All UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF MORECAMBE BAY NHS TRUST articles – Page 2
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Expert Briefing
Patient Safety Watch: All change for maternity transformation
HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch trustee James Titcombe.
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HSJ Local
Flagship merger ‘effectively scrapped’ after ‘wasting millions’
The leader of a flagship ‘hub and spoke’ pathology merger has criticised regulators after the project was effectively dropped due to delays in receiving £31m of capital that was allocated to the scheme in 2018.
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News
Four in five trusts yet to reach digitisation target
Only one in five trusts has reached the level of digitisation required by 2025 – more than three years after the target was set, tech chiefs have revealed.
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News
CQC brings in whistleblowing gurus to boost ‘independence and credibility’
The Care Quality Commission has hired two independent whistleblowing champions to oversee a major review of how it listens to concerns.
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Comment
'Enough is enough': it's time for concerted action on poor maternity care
Sara Ledger emphasises the urgent need to improve maternity services across the country.
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News
CQC triggers two reviews into whistleblowing concerns
The Care Quality Commission has commissioned an independent review into handling of a high-profile whistleblower case, and a wider internal review of how it responds when it is given “information of concern”.
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News
Trusts lose out on cash after safety ‘mis-declarations’
Three trusts have lost out on more than £1m in rebate from the maternity clinical negligence scheme after they ‘mis-declared’ that they were compliant with safety requirements.
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News
Neonatal units face ‘redesignation’ under national shake-up
A major shake-up of neonatal care, aimed at reducing mortality and illness, could see dozens of units restricted to caring for less premature babies.
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News
Russian-owned energy firm supplies at least 11 NHS trusts
At least 11 trusts have paid just over £4m to a Russian government-owned energy supplier in the current financial year, while 17 paid the company £17m the year before, HSJ analysis shows.
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News
Majority of ‘last resort’ ambulance diverts reported by only two trusts
Two acute trusts account for almost two-thirds of emergency department ‘diverts’ reported over the last two months.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: The omicron damage
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: Thousands of staff set for redeployment
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: The ‘magic Morecambe Bay’ facade
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ Local
NHSE and CQC criticised after new failings at Morecambe Bay
NHS England, the Care Quality Commission, and the General Medical Council have all been criticised by a review into whistleblowing concerns at a troubled acute trust.
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HSJ Local
Trust focused on ‘reputation’ failed to address patient harms
A focus on ‘reputation management’ was a factor in how an acute trust failed to properly investigate serious safety concerns in a dysfunctional department where consultants were ‘divided along ethnic lines’
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News
NHS expecting covid negligence claims totalling over £800m
The NHS is expecting to receive compensation claims totalling over £800m over its handling of covid-19, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local
Two more directors go amid heavy criticism of trust’s management
Two more directors have announced they are stepping down from their roles at a troubled acute provider, following heavy criticism of the trust’s management and some key services.
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News
Inconsistent leadership undermining safety of maternity services, says CQC
Inconsistent leadership and poor teamworking, lack of risk oversight and a failure to engage with women’s needs are among the issues continuing to affect the safety of some hospital maternity services, the Care Quality Commission has found.
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HSJ Local
CEO ‘astonished’ by how few junior doctors meet their senior directors
A retiring chief executive was “astonished” how many junior doctors had never met the senior directors of their hospitals — and stressed how being visible on the wards is “critical” to good leadership.
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Expert Briefing
North by North West: On closer inspection
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