All East Midlands articles – Page 78
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NewsSHAs return to topslicing budgets
Strategic health authorities are introducing stringent financial rules and mandatory topslicing in a bid to keep the NHS in balance next financial year.
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NewsUnited Lincolnshire in turmoil as disciplinary action starts
United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust is in further turmoil after questions over the treatment of the incumbent chief executive and the resignation of a suspended non-executive director.
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CommentNHS Top Leaders: cream of the crop rises to the top
The Top Leaders programme is nearly ready to finish identifying the leaders it believes have the greatest potential to make an impact on care in the NHS
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NewsFT chief to take up strategic health authority post
The chief executive of a foundation trust has left to take up a senior post with his local strategic health authority.
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NewsCould a swine flu surge see a slump in targets?
A sustained outbreak of swine flu will put any region’s critical care services under pressure and a pandemic could have national consequences on workforce and resources. Will normal targets survive the winter unscathed? Alison Moore reports
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NewsCan the NHS do more to catch local ‘failures’?
Neil Goodwin’s report clearing NHS East Midlands of bullying highlights issues of management and regulation. Failure may be about more than poor local leadership, says Nigel Edwards
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NewsDH sued over scrapped £921m PFI project
A Laing O’Rourke-led consortium has this week launched a £20m lawsuit against the Department of Health and University Hospitals of Leicester Trust over a cancelled £921m hospital project, Construction News has reported.
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NewsBullying review: 'proud' chief executives must be forced to accept help
Reluctance by “proud” chief executives in particularly challenging jobs to ask for help “should be resisted”, an independent review has concluded.
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NewsNHS boards must not misinterpret 'firm performance management'
NHS boards should be wary of misinterpreting “firm performance management” as bullying or harassment as the economic downturn takes it toll, a former strategic health authority chief executive has said.
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NewsEast Midlands SHA to consider changes to trust board
East Midlands strategic health authority has been told to determine within three months whether leadership changes need to be made to the board of United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust.
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NewsSHA bullying investigation findings revealed
The Department of Health has completely cleared East Midlands strategic health authority of bullying and harassing United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy NHS bullying has no benefits
Healthcare managers should never forget that good performance requires morale-boosting not ego-bashing, advises Paul Beal
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NewsCQC clocks up first class expenses
The Care Quality Commission’s executive team has spent nearly £6,000 on first class rail travel and taxis in the first three months of its existence.
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NewsNHS managers’ career progress barred by prejudices, confidential study finds
Candid accounts of managers held back in their careers through prejudice and discrimination have been revealed in a confidential Department of Health investigation.
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NewsDH report into bullying and harassment allegations delayed
An investigation into allegations of bullying and harassment against East Midlands strategic health authority has been extended until the end of the month.
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NewsIncentive paradox dogs weight loss procedures
Despite NICE guidance, the fatter you get and the poorer your health outlook the better your chances may be of accessing bariatric surgery. Alison Moore reports on criteria that are proving hard to standardise across commissioning groups
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News'Organic' reduction in PCTs under Tories
The number of primary care trusts in England could be significantly reduced under Conservative health plans, HSJ has learnt.
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NewsNHS management stars need a leg-up to rise to the top
There is no shortage of ambitious senior managers in the NHS, so why is it so difficult to fill top posts? Charlotte Santry studied regional talent and leadership plans for clues
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NewsNHS trusts urged to control cost of agency staffing
Trusts are being urged to hold down excessive agency staffing costs as figures reveal the first rise in long-term NHS vacancies for five years.
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NewsBullying row trust appoints new non execs
Two new non-executive directors have been appointed at a trust at the centre of a row over alleged bullying and harassment to hit targets by the strategic health authority.