All articles by Ben Clover – Page 58
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CommentHSJ100 analysis – providers: Trusts will weather a time of faltering and flux
HSJ100 LEADERS ICON-PROVIDERSHSJ100 LEADERS ICON-PROVIDERS The provider sector is facing significant upheaval in 2015 - even before you take into account the finance and performance problems trusts will undoubtedly face.Simon Stevens’ “horses for courses” approach to pushing new organisational forms for NHS providers might sit awkwardly ...
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HSJ LocalMental health trust chair steps down
The chair of West London Mental Health Trust has announced he is stepping down, midway through his second term.
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NewsTrusts’ spending on private healthcare providers rockets by 25pc
Foundation trusts increased the sums they spent buying healthcare from non-NHS bodies by almost 25 per cent last year
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NewsRevealed: FTs' £92m spend on exit packages
Almost one tenth of foundation trusts’ entire £92.4m spend on severance packages last year was paid by a single provider, HSJ analysis reveals
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NewsSome trusts will not become FTs until 2018, says Flory
The chief executive of the NHS Trust Development Authority has said some trusts will not be authorised for at least another four years.
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NewsStevens predicts 'incredibly tough' year for NHS
The chief executive of NHS England has warned that next year will be “incredibly tough” for the NHS, leaving areas which already have “deep problems” with little chance of recovering.
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NewsFTs will resist forced expenditure on primary care
Foundations trusts will ‘furiously resist’ any attempt to push them into ploughing their accumulated surpluses into primary care as envisaged by the NHS Five Year Forward View
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NewsHospital chief executive steps down after regulatory action
The chief executive of a large Midlands hospital trust has announced he is stepping down
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NewsSmall hospitals could be paid more under forward view plans
Smaller hospitals could be paid more for the work they do in a bid to ensure they remain viable, under plans set out in the NHS Five Year Forward View.
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NewsDH sets new bailout conditions for foundation trusts
Foundation trusts could be ordered to sell surplus land or reduce the pay of senior managers as a condition of securing additional funding from the Department of Health
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NewsTrust bosses apologise for personal comments in ‘whistleblower’ meeting
The chief executive and HR director of a mental health trust have apologised for making unguarded personal comments about a senior manager and her union representative
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NewsBarts pays management consultant £1m in 10 months
Barts Health Trust has spent almost £1m on a “turnaround” consultant in just 10 months, its financial data reveals.
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NewsThree trusts end Capita HR contracts
Trusts in London and Merseyside have ended their contracts with Capita for human resources and pay services
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NewsWest London Mental Health Trust employment tribunal begins
A psychologist wept as she told an employment tribunal she thought about suicide because of bullying she allegedly suffered working at the West London Mental Health Trust
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NewsInterim appointed to lead specialised services for NHS England
NHS England has appointed Richard Jeavons to lead its commissioning of specialised services in an interim capacity, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsGroup established for 'innovative' smaller hospitals
A new group for small and medium-sized hospitals has been set up by the Nuffield Trust to look at how they can adapt their business models.
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NewsUpdated: Troubled trust reveals huge waiting list
A huge, previously unreported waiting list of more than 90,000 patients has been revealed by one of England’s most troubled trusts. It comes amid an intense national drive to tackle politically sensitive waiting targets.
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NewsMonitor chair's £1k taxi bill sparks 'urgent' expenses review
Monitor is “urgently reviewing” its expenses policy after its chair unwittingly ran up a bill of nearly £1,000 for short taxi rides in less than three months.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts seek to shield wage bills with income ambitions
English hospitals have reduced the amount they expect to save on wage bills this year, as they focus on cutting costs in other areas and boosting income
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NewsGovernment to put up £100m for first PF2 hospital rebuild
The Treasury has approved public funding for a £353m hospital rebuild in the West Midlands under the government’s successor to the private finance initiative