West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust – Page 3
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CommentVolunteers must have a clearly defined role
Staff and patients must be clear on the benefits that volunteers can bring to the future of our health system, writes Sam Ward
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CommentHow to maximise the impact of NHS volunteers
Jullie Tran Graham shares insights and learnings from a recently released report that evaluates the impacts of volunteer interventions
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NewsNew Year honours for hospital bosses and NHS England staff
Hospital chief executives and senior NHS England staff were among those named in the New Year’s Honours list.
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NewsExclusive: Examine ‘cost premium’ for smaller hospitals, says major study
A financial premium for remote hospitals, consultant contract changes and ending the practice of separating out services like ambulatory care are among the recommendations from a major study on the sustainability of smaller hospitals.
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Revealed: The slowest invoice payers in the NHS
A third of acute trusts routinely break the law by paying their suppliers late, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsRevealed: The largest land sales by NHS trusts
NHS trusts received around £350m from land sales in 2017-18, an increase of more than 50 per cent on the previous year, according to new data.
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NewsNew funding settlement 'contingent' on adopting new tech, says Hancock
The new health and social care secretary says the £20bn of additional funding provided by the government will be “contingent” on the NHS adopting the latest technology.
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NewsHancock backs expansion of GP consultations via smartphone
Matt Hancock has backed the expansion of GP consultations via smartphone, just days after local commissioners blocked an expansion of a major digital practice citing patient safety.
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NewsNew health secretary calls out NHS leadership for lack of diversity
The new health and social care secretary will use his first speech to call out the NHS leadership’s lack of diversity, pointing out only five NHS chief executives are from a BME background.
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NewsWho is Matt Hancock?
Matt Hancock will head the Department of Health and Social Care after Jeremy Hunt - the longest serving health secretary in history - was moved to the Foreign Office. But who is Matt Hancock?
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CommentSteve Dunn: How we achieved our outstanding rating
West Suffolk Foundation Trust chief Steve Dunn sets out the key leadership lessons he and his team learnt following the trust’s outstanding rating from the Care Quality Commission
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NewsBest and worst hospitals in each area for staff recommending care
A breakdown by area of acute and combined trusts performance on the NHS staff survey, according to the share of employees who would recommend their organisation for work or care.
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NewsHighest and lowest trusts in each area for staff witnessing care mistakes
A breakdown by area of acute trusts by the share of staff saying they had witnessed potentially harmful errors, near misses or incidents in the last month, in the 2017 NHS staff survey.
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NewsIn full: Pathology network proposals
HSJ approached the 29 pathology networks proposed by NHS Improvement to ask if local trusts had signed up. In most cases the proposed “hub” trust was able to answer on behalf of its network.
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HSJ LocalSmall hospital trust rated outstanding
West Suffolk Foundation Trust has joined the elite band of just 14 NHS providers rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsExclusive: One in four hospital trusts routinely pay suppliers late
More than a quarter of hospital trusts are now routinely delaying payments to their suppliers because of cash flow problems, analysis by HSJ reveals.
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NewsExclusive: Treasury belatedly approves £160m tech funding
Treasury approves £160m for 16 acute global digital exemplars After multiple delays, scepticism remains about the funding arriving Additional funding announcement on the seven mental health digital exemplars imminent The Treasury has approved £160m of funding for 16 flagship digital trusts, but concerns remain about delays in accessing ...
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NewsTech fund raid concerns raised as £100m remains on hold
Senior NHS figures raise concerns that £100m digital fund could be raided Global digital exemplar money should have been allocated already but has not been released by DH DH insist trusts will get funding “once business case has been through final approvals process” Concerns that a high profile ...
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HSJ LocalHospital trust names new chief executive
Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn Foundation Trust has appointed Jon Green, the executive chief operating office at nearby West Suffolk Foundation Trust, as its new chief executive.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to go digital and influence people
Leaders at some of the NHS global digital exemplar trusts tell Claire Read how stability of leadership and consistency of direction have been key factors in their success