All Health Service Journal articles in 16 December 2015 – Page 7

  • Matthew Swindells
    News

    Exclusive: Swindells to join NHS England as national operations director

    2015-12-03T11:58:00Z

    Matthew Swindells to join NHS England as national director of commissioning operations and information Will take up the senior post in “late spring” Dame Barbara Hakin retires at the end of this month. Richard Barker, NHS England regional director for the North, to be interim. Matthew Swindells, a ...

  • Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
    News

    FT chief named as NHS England urgent and emergency care lead

    2015-12-03T11:58:00Z

    Pauline Philip, chief executive of Luton and Dunstable University Hospital Foundation Trust, is joining NHS England on secondment as national urgent and emergency care director.

  • INTEGRATION
    HSJ Local

    Possible legal challenge over better care fund millions

    2015-12-03T07:00:00Z

    Council calls for CCG to release £2.3m payment for performance element of fund CCG withholding payment to council “in line with the national guidance” Auditors found “no evidence” that funds provided for additional adult social care “has been used for this purpose” FINANCE: Wiltshire Council could make a ...

  • Jackie Daniel
    HSJ Local

    Updated: Morecambe Bay exits special measures

    2015-12-03T00:01:00Z

    CQC says Morecambe Bay should exit special measures Improved staffing levels and stable executive team installed FT chief executive says huge deficit was necessary to make improvements Full CQC report REGULATION: Monitor has confirmed that University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust will be taken out of special ...

  • Board room
    News

    CQC criticised for errors leading to trust's £200k 'fit and proper person' bill

    2015-12-02T11:23:00Z

    Derby Teaching Hospitals chair calls for CQC to rethink its handling of fit and proper person complaints CQC failed to pass on vital information and is blamed for doubling cost of investigation Derby chief executive Sue James exonerated and called “exemplary” by report Serious concerns have been raised ...

  • Royal Liverpool University Hospital
    HSJ Local

    Royal Liverpool board says more work needed on merger plan

    2015-12-01T10:37:00Z

    Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen board says clinicians make “compelling case” for joint working with Aintree University Hospital But it concludes further work needed to evaluate all options before deciding whether merger is best option Aintree endorsed clinicians’ recommendation to pursue merger Trusts expected to develop business case that will ...

  • Parliament
    News

    New tariff objection threshold faces Lords challenge

    2015-11-30T12:38:00Z

    Labour peers to challenge government’s plans to raise objection threshold needed to trigger tariff arbitration this afternoon Lord Hunt to move amendment claiming proposed changes to secondary legislation are “fundamentally unfair” Lords scrutiny committee warned public consultation on the changes was too short NHS Providers has raised concerns with ...

  • Richmond House 182
    Comment

    The spending review: what does it mean for health and care?

    2015-11-27T15:06:00Z

    Richard Murray offers an assessment of where the comprehensive spending review leaves health and social care

  • News

    Exclusive: DH agrees £1.2bn raid on its 2016-17 capital budget

    2015-11-27T13:19:00Z

    Department of Health has agreed to transfer £1.2bn from its capital budget to support revenue spending in 2016-17, HSJ has learned The switch will substantially reduce the expected cash cut to non-NHS England revenue spending next year In following years, much of the reduction in non-NHS England spend expected ...

  • Alan Milburn
    Comment

    Spending review provides breathing space for the NHS

    2015-11-27T12:48:00Z

    Financial relief for a hard-pressed NHS