All articles by Caitlin Tilley – Page 5
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NewsICB must review contested urgent care contract
An integrated care board has ordered a review of its decision to move an out-of-hours primary care contract from a local GP firm to a private company.
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NewsNo extra funding for government’s urgent appointment pledge
Integrated care boards have been told to commission their share of 700,000 extra urgent dental appointments, but will be given no extra funding for them, the government has confirmed.
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NewsDeath of CEO announced by ‘devastated’ trust
Tributes have been paid to a “fiercely passionate” hospital trust chief executive following the announcement of his death.
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News400-metre ambulance journey prompts trust to change rules
A community trust has lifted restrictions on its district nurses visiting one of its own wards, to prevent the unit calling ambulances to transport patients 400 metres.
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NewsDoctors protest trusts’ move to stop paying for breaks
Doctors have called for the immediate reversal of two trusts’ moves to stop paid breaks for locums who are not holding on-call bleeps.
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NewsTrust U-turns on axing service over funding cut
A hospital trust has agreed to keep running its sexual health service, despite a funding cut of nearly £500,000.
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NewsRevealed: War of words among leaders at £1.6bn trust
Medical managers at University Hospitals Birmingham have accused some colleagues of misrepresenting doctors’ views and creating “negativity” which is “detrimental to the reputation of our organisation”, HSJ has learned.
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NewsTrust hires ICB leader as new CEO
A new chief executive has been appointed to a struggling mental health trust, a year after the Care Quality Commission raised major concerns about its leadership.
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NewsMinisters ‘breaking promises on contract reform’
Unions have accused the government of letting them down on commitments to reform primary care contracts, six months after Labour won the general election.
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NewsExclusive: Trust orders external review into medical training ‘concerns’
University Hospitals Birmingham has ordered an independent review into its international medical training programme, after concerns the scheme may be routinely underpaying overseas doctors.
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NewsStreeting makes ‘very difficult choices’ to offer 4.8% GP uplift
Wes Streeting has made “very difficult choices” over spending to be able to plan a 4.8 per cent real terms uplift in general practice funding for 2025-26, he has announced.
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Expert BriefingCarbon Copy: Building blocks
The ideas, policies and challenges at the heart of the NHS goal for net zero emissions, from HSJ sustainability correspondent Zoe Tidman.
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NewsUnder-fire director is ‘tackling medical patriarchy’, says hospital trust
University Hospitals Birmingham’s chair has defended its chief executive and chief medical officer after consultants voted “no confidence” in them.
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NewsExclusive: Consultants vote ‘no confidence’ in trust CEO and CMO
Senior doctors at one of England’s largest hospital trusts have passed a vote of “no confidence” in its CEO and chief medical officer.
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News‘Aggressive marketing’ fuels surge in patients seeking private referrals from GPs
Growing numbers of patients are requesting NHS-funded referrals to private providers “operating outside of agreed guidelines”, fuelled by long waiting lists and “aggressive direct marketing tactics”, GPs have warned.
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NewsGP refusing to join PCN wins court battle with NHS England
A judge has ruled a GP’s contract should not have been terminated after he refused to join a primary care network, in a legal dispute with NHS England.
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NewsICB told to pay £10m to councils after funding dispute
An integrated care board had to pay its five local authorities more than £10m after a disagreement over Better Care Fund contributions.
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NewsChair’s ‘insidious’ bullying ‘drove out trust CEO’
An acute trust’s former chief executive was driven out by “manipulative and insidious” bullying by its current chair, she has told a tribunal.
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NewsCouncil cancels contract with trust which ‘can’t make required efficiencies’
A hospital trust’s sexual health service has been decommissioned by council commissioners who blame cuts and a failure to propose “robust models to achieve the required efficiencies”.
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NewsExperts hired to review service with huge waits
NHS England has named 11 members of an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) taskforce, eight months after it first announced the group.