All West Midlands articles – Page 19
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HSJ LocalHospital trust pleads guilty to care safety failings after two patient deaths
An acute trust has pleaded guilty to charges of care safety failures in a prosecution brought by the Care Quality Commission following the deaths of two patients.
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NewsNHSE to publish the carbon footprint of every trust and ICS
NHS England will publish each integrated care system’s carbon footprint before October, under plans to track progress against the health service’s sustainability programme.
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NewsTrust CEO to formally step down for think tank role
The chief executive of an acute trust in the Midlands is set to formally leave the post to work at a health think tank.
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NewsTrust chief leaves to head ICS
The chief executive of a specialist trust in Shropshire is leaving to head up the local clinical commissioning group and integrated care system.
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NewsRevealed: Most People Board chairs are women or have minority ethnic background
Half of the chairs of the new regional People Boards are from a minority ethnic background and the majority are also female, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalMajor trust faces bullying concerns from hundreds of senior doctors
Concerns over bullying and discrimination have been raised in a survey of hundreds of doctors at a major hospital trust, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsICS prescribes Amazon’s Alexa to patients
An integrated care system has piloted prescribing patients Amazon devices to act as digital health assistants.
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NewsDeaths of covid hospital patients hit record low
The deaths of covid positive patients in English hospitals has hit a record low.
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HSJ LocalTrust ordered to pay £20,000 in case where there were ‘significant issues’ with CEO’s evidence
A major acute trust has been ordered to pay £20,000 in costs amid a long-running employment dispute with a whistleblower.
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HSJ LocalSupplier to ‘every NHS trust’ placed in special measures
Patients have come to avoidable harm after a large private provider failed to deliver thousands of medicine prescriptions, according to a report from the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsStretched GP practice writes scathing open letter to patients
A large GP practice has written a scathing open letter to patients, citing growing pressures and criticising them for ‘ignoring’ medical advice, contacting GPs for ‘minor symptoms’ and ‘avoiding’ looking after themselves.
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NewsThree hospitals placed in special measures following infection control concerns
Three private mental health hospitals have been placed in special measures after the Care Quality Commission found concerns over infection control.
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NewsCIA hunt for Bin Laden and pharma experimentation has fed distrust of govt vaccine policy among NHS staff
An ambulance trust has cited ‘mistrust’ of government and national healthcare policy as one of the factors driving lower vaccine uptake among its ethnic minority staff, linking concerns to historic international controversies around vaccination programmes.
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NewsExclusive: Windrush scandal made ethnic minority people ‘fearful’ of using cancer services
Fears that their data would be shared with the Home Office following the Windrush scandal left some people from ethnic minorities afraid to access cancer services during the pandemic, an NHS England document has revealed.
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HSJ LocalLong-serving CEO takes over neighbouring acute trust
A long-serving NHS chief executive is set to become interim boss for a neighbouring hospital trust, amid plans for a provider group model.
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NewsCovid admissions began rising before pubs re-opened, new data shows
Weekly covid hospital admissions increased the day before the latest step in the government’s roadmap out of lockdown, according to analysis of NHS England data.
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HSJ LocalNew boss drafted in as scandal-hit unit suspends staff
Several staff at a trust which is at the centre of a major maternity scandal have been placed on leave, while a new interim head of midwifery has been drafted in.
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NewsMike Richards’ review finds ‘hostility’ in pioneering integration patch
A review by Sir Mike Richards has warned of ‘really poor’ working relationships and ‘hostility’ within the system that was due to launch the NHS’ first integrated care provider, HSJ has learned.
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NewsSurge of patients hit A&Es over Oxford jab clot fears
Emergency clinicians have raised concerns and called for central guidance for dealing with a rush of unnecessary A&E attendances triggered by health anxiety over the Oxford covid vaccine’s safety.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: A tale of three regions – what happened next?
After the first covid wave we took a deep dive into three regions in England – now as the third wave ebbs away we have returned once more.