CSUs are dead, long live the SSU
The commissioning support unit (CSU) has had a strange history – it has also lasted much longer than your average non-hospital NHS organisation.
‘Extra appointments’ celebrated by govt deliver ‘modest impact’ on waiting lists
The “4.6 million extra NHS appointments” championed by the prime minister and health secretary have only had a “modest impact” on reducing waiting list clock stops, a vital part of cutting the NHS’s elective care backlog, according to new analysis shared exclusively with HSJ.
Trust appoints interim CEO
A trust whose chief executive is leaving to head up the region’s integrated care board has appointed an interim successor.
Something has to give on ICB redundancies
Board director ‘talent pipeline’ needs ‘refreshing’, claims NHSE
An NHS-only neighbourhood health service would be ruinously expensive
On Call: Nurses get tough
NHSE tough line makes little dent in impact of doctors’ strike
£174k offered for top DHSC jobs
Mackey’s subco plan is risky and unnecessary
Top trusts failed mortuary security checks
Some of England’s most prestigious trusts have been caught with inadequate security for their mortuaries – despite recent high-profile breaches, HSJ can reveal.
Hospital warned over storing bodies in car park
A hospital has been reprimanded for storing bodies in a bank of fridges in its car park.
Maternity services isolated from trust boards, watchdog warns
Exclusive: Ministers using ‘misleading indicator’ to champion waiting list reduction
‘Extra appointments’ celebrated by govt deliver ‘modest impact’ on waiting lists
Hospital denied large ‘refund’ because staff missed training
Elective recovery is leaving minority ethnic patients behind
Coroners reveal concerns over trust safety investigations
Exclusive: Trust reviewing 9,000 patients lost from waiting list