Gr Manchester's capacity to provide mental healthcare was already poor, but has totally collapsed over the last yr

It's had to send 1000+ patients to 'out-of-area' units (mostly in Norfolk),with GM now accounting for 1/7 OAPs nationally

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Good that the ICS has acted on concerns but shocking how many people from the Manchester area were receiving treatment in Norfolk. Must have made it very difficult for family and friends to visit them.

There's a lot to explore in our detailed survey of integrated care board leaders this morning.

The impact of deficits and response to productivity & efficiency concerns is very clear.

The safety of a teaching hospital's out-of-hours has come into question, amid reports that trainees were discouraged from asking for help “unless their patient was dying”.

By Joe Talora.

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As Emily Townsend mentioned - current same-sex requirements are being widely breached due to lack of capacity hsj.co.uk/quality-and-pe…

Where are the spare single rooms which might be needed to enforce the commitments, against competing demands like infection control &…

Exclusive: NHS England is developing plan to cut waiting list by nearly 50% to under 4 million over next 5 years, HSJ can reveal.
Plan being developed with NHS bosses braced for next government, whoever wins general election, demanding big cut to list £ hsj.co.uk/exclusive-nhse…

Chief exec who warned that ICBs lack the power to hold NHS trusts to account & tackle poor performance has now been threatened with being sacked by regulators - due to..... the poor performance of its NHS trusts

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Leaders of an integrated care system in the Midlands have warned they cannot make the scale of staffing cuts required to balance the books without putting patients at risk (via Henry Anderson) hsj.co.uk/finance-and-ef…

North by North West: Patient safety or administrative convenience? ift.tt/iApwIaK

Another ICYMI from Friday: £200k fine for mental health provider ‘reminds trusts to provide safe care’.

Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust had pled guilty to care failings relating to two patients’ deaths
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HSJ Podcast: It’s easy to get desensitised to disastrous waiting times in the NHS, but behind the numbers are real and avoidable care failures.
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Sepsis is also a serious risk in severe anorexia. Symptoms are different due to poor immune response.

New: NHSE has withdrawn 11 surgical foundation year trainees from a London hospital’s department following concerns about a ‘culture of fear’, bullying, and poor supervision.

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Following this in Feb, coroners are continuing to warn over systemic sepsis care failures.

Six officials have raised the alarm about seven more deaths from sepsis since the beginning of March - including four children, and two treated at the same A&E hsj.co.uk/patient-safety…

Health sec says she rejected calls to add community & outpatient deaths to Essex mental health inquiry

Says was helpful to talk to families (altho lawyers say otherwise & some walked out)

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Awful case of lack of communication between clinicians and patient and between different members of the team.

🧵Today, after five years as CNO for England and a career in the NHS for almost 40 years, I have announced that I will be retiring later this year. My role as CNO has, undoubtedly, been the highlight of my career in the NHS and has been a privilege.

New: Dame Ruth May is retiring after five years as chief nursing officer for England, and nearly 40 years in the NHS, it has been announced.

‘We can’t fit all the health regulators in one room’, says watchdog ift.tt/D1KTpiQ

Govt launches call for evidence over inquiry into NHS use of duty of candour questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statem…