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East Midlands trust advertises 15 year informatics deal which may involve other NHS organisations
University Hospitals of Leicester plans for a single partner for IT work. Continue reading “University Hospitals of Leicester seeks £600m partner for IT transformation”
A hospital trust that became notorious for poor care is using its employees’ ideas to turn itself around
Mid Staffordshire NHS foundation trust has become notorious for failing to take care of its patients. This piece looks at some of the ways it has started to make improvements, although it has a long way to go.
Continue reading “How staff helped Mid Staffordshire make a clean start”
University Hospitals Birmingham’s chief executive Julie Moore has needed all her operational management skills to transfer patients and staff
The new Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, which treats soldiers returning from overseas next to NHS patients, is a great example of how well a new hospital can work.
All articles and posts on hospitals
Continue reading “How Birmingham moved into its new NHS hospital”
How a Greater Manchester teaching hospital has used its staff’s ideas to make it safer
Salford Royal NHS foundation trust, which runs Salford Hope hospital, is an inspiring story of how a health service organisation can improve.
Continue reading “Salford Royal’s flight to safety”
Patients in England, especially the poorest, have benefited from choice and competition according to LSE economist Zack Cooper
An interview with Dr Zack Cooper of the London School of Economics, on how he believes competition helps NHS patients – especially the poorest.
Continue reading “Treating NHS hospitals with competition and closures”