Former BBC executive to chair hospital trust
The former chief finance and chief operating officer for the BBC has been appointed chair of the Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - September 7, 2021 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Trust boards take next step towards merger despite governors’ objections
Two foundation trusts in the South East have taken the next steps towards a merger. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - August 6, 2021 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Trust boards take next step to merge despite governors’ objections
Two foundation trusts in the South East have taken the next steps towards a merger. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - August 6, 2021 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Approval given to use Coronil as supporting measure in Covid management: MoS Health
Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar, in a written reply, said the Interdisciplinary Technical Review Committee (ITRC) setup by the AYUSH ministry reviewed the application submitted by the Patanjali Research Foundation Trust for "updating the AYUSH license for Divya Coronil tablet " from 'immunity booster' to 'medicine for COVID-19'. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - July 23, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Covid UK: Medics in hotspots of South Tyneside and Sunderland are asked to cancel holidays
Staff at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust - dealing with one of the highest infection rates in the country - are seeing hospital cases doubling week-on-week. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 16, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FFP3 masks: study shows they significantly reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection, RCN
A study by Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has found wearing FFP3 face masks can considerably reduce the risk of health care workers becoming infected with COVID-19. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - July 13, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Top trust chief to become full-time ICS leader
Rob Webster is to leave his post as chief executive of South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation Trust to become the full-time lead of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate integrated care system. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - June 24, 2021 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Long COVID webinar, NHS Employers (published 23rd June 2021)
On the 22 June 2021, we hosted a webinar which provided information on how NHS organisations can best support colleagues with long COVID. In the webinar you can hear from:
the authors of the COVID-19 return to work guidelines, published by The Society of Occupational Medicine legal firm Capsticks, who outlined the legal implications regarding what employers can and cannot do when it comes to supporting their staff with long COVID speakers from Guy ' s and St Thomas ' NHS Foundation Trust, who shared the work their organisation has done regarding return to work and rehabilitation support for colleagues with long COV...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - June 23, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
London ’s detox unit for homeless people
Service, led by Public Health England (London), was set up in partnership with the Greater London Authority, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, borough councils and the City of London Corporation. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - June 9, 2021 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Covid UK: Hospitalisations TRIPLE in Indian variant hotspot Bolton
Sources say there are currently 43 Covid patients in Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, compared to 12 that were receiving care on May 10. Experts fear pressure on the trust will get worse as cases climb. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 25, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'How many with Indian variant in UK had been vaccinated?' Hancock reveals details to Marr
INDIAN variant UK: The Bolton NHS Foundation Trust medical director said a majority of the sick patients from the Indian variant in Bolton had not been vaccinated but would have been eligible for the jabs. Matt Hancock discussed this matter further with Andrew Marr revealing the exact number of those with the Indian variant in Bolton who have been vaccinated. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - May 16, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gene therapy offers potential cure to children born without an immune system
An experimental form of gene therapy developed by a team of researchers from UCLA and Great Ormond Street Hospital in London has successfully treated 48 of 50 children born with a rare and deadly inherited disorder that leaves them without an immune system.Severe combined immunodeficiency due to adenosine deaminase deficiency, or ADA-SCID, is caused by mutations in theADA gene that creates the enzyme adenosine deaminase, which is essential to a functioning immune system.For children with the condition, even day-to-day activities like going to school or playing with friends can lead to dangerous, life-threatening infections...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - May 11, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Police launch investigation into patient death
Police are investigating allegations around the death of a patient who was under the care of Hertfordshire Partnership University Foundation Trust. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - May 6, 2021 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
The essential guide to provider collaboratives, Good Governance Institute
As part of system working, it is expected that most NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts will belong to one or more provider collaboratives. These are governed arrangements designed to release very specific benefits as part of the NHS integrated care systems (ICS) arrangements. This guide aims to: clarify what is meant by provider collaborative; explain the benefits of provider collaboratives; provide a ' how to ' guide on how to set up/join a provider collaborative; and highlight common pitfalls and success factors. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 5, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Troubled trust names interim after appointed chief withdraws application
Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust has appointed an interim chief executive after its previous candidate was forced to withdraw his application in March after an inquiry about his qualifications. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - May 4, 2021 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
