All East of England articles – Page 2
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Cost of inquiry ‘threatens trust’s financial resilience’, says CEO
An ongoing patient safety inquiry could threaten the financial resilience of a trust if a lack of funding continues, a chief executive has warned.
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Revealed: The winners and losers of £750m estates repair fund
The government has revealed which trusts will benefit from a £750m investment fund targeted at addressing the safety risks posed by the NHS’s ageing estate.
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Nine systems get extra deficit funding
Nine integrated care systems have been allowed to set higher planned deficits than last year, new figures show.
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NHSE tells ICBs to slow elective referrals
NHS England has told integrated care boards they need to slow down elective referrals dramatically – nearly eliminating year-on-year growth – with high-profile waiting list targets under threat.
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Trust ‘selectively targeted’ by workplace regulator after rise in work stress
The national workplace regulator has told an ambulance trust to do more to tackle staff stress as part of a programme in which it is “selectively targeting” high-risk organisations.
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CEO: TV show sparked ‘overwhelming’ regulator scrutiny
An “overwhelming” number of regulators were involved with a trust after an undercover documentary exposed care failings, its chief executive has said.
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ICB CEO takes charge of hospital trust
Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board’s CEO has been appointed interim managing director of a local acute trust, as part of a new hospital group board.
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First ICBs to share CEO and chair
The first integrated care boards have announced they will share the same CEO and chair, an arrangement likely to spread to many others as part of a major restructure.
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Ex-council boss becomes ICB chair
An integrated care board has appointed a former council boss as its new chair.
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Second tranche of major job cuts revealed by trust
A large acute trust plans to cut more than 700 additional jobs and admits it will miss key performance targets this year due to its “unsustainable” deficit.
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CEO tells staff ‘silence is complicity’ after record sexual misconduct reports
An ambulance trust has dismissed “multiple staff” for sexual misconduct offences this year following its “highest year ever for reported sexual safety incidents” in 2024, HSJ has learned.
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Trusts cut use of private ambulances despite performance woes
Two ambulance trusts with some of the worst performance on a key response time target are reducing the use of private ambulance firms.
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ICB points to lack of government support after teenager’s suicide
Long waits for autism diagnosis and treatment – implicated in the suicide of a 17-year-old – will continue unless addressing them is given greater priority by government, an integrated care board has said.
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£5m spent on deaths inquiry still years from completion
An inquiry into deaths linked to a mental health trust is not expected to report for another two years and has already cost more than £5m, HSJ can reveal.
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Hospital group appoints first CEO
The newly-formed Norfolk and Waveney Hospitals Group has appointed its first chief executive.
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Revealed: Best and worst trusts to work at, according to bank staff
NHS bank staff are almost always more likely to recommend their employer as a good place to work than permanent staff.
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ICB told to re-run tender after rule breaches
An integrated care board has been told to re-run part of a contract award after breaching procurement rules while choosing a new provider to manage earwax removal services.
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‘Hasty’ hospital closure plan criticised by ICB-commissioned report
A panel set up by an integrated care board to review its plans for closing a hospital has called the proposals “hasty” and “utterly inadequate”.
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Streeting greenlights eight reconfigurations
Wes Streeting has declined to intervene over eight NHS service reconfigurations since taking up his post last summer, HSJ can reveal.
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£6bn underlying deficit ‘could derail 10-Year Plan’
The underlying deficit in the NHS provider sector has returned to pre-covid levels and could derail the government’s reform plans, HSJ analysis has found.