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Best Practice
Lower screening threshold increases colonoscopies by 35 per cent
Entrant: University Hospitals of Derby and Burton FT
Category: Patient Safety Awards 2026/Neighbourhood and Community Health Safety Initiative of the Year
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Best Practice
QSL portal drives safer practice across trust
Entrant: University Hospitals of Derby and Burton Foundation Trust
Category: Patient Safety Awards 2026/Developing a Positive Safety Culture Award
Award: Shortlisted -
Best Practice
Community CPR training builds confidence in underserved groups
Entrant: University Hospitals of Derby and Burton FT
Category: Patient Safety Awards 2026/Improving Safety and Outcomes for Minority Ethnic Communities
Award: Shortlisted -
HSJ LocalUrgent warning issued over cardiac death risk
A coroner has issued an urgent warning that the failure to implement an emergency cardiac pathway could result in more deaths.
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NewsClosure of birthing units announced by ICBs
An integrated care board cluster has confirmed it will permanently close two birthing units.
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HSJ LocalEPR launch delayed by eight months
An acute trust has delayed the full go-live of a new electronic patient record by eight months after a data problem, and to avoid launching in winter.
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NewsTrust signs £53m contract after legal challenge
A hospital trust has awarded a 10-year contract worth £53m to a UK tech supplier after a legal battle.
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NewsHospital denied large ‘refund’ because staff missed training
A trust was denied a payment worth hundreds of thousands of pounds because staff missed training sessions during high operational pressures, it says.
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NewsSeven trusts still to set maximum ambulance handover times
Seven trusts among the poorest performers for ambulance handovers have yet to to implement the flagship NHS England policy designed to tackle the problem.
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NewsTrusts with persistently high baby deaths revealed
Two hospital trusts have recorded high adjusted mortality rates for five of the past seven years, according to HSJ analysis of maternity safety audit findings.
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NewsExclusive: Rise in ‘free births’ raised with government and regulators
National leaders have been alerted to the risks from growing numbers of women choosing to give birth without midwifery or medical input – known as “free birthing” – HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalFormer national director to chair two ICBs
A long-serving hospital leader and former NHS Improvement director will become the first to chair two neighbouring integrated care boards.
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NewsTrusts ‘unlock radical ambitions’ with move to same EPR
More than half of the acute trusts in a single region are set to move to the same electronic patient record system, a shift one of their CIOs described as a “serendipitous” opportunity for sharing staff and other resources.
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NewsEx-national director to lead ICS group
The former medical director of NHS Improvement – who now holds several local board roles – is to become chair of the national NHS Integrated Care System network.
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NewsTrust leaders raise alarm over ‘mad’ approach to scrutiny of maternity services
The management of fragile maternity services is being hamstrung by a lack of clear standards and direction from government and regulators, trust chairs and chief executives have told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalWarning notice issued to trust which gave ‘assurances’ care was improving
An acute trust in the East Midlands has been issued with a warning notice and seen its maternity services downgraded from ‘good’ to ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission after ‘assurances’ that improvements had been made proved misleading.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2023: HSJ Partnership Award
Winner Definition Health and Royal Surrey Foundation Trust Use Of A Total Digital Surgery Tool To Improve Prehabilitation Of Patients And Increase Effectiveness Of Surgery Pathways Within Hospitals
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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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NewsTwo trusts added to NHSE list of providers at ‘high risk’
Two trusts have been added to NHS England’s list of those identified as needing the most support meeting cancer and elective targets.
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NewsForty trusts are set elective target less ambitious than last year
NHS trusts have been given targets to increase elective activity that range from 103 per cent of pre-pandemic levels to nearly 130 per cent, internal data seen by HSJ reveals.