All West Midlands articles – Page 15
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HSJ LocalICS boss drafted in to lead struggling trust
An experienced NHS chair is joining a struggling trust that has twice failed to recruit permanently to the leadership role.
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NewsRevealed: The NHS hospitals most at risk of flooding
Two acute hospitals are among the NHS facilities most at risk of flooding, new figures obtained by HSJ reveal.
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NewsCEO of struggling teaching trust quits for regional role
University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust’s chief executive, David Rosser is stepping down.
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NewsRevealed: Ambulance waits quadruple in handover hotspots
Ambulance waiting times for stroke and suspected heart attacks have quadrupled in four parts of England since before covid-19 – whereas others have only grown by half – underlining the severe impact of long accident and emergency handovers.
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News‘Money became king’ under special measures regime, trust leaders claim
An acute trust was forced to try to balance its books, while operating with too few staff and being unable to reassure itself on quality due to a ‘non-existent’ governance system, its current leaders have claimed – as they warned that when organisations are put under financial pressure ‘quality suffers’.
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HSJ LocalHospital ‘restricting patients unlawfully’, CQC warns
An acute trust has been served a warning notice by the Care Quality Commission after inspectors found it was failing to carry out mental health assessments properly, leading to patients “being restricted… unlawfully”.
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NewsNumber of covid positive hospital patients stops rising
The number of covid positive patients in English hospitals has stopped rising after 30 days.
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NewsPublic do not support plans to prioritise patients based on ethnicity and deprivation
There is little public support for prioritising waiting lists based on factors such as ethnicity, deprivation or lifestyle habits, despite a growing number of trusts exploring such an approach, new research has found.
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NewsFormer trust CEO and medical director cleared over surgery scandal
A major trust’s former chief executive and medical director have been cleared, after being accused of failing to protect breast patients from a rogue surgeon.
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HSJ Local‘Obfuscations and failures’ in trust’s handling of death, damning review finds
There were ’obfuscations, difficulties and failures’ in a scandal-hit trust’s handling of a baby’s death, a damning review has found, although it cleared the organisation’s former chair of ’serious mismanagement’.
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HSJ LocalSix ICS chiefs to lead regional decision-making group
Six integrated care boards across the West Midlands are proposing to establish a joint committee of chief executives to make shared decisions on key issues impacting the region, it has emerged.
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NewsCovid positive hospital patients double in a fortnight
The number of covid positive patients in English hospitals has increased by 4,745 over the last two weeks as the fourth wave of 2022 continues to surge.
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NewsSupplier sues NHSE over ‘defective’ procurement process
A software and IT services supplier is suing the NHS for £6.6m damages because a “defective” procurement system led to it lodging paperwork in the wrong place, excluding its bid for a contract worth up to £144m.
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NewsICS rejects ‘greatest benefit’ reconfiguration option as unaffordable
Regional leaders have unveiled four options for a long-delayed revamp to emergency care at the country’s only ‘inadequate’ acute hospital trust.
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NewsHospital rated ‘inadequate’ after death prompts inspection
A private hospital has been rated ‘inadequate’ by a health watchdog following an inspection prompted by a young patient’s preventable death.
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NewsRevealed: The 35 trusts looking to replace their electronic patient records
Nearly 40 trusts are considering launching procurements for new electronic patient records amid a national push to improve trusts’ digital maturity.
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News£300m reconfiguration gets go-ahead after decade delay
Plans for a much-delayed service overhaul in one of the country’s most troubled systems have won national approval, though questions remain over how crucial service improvements will be funded.
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NewsRevealed: Only two ICSs seeing more elective inpatient activity than pre-covid
Providers in just two integrated care systems carried out more inpatient elective procedures in the first quarter of this year than before the covid pandemic, HSJ analysis of official data has revealed.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: A summer of ‘pressure, stress and anxiety’
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Vulnerable mothers falling through the cracks
HSJ’s fortnightly briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector, by correspondent Emily Townsend — contact me in confidence.