Regional director made a dame
An NHS England regional director has been made a dame in the King’s birthday honours.
South comes off worst from government capital funding boost
Primary care in London will benefit least from the government’s plan to boost the sector’s funding, despite NHS England calling the condition of the buildings from which the capital’s services operate ‘completely inadequate’
£2.8bn trusts name shared chair for ‘new era’
Three hospital trusts with a combined turnover of £2.8bn have recruited their first joint chair, which they say will improve joint working.
NHSE tells ICBs to slow elective referrals
NHS England has told integrated care boards they need to slow down elective referrals dramatically – nearly eliminating year-on-year growth – with high-profile waiting list targets under threat.
Trust orders review into breast cancer services
A North East trust has begun a full review of its breast cancer services after finding unexplained variation in its surgical practices.
Cancer patients missed chance for treatment due to 100-day waits, trust admits
Lung cancer patients at a major trust were on a waiting list for so long that their disease progressed to a stage where it was no longer treatable.
Revealed: ICBs spending the most and least on staffing
New figures shared with HSJ reveal how much each integrated care board spends on its staffing, with a two-fold variation per head of population.
Newcastle appoints interim CEO
Newcastle Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed an interim chief executive following Sir Jim Mackey’s temporary departure for NHS England.
NHSE commends ICBs for ‘strong leadership’
The quality of leadership at 13 integrated care boards has been praised by NHS England in its latest formal assessment of their performance.
Revealed: 14 ICBs cutting spend on the third sector
Nearly half of all integrated care boards are due to cut their spending on voluntary, community and social enterprise services this financial year, HSJ analysis suggests.
Thirteen ICSs now in deficit turnaround
Another integrated care system has been ordered to bring in consultants to fix its finances, meaning close to a third of the 42 systems are now in mandatory escalation over their finances.
Appointing trust leaders as ICB chiefs ‘essential’ to region’s success
The large size of integrated care systems in the North East and Yorkshire region — and the ex-trust CEO leaders they attracted — has underpinned their relatively strong performance, a new report suggests.
Three ICSs responsible for a quarter of very long diagnostic waits
Just three integrated care systems were responsible for nearly one in four 13-week waits for key diagnostic tests in recent months, HSJ analysis of official data has found.
Three local NHS CEOs join NHS England as directors
Two integrated care board chief executives and a trust CEO have been appointed as part-time national directors at NHS England.
Seven-year wait for specialist assessments at ‘outstanding’ trust
Waiting times for adult ADHD assessments have hit seven years at a northern mental health trust, according to its latest board papers.
Unused space costs NHS £90m a year, new figures reveal
NHS organisations spent nearly £90m on empty space in buildings leased from two national property companies last year, HSJ can reveal.
Revealed: Three-fold variation in emergency response time by ICS
A threefold variation in ambulance response for serious, urgent conditions has been revealed in new figures.
Top trust stalls expansion of its pioneering social care service
A trust which had planned a major expansion of its pioneering domiciliary adult social care service has seen progress stall due to recruitment challenges.
Coroner says care integration failings contributed to death
Care integration failings across an acute and a mental health trust contributed to the death of a homeless man, according to a report published this week.
Hospitals could see 10% hike in referrals under GP action
Some areas could receive at least 10 per cent more referrals — “crippling” their attempts at elective recovery — if all GP practices stopped diverting some patients with “specialist advice and guidance”, HSJ analysis shows.