Emily Townsend

Health Service Journal • 17th April 2024

Seven more avoidable sepsis deaths spark coroner warnings

Preventable deaths of seven people from sepsis – including four children – have prompted coroners to flag major concerns about NHS services’ management of the condition.

Health Service Journal • 8th April 2024

New CQC inspections put on hold by ministers

The Care Quality Commission’s assessments of integrated care systems have been put on hold at the last minute, as the government declined to sign off on the process.

HSJ Health Check podcast 🎙️ via SoundCloud • 4th April 2024

The latest safety crisis for maternity care

On this episode we discuss the quality of maternity services in the NHS, which have remained firmly in the spotlight. We cover a recent HSJ investigation into delayed inductions of labour and cover the broader challenges facing maternity services amid multiple inquiries and more 'inadequate' CQC ratings. Also more on why families whose babies died in the East Kent maternity scandal are still having to prove legal liability to get any compensation.

Health Service Journal • 26th March 2024

Patient experience is often ‘horrendously poor’ admits trust CEO

A trust chief executive has warned of the “dire” economic challenge facing his system, saying children and young people are already facing “horrendously poor” experiences.

Health Service Journal • 21st March 2024

Leaders urge review of single-word CQC ratings after headteacher death

Trust chiefs have collectively called for the Care Quality Commission to review its use of single-word inspection ratings, following MPs’ calls for an overhaul of Ofsted ratings for schools.

Health Service Journal • 14th March 2024

Decade long battle ends with decision on cancer services

Children’s cancer services in London and the south east will be hosted by Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust, NHS England has announced, following more than a decade of safety concerns surrounding the current model.

Health Service Journal • 14th March 2024

Just a quarter of CQC staff believe its leaders have the right values

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Health Service Journal • 12th March 2024

Exclusive: ‘Continuity risk’ to abortion services triggers national intervention

NHS England has told integrated care board leaders they must intervene over failing abortion services in their patches amid “unprecedented demand” for such provision, HSJ has learned.

Health Service Journal • 8th March 2024

'Unchallenged hierarchical poor behaviours’ exposed at trust

A teaching trust’s leadership has been rated “inadequate” by the Care Quality Commission, as inspectors warned of a “genuine fear” of speaking up and staff feeling unsafe from bullying, sexual harassment, misogyny, and racism.

Health Service Journal • 29th February 2024

'Untenable' service with 10-year waits set for overhaul

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Health Service Journal • 27th February 2024

Investigation: Over 30 sepsis deaths linked to ‘systemic’ failings

Major progress made in sepsis care during the previous decade has been significantly reversed amid repeated failures in recognising and treating the condition.

Health Service Journal • 12th February 2024

CQC names best and worst for maternity experience

The trusts where maternity care has deteriorated the most according to patient surveys have been identified by the Care Quality Commission.

Health Service Journal • 8th February 2024

CQC to train staff in ‘relaying distressing news’, following headteacher’s death

The Care Quality Commission is rolling out extra training for inspectors in how to spot signs of distress after a coroner ruled that an Ofsted inspection contributed to the death of a teacher.

Health Service Journal • 7th February 2024

‘Never events’ list could be scrapped or overhauled under new plans

NHS England is considering abolishing or overhauling the national list of safety incidents meant to be “wholly preventable”, known as “never events”.

Health Service Journal • 2nd February 2024

‘Horrifying’ failure to provide safety warnings for high-risk medicine

Concerns have been raised that patients may not be receiving “vital” safety information after HSJ discovered a high-risk medication was frequently not being dispensed as originally packaged.

Health Service Journal • 30th January 2024

Duty of candour a ‘tick box exercise’ for overworked leaders, says watchdog

Senior leaders are resorting to “ticking the duty of candour box” instead of developing a “just and learning” culture in their organisations because their bandwidth is full, the patient safety commissioner has said.

Health Service Journal • 19th January 2024

Trust bosses used racist language in interviews, says CQC

Trust bosses used racist language and created a closed culture, according to a Care Quality Commission report, which said the trust’s overall and leadership ratings had been downgraded following an inspection.

Health Service Journal • 19th January 2024

Exclusive: Leak reveals trust omitting two-year waits from reported figures

A hospital trust has been breaching national guidance by excluding some long waiters from its reported waiting list figures, in a move experts warned could put patient safety at serious risk.

Health Service Journal • 17th January 2024

ICS admits it will miss financial plan by £70m

An integrated care system has admitted it will miss its financial plan by more than £70m this year.

Health Service Journal • 16th January 2024

CEO criticises NHSE for de-funding quality programme

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