Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust – Page 5

  • Whistle
    News

    Revealed: CQC inspects 40 providers after whistleblower concerns

    2017-04-13T12:00:00Z

    Whisteblowing complaints to the CQC resulted in 15 NHS and 25 independent providers having an inspection instigated or bought forward Twenty per cent of private providers and 9 per cent of NHS providers subject to a complaint had an inspection unexpectedly scheduled Between 1 April 2016 and 17 February ...

  • virus__sick.jpg
    News

    Analysis: Over 100 trusts report rise in E coli infections in a year

    2017-03-13T07:00:00Z

    106 trusts report increase in E coli rates, with more than 10 per cent increases at 60 PHE data casts doubt over feasibility of government target to halve infections by 2020 Across England the infection rate has increased by 6.7 per cent in 12 months and by 12.7 per ...

  • Weston General Hospital
    News

    Almost half of NHS staff say wards are understaffed

    2017-03-08T13:09:00Z

    Almost half of NHS staff say there are not enough staff at their trust to do their job Midwives, consultants and nurses complain of staff shortages in latest survery Best performing acute trust on this measure was Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh FT Almost half of NHS staff say ...

  • Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital
    News

    NHS staff survey: Best and worst performing trusts

    2017-03-07T12:53:00Z

    The annual NHS survey has shown staff continue to believe the care their trusts provide is safe, with 69 per cent saying they would recommend care at their organisation to a friend or relative.

  • Rob findlay cutout 3x2
    Comment

    English waiting times growth trebles

    2016-12-09T07:30:00Z

    Since the incomplete pathways target was first met in 2012, English waiting times have been creeping up at about half a week per year. Now they’re growing three times faster

  • Workforce
    HSJ Local

    Exclusive: Trusts to create regional shared staff bank

    2016-11-07T07:00:00Z

    Three trusts in the Midlands are working on plans to create a shared staff bank, HSJ can reveal.

  • The Christie
    News

    Revealed: New oversight ratings for every NHS trust

    2016-10-21T13:37:00Z

    Each trust placed in one of four categories based on the level of support they require from NHS Improvement Trusts will be formally categorised next month as part of the regulator’s new “single oversight framework” Thirty-five out of 238 trusts will have “maximum autonomy” See every rating in the ...

  • Nurse
    News

    Trusts named to test new nursing associate role

    2016-10-12T11:13:00Z

    Health Education England has named the trusts to lead work piloting the new nursing associate role, and confirmed double the number of people will be trained for the new position than originally planned.

  • Payslip
    News

    Revealed: Ministers sign off £300k of pay rises for trust chairs

    2016-10-03T16:00:00Z

    Ministers agreed nearly £300,000 in pay rises for the chairs of NHS trusts over the past year, HSJ can reveal.

  • Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
    HSJ Local

    Short-staffed neonatal unit 'should not have been operating'

    2016-06-14T12:34:00Z

    WORKFORCE: A hospital’s neonatal unit caring for seriously ill new born babies did not have enough nurses or doctors to meet national guidelines and should not have been operating, an independent report has concluded.

  • News

    Revealed: The capital projects deferred in 'undignified scramble'

    2016-05-03T07:30:00Z

    £270m of deferred spending identified, much of which relates to projects such as building maintenance, IT infrastructure and the purchase of new equipment. Twenty biggest transfers listed. Download full details of the capital-to-revenue transfers identified Sources told HSJ they are seriously concerned that key capital projects could be jeopardised ...

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, University Hospitals Birmingham FT
    News

    Revealed: First digital maturity index scores in full

    2016-04-12T09:30:00Z

    This is a full list of trusts’ scores on the new digital maturity index, based on HSJ analysis of NHS England data.

  • Gesticulating hands in meeting
    News

    'Very few' NHS contracts agreed after 'challenging' negotiations

    2016-04-07T13:00:00Z

    Regulators say planning round for 2016-17 has been “very challenging” Few providers have signed contracts with commissioners Deadline for operational plans pushed back by a week Regulators have extended the deadline for NHS providers to submit their operational plans for the current financial year because “very few” have ...

  • Barts
    News

    Exclusive: Hundreds more hidden patients waiting 52 weeks for treatment

    2016-03-17T17:27:00Z

    HSJ uncovers nearly 400 more patients waiting more than a year for treatment Official data said 722 patients were waiting more than 52 weeks as of January Discovery follows revelation of 1,015 year-plus waiters at Barking, Havering and Redbridge At least 378 more patients than previously thought have ...

  • Staffordshire Moorlands view from the Roaches
    HSJ Local

    Staffordshire CCGs anticipate 'virtual' merger

    2016-02-16T11:32:00Z

    Chief officer of three Staffordshire CCGs says they could streamline all functions except governing body meetings Andrew Donald says any CCG merger should be the result of “natural evolution” Large scale organisational development work underway STRUCTURE: The chief officer of a trio of clinical commissioning groups in Staffordshire ...

  • Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
    HSJ Local

    Exclusive: Midlands trust expected to enter special measures this week

    2016-01-22T14:58:00Z

    Walsall Healthcare Trust expected to be placed into special measures CQC inspectors raised serious concerns over emergency department and maternity unit CQC to criticise “heavy handed” management style by some senior managers PERFORMANCE: A West Midlands hospital is expected to be put in special measures this week after ...

  • Calculator
    News

    Revealed: Trusts' estimated savings potential

    2016-01-05T11:00:00Z

    By using publicly available data, HSJ has been able to closely match the methodology used by Lord Carter to produce trusts’ headline “savings opportunity” figures. Here we list the least and most efficient trusts according to the headline measure, as well as data for all trusts.

  • Board room
    News

    CQC criticised for errors leading to trust's £200k 'fit and proper person' bill

    2015-12-02T11:23:00Z

    Derby Teaching Hospitals chair calls for CQC to rethink its handling of fit and proper person complaints CQC failed to pass on vital information and is blamed for doubling cost of investigation Derby chief executive Sue James exonerated and called “exemplary” by report Serious concerns have been raised ...

  • HSJ Local

    Cannock Chase CCG reports £2m in-year deficit

    2015-09-02T08:00:00Z

    FINANCE: Cannock Chase Clinical Commissioning Group has reported a deficit of £2.06m in the financial year to July, £12,000 lower than planned.

  • Mike Potts
    HSJ Local

    Staffordshire transformation body appoints chair

    2015-08-20T11:57:00Z

    WORKFORCE: The new body in Staffordshire created to draw up a region-wide transformation programme has appointed an ‘independent’ chair to oversee its work.