All Acute care articles – Page 81
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NewsNew health secretary named as Hunt goes to foreign office
Jeremy Hunt has been named as foreign secretary, the government has announced, with Matt Hancock named as his replacement.
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NewsCommunity trust director to lead acute hospital
The chief operating officer of a community trust has taken up her first chief executive post at a small district general hospital.
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NewsMedical examiners will be 'one step removed' from NHS trusts
New medical examiners tasked with reviewing hospital deaths from next April will not be employed by the NHS provider in which they will be based, in order to safeguard their independence, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalMajor reconfiguration given green light by commissioners
Mid and South Essex commissioners have approved a controversial acute reorganisation, which will involve major changes to where and how emergency, specialist and elective services across the patch.
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CommentTrusts must co-own the 10 year plan for the NHS
The new plan must be credible with the frontline, requiring honesty and realism about the trade offs that must be made, given the resource available, writes David Williams
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Can more chairs save beds?
Welcome to HSJ’s Performance Watch expert briefing, James Illman’s fortnightly newsletter on the most pressing performance matters troubling system leaders. Contact me in confidence here.
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HSJ LocalMajor acute trust appoints new chief
North West Anglia Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive following the retirement of Stephen Graves.
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NewsCQC appoints deputy chief inspector of hospitals
The Care Quality Commission has appointed a new deputy chief inspector of hospitals.
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HSJ LocalChief executive of integrated trust announces early retirement
The chief executive of an integrated health and social care trust has announced she is taking early retirement, following the death of her husband.
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HSJ LocalTrust to restart construction of hospital in autumn as government ends PF2 contract
A trust hopes to restart construction work on its new hospital in October after the government terminated the private finance contract which funded the project.
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HSJ LocalManagers ‘consumed by operational issues’ as trust remains in special measures
Executives at an NHS trust have told the Care Quality Commission they are ”consumed by operational issues” with the regulator recommeding it remain in special measures.
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NewsNational move to stop 100,000 'unnecessary or risky' ops a year
NHS England will consult on the first national move to strictly limit access to a list of 17 interventions on the NHS, it has announced.
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HSJ LocalMajor reconfiguration aims to ease financial pressure
Leaders in the north east are drawing up plans to shake up emergency and elective care services as part of a second wave of hospital reconfiguration due for consultation next year.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Blood boils over pathology plan
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsMajor hospital with ‘bullying culture’ put in special measures
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals Foundation Trust has been placed in special measures after inspectors rated the trust and its leadership inadequate, having found a “bullying culture” and an “obvious deterioration” in services.
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Honesty needed ahead of another tough winter
The NHS is facing a winter which is likely to be just as tough, or tougher still, than the last one. Even if new money is pumped into the service this year, there is a danger the die is already cast.
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NewsThree hospital trusts to form alliance
Three acute trusts in the South West have agreed to form a hospital alliance focusing on identifying gaps in workforce and capital across the region.
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NewsNHS Providers warns against 'safe space' plans
NHS Providers has added its voice to warnings against local NHS trusts being given “safe space” powers to investigate patient safety incidents.
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NewsCQC warns providers over bogus inspectors
The Care Quality Commission has issued an alert to providers after two examples of people impersonating inspectors.
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NewsRegulator explores standardised designs for new NHS buildings
Plans for new standardised NHS buildings are being drawn up by efficiency directors in a bid to speed up much needed improvements to ageing estate.