Lack of private sector help putting elective target at risk, says trust
An acute trust and its integrated care system have said they risk missing the imminent waiting list target, after struggling to get as many patients treated in the independent sector as they hoped.
Trust that banned corridor care ‘reluctantly’ brings it back
An acute trust has announced the ‘reluctant’ return of ‘corridor care’ – having previously eradicated the unsafe practice – due to extreme ambulance handover delays and other emergency pressures.
Nine trusts account for third of ambulance ‘hours lost’
Nine acute trusts accounted for a third of all ‘hours lost’ to ambulance handover delays last week, according to new data.
Hospital ‘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”.
Revealed: NHS England’s list of trusts with worst elective and cancer problems
Almost a third of acute trusts have been identified by NHS England as being ‘at risk’ of missing key targets for electives and cancer recovery, with some facing ‘periodic calls between ministers and CEOs’, HSJ can reveal.
Trust chiefs resist ‘pressure’ to treat patients in corridors
Hospital leaders say they have been pressured to deliver more ‘corridor care’ as a result of efforts to ease the ambulance handover crisis.
Exclusive: Ambulance service will collapse by August, predicts its nursing director
A struggling ambulance trust could face a ‘Titanic moment’ and collapse entirely this summer if the region’s worsening problems with hospital handover delays are not taken more seriously, its nursing director has told HSJ.
Intensive care units for children not meeting standards, says NHSE report
Three intensive care units for children are not meeting standards for co-located services, a national report has found.
Recovery Watch: The 20 trusts with three quarters of the NHS's two year waiters
Recovering services from the covid crisis is the big task for NHS leaders for the foreseeable future. The Recovery Watch newsletter tracks prospects and progress. This week by HSJ bureau chief and performance lead James Illman.
Trusts failing on waiting list ask told to ‘get act together’
Trusts have been told to ‘get their act together’ on health inequalities, after HSJ research suggested only a small minority have so far published data on disparities in waiting times between different patient groups.
Ambulance chief calls out acute trust over ‘lack of action’ on handover delays
An ambulance service has raised concerns over the record number of ‘hours lost’ to handover delays at an acute hospital on its patch, which it says is happening despite the number of arrivals being at its lowest level in seven years.
‘Big personalities’ accused of bullying thought to be ‘bullet proof’, finds review
Doctors at an acute trust believe their clinical leaders have failed to tackle the ‘big personalities’ accused of being aggressive bullies, a review has found.
Trusts routinely bank income as ‘savings’, contrary to NHSE claim
Financial data obtained by HSJ shows trusts have routinely used additional income received from NHS commissioners to boost their reported ‘cost improvements’ – despite regulators claiming this did not happen.
In current times, how can the NHS best support honesty when things go wrong?
Pandemic and backlog pressures may make candour more challenging but do not make it any less essential, the panel at a recent HSJ webinar argued. Claire Read reports
Fifty senior doctors ask CEO for protection against bullying
Fifty consultants from a minority ethnic background have written to their chief executive asking for action to ‘protect’ staff from bullying behaviours.
Senior trust medics complain of ‘excessively authoritarian’ management
Senior doctors in a trust’s radiology services have reported a ‘toxic’ culture and feelings that managers had been ‘excessively authoritarian’.
Major 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.
Interim chair appointed at finance scandal trust
An East Midlands trust in the middle of an ongoing investigation into financial mismanagement has appointed an interim chair for the next year.
Revealed: The seven trusts getting £6m each for tech improvements
Seven trusts will receive £6m each over the next three years in the second phase of Matt Hancock’s plan to improve IT infrastructure in the health service.