Annabelle Collins
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United Kingdom
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Watchdog says its lack of funding is compromising safety
The patient safety commissioner has complained to MPs that she does not have enough staff to cope with her "significant workload", it has emerged. → Read More
NHSE admits elective impact as trust chiefs warn of dangers of doctors’ strike
Ministers and NHS England have not sufficiently warned the public of the risk to patient harm posed by next week's junior doctors strike, some of the NHS's most senior trust chief executives have warned. → Read More
Leap in staff scared to report safety concerns
NHS staff are significantly less comfortable raising concerns and are less confident in their organisation to address them, the service's annual staff survey has revealed. → Read More
The Ward Round: How the long-term workforce plan will land
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night - and which consumes two-thirds of trusts' spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce. → Read More
Chief nurse to lead trust
A hospital trust in the East of England has appointed its former chief nurse as chief executive to lead it into a 'fresh era'. → Read More
CQC staff vote to strike over pay
Hundreds of Care Quality Commission staff belonging to Unison have voted to strike over pay, the union has announced. → Read More
Race and deprivation set back medical trainees, GMC analysis finds
New research shared with HSJ has 'laid bare' the inequalities experienced by medical trainees, with black doctors more likely to perform worse in exams than any other ethnic group. → Read More
‘Local management’ harder in ‘enormous’ trusts, says new NHS Providers chief
The new chief executive of NHS Providers has told HSJ he will champion the development of provider collaboratives in the role, and stressed there is no 'schism' between them and integrated care systems. → Read More
American firm wins £20m contract to modernise ‘time-consuming’ infection control
The NHS has awarded an American healthcare giant a £20m contract to provide a new national infection control surveillance system. → Read More
American firm named as sole supplier for £20m framework
NHS trusts could spend up to £20m on new infection control systems provided by an American healthcare giant, after a new framework has been launched. → Read More
Trust loses ‘unprecedented’ £1m legal challenge against council
An acute trust has lost an 'unprecedented' judicial review in which it tried to secure almost £1m from a council to offset the demand pressure from thousands of new homes. → Read More
NHS England’s former HR chief accused of discrimination by ex-director
A former NHS England director has accused its former chief people officer of racial discrimination, with a tribunal hearing the CPO "did everything in her power to stop a Black woman from progressing". → Read More
NHS England’s former HR chief accused of discrimination by director
An NHS England director has accused its former chief people officer of racial discrimination, with a tribunal hearing the CPO 'did everything in her power to stop a Black woman from progressing'. → Read More
Trust receives record fine for maternity care failure
An acute trust has been fined a record sum by the Care Quality Commission for failing to provide safe maternity care, which resulted in the death of a baby after 23 minutes. → Read More
The Ward Round: New roles, same problems
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night - and which consumes two-thirds of trusts' spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce. → Read More
Police and CQC investigate serious incidents at trust
A series of concerns about serious incidents at a mental health trust are being investigated by the Care Quality Commission, with a referral also made to the police, HSJ has learned. → Read More
Trust appoints former COO as CEO
A mental health trust has appointed a new chief executive. → Read More
CQC names worst trusts for maternity care
The trusts with substantially worse experience of maternity care have been identified by the Care Quality Commission. → Read More
The Ward Round: More NHS staff are quitting than ever before
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night - and which consumes two-thirds of trusts' spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce. → Read More
Trust which 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. → Read More