Chief nurse leaving troubled trust for ICB
A chief nurse is leaving a teaching hospital under investigation over maternity failings for an integrated care board role, HSJ has learned.
Maternity unit suspended 12 times in three months
A maternity service was forced to close one of its units on 12 separate occasions in the space of just three months due to a shortage of midwives.
Chair leaves trust amid cancer probe
A trust under investigation due to failings in its breast cancer service said it was seeking to “strengthen leadership and governance” after its chair departed after less than three years.
Trust hires ex-national director as CEO
A national director who left NHS England earlier this year is returning to work as a hospital trust CEO.
Revealed: The areas where a quarter of primary care estate needs replacement
Five integrated care systems claim that more than a quarter of their primary care premises are not fit for purpose, HSJ research has revealed.
First ICB ‘pauses’ redundancy plans over funding concerns
An integrated care board says it will not progress a redundancy scheme needed to halve its operating costs in the current financial year because it cannot be sure how it will be paid for.
Interim CEO appointment latest in regional chain of secondments
A north east trust has seconded a chief operating officer from a neighbouring provider to be its interim CEO after the incumbent was transferred to temporarily run a third provider, following the move of its chief executive to a fourth trust, also on an interim basis.
Group appoints interim CEO amid ‘urgent’ patient safety concerns
A trust group which has seen its CEO take a leave of absence following a clash with fellow board members has appointed an interim chief executive, HSJ has learned.
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.