All West Midlands articles – Page 2
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NewsPlanning, teamwork and understaffing criticised at troubled unit
A regional haematology unit with a history of quality problems has admitted new failures in planning transplants and teamworking, amid concerns about short staffing.
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News‘No staffing growth’ policy implicated in patient’s death
Repeated refusals by NHS England to fund extra staff was a key factor in a patient’s death, a coroner has said.
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NewsTrust predicts ‘standstill’ in very long waits
A trust has called in a private provider to help address very long diagnostic waits, but admits they will remain at a “standstill” without “further investment”.
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NewsNHSE tells ICBs to slow elective referrals
NHS England has told integrated care boards they need to slow down elective referrals dramatically – nearly eliminating year-on-year growth – with high-profile waiting list targets under threat.
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NewsTroubled trust to appoint shared CEO with community provider
A struggling acute trust has announced plans to share a chief executive with its neighbouring community provider as it explores a new group model.
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NewsAcute and mental health trusts appoint first shared chair
An acute trust and a mental health trust in the Midlands have announced they are to share a chair, which they say will create more opportunities for joined-up care.
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NewsSmallest ICB appoints chair despite consolidation talks
The integrated care board with the smallest population has appointed a new chair, despite the expected consolidation of ICBs.
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NewsHospital sends GPs 15,000 letters in a single day
A “technical failure” caused a hospital trust to send 15-20,000 discharge letters to local GP practices on the day before the Easter bank holiday weekend, some of which dated back four months.
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NewsTrusts cut use of private ambulances despite performance woes
Two ambulance trusts with some of the worst performance on a key response time target are reducing the use of private ambulance firms.
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NewsRevealed: Best and worst trusts to work at, according to bank staff
NHS bank staff are almost always more likely to recommend their employer as a good place to work than permanent staff.
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NewsKey recovery target hit
Ambulance services hit a crucial “interim” target for responding to the bulk of emergency calls last month, and showed marked improvements for the most serious category of incidents.
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NewsRevealed: ICBs spending the most and least on staffing
New figures shared with HSJ reveal how much each integrated care board spends on its staffing, with a two-fold variation per head of population.
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NewsICBs will have to merge, says ex-NHSE chief
Some integrated care boards will need to merge in order to cut their running costs in half, according to Sir David Nicholson — leaving trust groups such as the one he now chairs well placed to organise local services.
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NewsStaffing vital to high hear and treat rates, say trusts
Some 30,000 emergency ambulance trips could be avoided every month if trusts provided more advice over the phone, according to NHS England figures.
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HSJ LocalTwo more directors exit trust where ‘poor behaviour was tolerated’
Two non-executive directors have left the board of a mental health trust just a few months after the early departure of its chair.
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NewsSurgeon with ‘complete freedom’ harmed dozens of patients
An orthopaedic surgeon with “almost complete clinical freedom” is likely to have harmed nearly 100 patients, a long-running investigation has found.
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NewsHospital trusts name first joint chair
The chair of an acute trust in the Midlands is to leave after seven years in the role to take up a joint chair position in the North West.
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Expert BriefingImPatient: Influencing change
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision-making. In this monthly expert briefing, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the NHS.
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NewsICB must review contested urgent care contract
An integrated care board has ordered a review of its decision to move an out-of-hours primary care contract from a local GP firm to a private company.
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HSJ LocalTrust appoints primary care leader as chair
A mental health trust has named a primary care leader as its new chair after the previous appointee decided against taking up the role.