After four years, teaching trust to exit special measures
Full story in The HSJ 2 November 2017 An NHS hospital trust in special measures for the last four years … Read more
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HSJ Exclusive: Airbnb style company bids to place NHS patients in spare rooms
Members of the public with no care experience are being offered up to £1,000 a month to rent spare rooms … Read more
Controversial care plans U-turned by ‘carebnb’ trust
Full story in The HSJ 26 October 2017 The trust involved in a controversial plan to send discharged patients to … Read more
Trust board backs chief nurse over ‘unpopular’ ward closures
A nursing director has warned his trust that more wards may have to close due to a shortage of registered … Read more
NHS waiting times: hospital bosses fear ‘a return to 1999’
Hospital bosses have taken the unusual step of publicly drawing attention to the NHS’s declining ability to treat patients quickly … Read more
Future of Rothbury hospital ward goes to Secretary of State
The future of the inpatient ward at Rothbury Community Hospital is going to the top, after councillors voted to refer … Read more
Calderdale Royal A&E to shut at night if staffing becomes critically low
Plans have been drawn up to close an A&E department serving Huddersfield people if staffing numbers become critically low. The … Read more
Fears over ‘long-term downgrading’ of Bassetlaw Hospital as reviews begin
Campaigners have raised concerns that there will be a “long term downgrading” of services at Bassetlaw Hospital after it emerged … Read more
What happens when people leave hospital and other care settings? Findings from the Healthwatch network
Thousands of people treated in hospital every year are kept in longer than medically necessary because of administrative delays or … Read more
NHS straining at the seams year before 70th birthday, finds regulator
The NHS is in danger of a sharp decline in its services around its 70th birthday next year, with the risk of … Read more