University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
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NewsManagers ‘felt pressured and bullied’ in overcrowded ED
Managers in a major emergency department felt “pressured and bullied not to disclose difficulties” and were left to manage “extreme risk” including avoidable deaths, the Care Quality Commission has reported.
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NewsDoctor named CEO of £1.7bn hospital trust
A medical manager has been made CEO of one of England’s largest trusts, which is grappling with multiple performance and quality problems.
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NewsPatients missed out on brain-preserving treatment
A hospital has been referring less than one in 100 stroke patients for a brain-preserving treatment, missing opportunities for others to benefit, a deep dive review has found.
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NewsSmallest trust picks group partner
England’s smallest trust has proposed forming a group with two acute hospitals in a neighbouring county.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Leeds failures highlight the tragic costs of ‘normal birth’ ideology
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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NewsTrust fined £200,000 over teenager’s death
An acute trust has been fined £200,000 after a teenager absconded from a hospital ward and killed herself.
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NewsTwo more deaths raise alarm over mental health in A&E
Two further cases of patients absconding from hospital and taking their own lives have been highlighted at a trust which is being prosecuted for a similar case.
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NewsChair makes way for joint leadership
The chair of England’s smallest trust is to stand down next month, as it prepares to enter into a “strategic partnership”.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Another round of inquiries alone won’t deliver safer care
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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NewsTrust admits failings after absconded girl’s death
A hospital trust faces a substantial fine after admitting staff failed to follow a teenage girl with mental health problems who absconded from a hospital ward and then killed herself.
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NewsCQC prosecutes hospital over ‘avoidable harm’
The Care Quality Commission is prosecuting a large hospital trust for allegedly exposing a patient to a “significant risk of avoidable harm” by failing to provide safe care and treatment.
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NewsInquiry chair: No time to ‘co-produce’ with families
Families have been told they cannot “co-produce” an investigation into how they were failed by maternity services because of the “timetable given” by government.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Maternity services need change now, not in 2030
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Last of the £2bn laggards
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week by Ben Clover and Joe Talora. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsHospitals falling far short of national quality target
The NHS fell well short of its goal to offer the best standard of acute stroke treatment to 10 per cent of patients last year, with some units carrying out the procedure only once a week.
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NewsFourteen maternity investigation trusts named
Fourteen trusts are to be subject to a government-commissioned investigation into maternity service quality, it was announced today.
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NewsCampaigners against care failings at three trusts will help scope national investigation
Three large teaching trusts are highly likely to be included in a government-commissioned “investigation” of NHS maternity and neonatal care after those campaigning for improvements at the organisations were included in the group establishing its terms of reference.
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NewsExclusive: Review uncovers misogyny and paternalistic culture at major trust
An independent review of a major trust has uncovered claims of misogyny and a failure to deal with “unwanted romantic advances”, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCEO quits struggling hospital trust
The chief executive of a trust battling major performance and care quality concerns is stepping down after three years.
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NewsCharity CEO to replace trust’s chair of 12 years
The CEO of a road safety charity has been appointed chair of a major teaching trust.