThirty trusts report more 12-hour waits, despite national improvement
Long A&E waits have got worse at more than one in five acute trusts, despite an improving trend nationally.
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NewsCQC names best and worst for maternity experience
The trusts where maternity care has deteriorated the most according to patient surveys have been identified by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsRevealed: The ‘unacceptable’ hospital buildings with no investment
Estates chiefs at 19 acute hospitals have classed more than half of their occupied space as “not functionally suitable” and lacking any promise of major investment.
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NewsRevealed: 300,000 more NHS staff missing out on flu jab
Some 300,000 fewer frontline NHS staff had the winter flu vaccine last year than in 2019 and 2020, with huge variation in uptake among trusts, HSJ analysis shows.
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HSJ LocalNational director leaves for exec role at teaching trust
NHS England’s director of urgent and emergency care is joining a major teaching trust as its chief operating officer.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: What ‘virtually eliminating’ 78-week breaches really means
Recovering services from the covid crisis is a big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NewsJunior doctors being subjected to ‘public humiliation’, says trust boss
A hospital chief has warned colleagues of ‘significant behavioural concerns’ reported by junior doctors, including ‘undermining by public humiliation’.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE crackdown on 10-hour ambulance delays
NHS England has launched a new crackdown on trusts it says have a ‘management strategy’ to hold patients in the back of ambulances to cope with emergency pressures inside their hospitals, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrust reports two ‘never events’ in area already under review for errors
A teaching trust has reported six ‘never events’ in less than two months, including incidents in a specialty already under review for errors.
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NewsHigh profile director hired by trust to lead recovery from scandal
A trust which has been at the centre of a series of scandals over the last year has appointed a former regional director as its group chief medical officer.
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NewsStiffer stroke target introduced – despite failure to meet old standard
The failure of trusts to offer stroke patients the level of rehab required by standards introduced 10 years ago has not prevented the publication of new guidance which demands even higher performance.
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NewsThird of largest trusts do not know their carbon footprint
More than a third of the largest NHS trusts are still unable to state the size of their full carbon footprint, despite it being three years since the national plan for ‘net zero’ was established.
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NewsMajor blow to NHSE recovery plan as 65-week waits rise
The number of elective care waits over 65 weeks rose by nearly 13,000 between July and August – the biggest monthly increase in over two years, according to official data published today.
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NewsSeven trusts relegated to NHSE’s poorest performers group
Seven trusts have been added to NHS England’s list of providers with the worst elective and cancer problems, putting the number of organisations in the ‘tier 1’ group back into double figures – and five leaving it, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingRecovery Watch: The trusts slipping the most on PM’s pledge
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
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NewsTrust staff ‘disrespected’ and ‘pushed beyond their capacity’, review concludes
A review which captured the views of thousands of staff at one of the largest NHS trusts has found many feel ‘unsupported, disrespected and pushed beyond their capacity’.
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HSJ LocalExec clear-out at teaching trust revealed
A major teaching trust confirmed an overhaul of its executive team today, including the sudden announcement that its chief medical officer is leaving.