All articles by Ben Clover – Page 60
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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
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NewsExclusive: Salford Royal admits 'significant failings' within surgery division
One of England’s most high profile foundation trusts has admitted it unknowingly left hundreds of patients waiting more than 18 weeks for orthopaedic surgery
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NewsTrust misses urgent cancer wait target for one in five patients
A surge in referrals and lack of capacity saw a large hospital trust miss the two-week cancer wait target by 13 percentage points.
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NewsSecond trust abandons private franchise option
A second district general hospital trust has ruled out being run by a private company under a franchise agreement.
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NewsTDA struggles to replace resigned chairs
The NHS Trust Development Authority has become concerned at the number of chairs that have resigned from the 99 trust boards it oversees, after 17 left their posts in 2013-14.
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NewsNHS management spend 'far leaner' than in other systems, says Stevens
NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has praised the work NHS staff have done to “keep the show on the road” and improve efficiency in the face of financial constraints.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts plead for extra cash to pay bills
Hospital trusts needed financial help last year to fend off legal threats from suppliers, update “obsolete” medical equipment and even keep electricity supplies flowing, according to a raft of pleas for bailouts seen by HSJ.