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
NHS reform
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
NHS provokes fury with indefinite surgery ban for smokers and obese
he NHS will ban patients from surgery indefinitely unless they lose weight or quit smoking, under controversial plans drawn up … 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
Bed cuts leave NHS ‘overwhelmed’
NHS hospital beds have been cut by more than half in the past 30 years – leaving the health service … Read more
Joint Executive team create trust partnership
Full Story at HSJ 6 October 2017 A hospital and mental health trust have confirmed their joint board and management … Read more
Cornwall council could take over hospital management
Full story at CornwallLive, 5 October 2017 Plans are afoot to transfer the management of health services from the NHS … Read more
Exposed: ‘secretive’ NHS cost-cutting plans include children’s care
diagnostics and treatment for children with complex needs are among services earmarked for cost-cutting plans considered by the NHS to … Read more
New care model plan contains ‘no detail’ on GP involvement, grassroots warn
GPs in Leicestershire have criticised a local plan to form an accountable care system (ACS) because the plans are unclear … Read more