All East of England articles – Page 5
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HSJ Local
Chair to step down after decade at trust
The chair of a teaching hospitals trust is set to step down after more than a decade on its board.
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Emergency performance dips as winter nears
Ambulance response times rose dramatically last month with urgent care performance also worsening as winter appeared to strike early.
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Three ICSs responsible for a quarter of very long diagnostic waits
Just three integrated care systems were responsible for nearly one in four 13-week waits for key diagnostic tests in recent months, HSJ analysis of official data has found.
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HSJ Local
Staff ‘rebuked’ for raising safety concerns despite patient deaths
Staff were ‘rebuked’ for raising safety concerns at a trust where the incorrect use of chemotherapy has been linked to patient deaths, HSJ has discovered.
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NHS directors brought out of retirement to help tackle financial crisis
Former trust and regional finance directors have been drafted in to support the most financially-challenged integrated care systems by NHS England.
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HSJ Local
ICS with health inequalities ‘at heart of strategy’ raids budget three years running
An integrated care system which has reducing health inequalities “at the heart” of its strategy has raided the budget for this three years in a row.
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HSJ Local
Staff criticise ‘disgusting’ cuts at trust with huge savings target
A trust that is trying to cut nearly a tenth of its costs in one year has been criticised by staff for a string of “last minute” cuts to temporary shifts.
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Revealed: ICBs which cut staff by a fifth in 12 months
Several integrated care boards have cut their staffing by up to a fifth in a single year – after being asked to reduce management costs – but significant variation exists, HSJ analysis shows.
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HSJ Local
11,000 patients may have been given wrong test result
Up to 11,000 patients may have received incorrect test results – including being misdiagnosed as diabetic – due to an equipment error at a trust, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Trust seeks three MDs on £150k to lead hospitals
A major hospital trust is seeking three managing directors to run each of its acute hospitals.
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HSJ Local
Hospital may not be complete by 2030 deadline
A new hospital to replace an acute site which has significant structurally weaknesses may not be completed by the 2030 deadline, according to trust meeting papers.
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HSJ Local
Trust chair to retire after 40 years as NHS leader
The chair of a trust with significant financial challenges has announced his intention to retire, after around 40 years in senior healthcare leadership positions.
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HSJ Local
Trust hired ‘untrained strike-breakers who put patients at risk’, union claims
A trust has been accused of putting patients at risk by bringing in “untrained strike-breakers” from hundreds of miles away and paying for their hotel accommodation to “disrupt” a week-long walkout by facilities management staff.
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‘Conflict of interest’ concerns over consultants hired to fix NHS finances
Concerns have been raised that consultants advising systems on savings plans could be “marking their own homework”, with many of the firms having already done similar exercises for the same organisations.
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Cyber attack firm chosen for £900m pathology deal
The company hit by a high-profile cyber attack debilitating London pathology services has won a major contract in the East of England.
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Unused space costs NHS £90m a year, new figures reveal
NHS organisations spent nearly £90m on empty space in buildings leased from two national property companies last year, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ Local
Former trust CEO reverses retirement after four months
An acute trust chief executive who retired in the spring has returned to the NHS in a senior interim role.
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HSJ Local
Trust too ‘compassionate’ to effectively run services in-house
A trust’s “compassionate environment” would prevent it effectively managing its facilities management department, an internal report recommending the outsourcing of the service has claimed.
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HSJ Local
ICB pauses referrals to service as expansion is ‘unaffordable’
A mental health trust has stopped accepting ADHD referrals for many adults, after integrated care board chiefs warned it was “unaffordable” to expand the service due to financial pressures, HSJ understands.