All articles by Alison Moore – Page 56
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HSJ LocalCommunity trust's staff turnover rises to 20pc
A community trust is facing staff turnover of 20 per cent a year as it struggles to replace and retain staff who are retiring, relocating or looking for a better work-life balance.
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HSJ LocalChief of beleaguered ambulance trust takes 'leave of absence'
PERFORMANCE: The chief executive of an ambulance trust has taken “leave of absence” and the chair has been replaced on the day a critical report into a controversial pilot project was released.
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HSJ LocalSurrey FTs merger halted for at least eight months
STRUCTURE: The proposed merger between two Surrey trusts is likely to be delayed by at least eight months – and may not even happen in the way originally planned.
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HSJ LocalLong awaited foundation trust merger delayed again
Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals and the Royal Surrey County Hospital FTs pause merger process for second time Organisations had decided to go ahead with merger in January Trusts say they tackling “immediate issues is the best way to secure a sound future” STRUCTURE: The long awaited merger ...
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HSJ LocalNursing director moves trust to be chief executive
APPOINTMENT: The director of nursing at Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust is to take over as chief executive of a neighbouring organisation.
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SupplementsHSJ Top Chief Executives 2016
HSJ’s third annual list celebrates the NHS leaders whose contributions and vision stand out in challenging times.
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HSJ LocalTrusts offer nurses higher grade shifts to skirt agency cap
WORKFORCE: Nurses at some trusts are being offered shifts paid a grade higher than the job they are doing to get around the agency cap, HSJ has learnt.
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HSJ LocalReport criticises ambulance chief over controversial pilot scheme
The chief executive of South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has come under pressure after leaked documents suggest he took the “ultimate decision” to delay ambulances in a controversial pilot project.
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HSJ LocalPatient transport to go to private providers despite union protests
STRUCTURE: A major transfer of patient transport services to private providers will go ahead on 1 April, commissioners have said, despite unions calling for a three month delay.
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HSJ LocalCCG chief moves to trust nursing director role
APPOINTMENT: The chief officer of a financially struggling clinical commissioning group is to become interim nursing and midwifery director at North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust.
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HSJ LocalNorth West chief executive joins Brighton trust for 12 months
APPOINTMENT: The chief executive of Pennine Acute Trust is to move to the south coast on a secondment expected to last for up to a year.
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HSJ LocalCommunity hospitals could close under CCG's plans
STRUCTURE: Five community hospitals in Surrey could have services changed, and two could close, under plans drawn up by their clinical commissioning group.
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HSJ LocalEast Sussex maternity services switch to Kent trust
RECONFIGURATION: Maternity services in part of east Sussex are to transfer to Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust in Kent.
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HSJ LocalSussex trust’s deficit forecast sinks
FINANCE: East Sussex Healthcare Trust has increased its predicted deficit by a third after losses soared in the first nine months of the financial year.
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HSJ KnowledgePatient involvement: the devil is in the decisions
Shared decision making is a worthy ideal but hard to do consistently. What makes it difficult and how can these barriers be removed, asked an HSJ roundtable. By Alison Moore
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HSJ LocalKent chief executive joins Camden trust
APPOINTMENT: Angela McNab has been appointed as the new chief executive of Camden and Islington Foundation Trust and will take up the post in April.
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HSJ LocalMedway finance interim leaves as deficit hits £42m
Interim finance director Tim Bolot leaves Medway FT after 18 months Trust recorded £42m in-year deficit in December Darrenn Cattell appointed as new interim finance director WORKFORCE: The highly paid interim director of finance at Medway Foundation Trust has left – as the trust heads towards a deficit ...
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HSJ LocalFTs agree to push ahead with merger
STRUCTURE: Two Surrey trusts could merge as early as the summer after their boards decided to press ahead with revised plans.
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HSJ LocalAmbulances may be diverted from failing trust
ACUTE CARE: Medway Foundation Trust could see some blue light ambulances sent to another hospital in response to public concern.
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HSJ LocalKent A&E faces downgrade
ACUTE CARE: Emergency services at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital could be downgraded because of concerns that trainee doctors being left to cope with potentially seriously ill surgical patients.