Matt Discombe
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More prosecutions launched over patient deaths at trust
A scandal-hit mental health trust is facing further prosecutions over alleged care failings relating to the deaths of two inpatients, HSJ can reveal. → Read More
Outstanding trust handed warning notice
An 'outstanding' rated acute trust has been served a warning notice to make 'significant and immediate improvements' to the quality of care to people with mental health needs and learning disabilities. → Read More
CEO resigns from trust told to merge leadership
The chief executive of North Tees and Hartlepool Foundation Trust, which was ordered by NHS England to merge its leadership team with a neighbour, is to step down in September. → Read More
‘NHS factors’ lead to more than a third of delayed discharges
More than a third of delayed discharges for long-stay patients are being caused by factors generally associated with the NHS, according to new data obtained by HSJ. → Read More
Trust leaders ‘welcome rigour’ of A&E target, says new NHSE director
Trust leaders have said they will welcome the 'rigour' of 'a lot more focus' on the four-hour A&E target nationally, alongside other indicators, NHS England's new emergency care director told HSJ. → Read More
Paramedics not sent to quarter of urgent calls, admits trust
Some ambulance trusts are not sending paramedics to up to around a quarter of their most serious calls, according to figures obtained by HSJ. → Read More
NHSE launches new intervention regime for worst A&E performers
NHS England has revealed a new intervention regime, as it seeks to deliver on its new urgent and emergency care recovery plan. → Read More
New A&E target branded ‘extremely unambitious’
The new national target to see 76 per cent of A&E patients within four hours by March 2024 has been described as 'extremely unambitious' by senior emergency clinicians. → Read More
A&E patients being discharged before they are admitted, warns senior medic
A growing number of patients deemed to require a hospital admission are waiting so long in A&E that they end up being discharged before being admitted to a ward, HSJ has been told. → Read More
Board members tried to ‘disrupt’ joint CEO plans, says NHS England
Board members at an acute trust deliberately 'disrupted' attempts to merge its leadership with another provider, according to a highly critical NHS England investigation. → Read More
Trust board tried to ‘disrupt’ joint CEO plans, says NHS England
A trust's board members deliberately 'disrupted' attempts to merge its leadership with another provider, according to a highly critical NHS England investigation. → Read More
Only three trusts hit new A&E target
Average ambulance waits for stroke and heart attack patients topped two hours in three regions last month, amid another sharp drop in emergency care performance. → Read More
Errors in overflowing EDs causing heart attacks, NHS England warns
Patients have suffered cardiac and respiratory arrests because of errors using oxygen cylinders, NHS England has warned, citing more people being cared for in "areas without access to medical gas pipeline systems" such as corridors and ambulances queuing outside A&E. → Read More
CQC releases staff to help with winter crisis
Staff at the Care Quality Commission have been released to volunteer for frontline work at trusts during the winter crisis, the regulator has announced. → Read More
Confusion over changes to CQC inspections signalled by Barclay
The Care Quality Commission is to 'adjust' its 'regulatory activity for the rest of winter' in an effort to help 'increase capacity in both adult social care and the NHS'. → Read More
MP says NHS ‘shambles’ is fault of ‘utterly useless senior managers’
A Conservative MP has blamed "far too many overpaid and utterly useless senior managers" for what he described as the "shambles of the NHS". → Read More
Ambulances ‘lose’ 55,000 hours in one week during handover delays
Hours lost to ambulance handover delays, and the numbers of ambulances waiting more than an hour outside hospitals hit new highs in the week after Christmas. → Read More
NHSE reveals new A&E waiting time goal
NHS England is handing trusts a new target to see 76 per cent of accident and emergency patients within four hours by the end of 2023-24. → Read More
Revealed: Four trusts added to NHSE ‘help list’
NHS England has revealed the latest list of trusts which it has identified as needing the most support to meet electives and cancer targets. → Read More
Covid admissions higher than last Christmas
Hospital admissions for both flu and covid have risen sharply in the past week as the NHS fears "enormous pressure" going into Christmas. → Read More