East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
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HSJ LocalTop CEO steps down after more than 45 years in NHS
East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust’s respected and sometimes controversial chief executive, Nick Hulme, is stepping down after more than 45 years in the NHS.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Sunset of the EPRs?
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week, written by Ben Clover, Joe Talora and Ella Devereux. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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HSJ LocalTrusts told to appoint joint chair but keep separate CEOs
Two neighbouring trusts should appoint a joint chair but retain separate CEOs because “recent history” means sharing executives “could prove challenging”, a major review has concluded.
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NewsA&E’s staff ‘not trained’ for mental health
Staff working in an understaffed A&E were unsure about who was responsible for the care of patients with mental health issues – potentially putting them at risk of harm, the Care Quality Commission has said.
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HSJ LocalICB 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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NewsRevealed: the trusts furthest behind on efficiency plans
A total of 20 trusts had achieved only 30 per cent or less of their 2024-25 planned efficiency programmes by the end of October, with four delivering below 20 per cent, research by HSJ has revealed.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2024: Digitising Patient Care Award
WINNER East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust and Health Innovation East Innovating Parkinson’s Care with Neu Health
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NewsDeparting CEO given £120,000 back pay
A trust chief executive was given £120,000 in back pay and a total £380,000 in salary payments shortly before leaving the role, it has emerged.
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HSJ LocalCEO filmed ‘inadvertently’ misleading staff issues apology
A hospital chief executive has apologised after being filmed telling staff his trust had already decided to outsource its facilities management services despite the organisation’s official position being that a decision had yet to be made.
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Expert BriefingCarbon Copy: The Darzi seal of approval
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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HSJ LocalTrust 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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HSJ LocalTrust 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 LocalTrust appoints senior ICB figure as new CEO
East of England Ambulance Service Trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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NewsExclusive: Lack of surgery capacity adding to risk for babies and mothers
A lack of surgery capacity at dozens of maternity units is adding to the risk of serious harm to mothers and newborn babies, HSJ has found.
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HSJ LocalTrust hit by strike over backpay dispute
Another trust faces strike action by healthcare assistants, as a dispute which began in the North West spreads to other parts of the country.
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News40% of funding targeted at improving emergency care goes unspent
Fourty per cent of the £150m capital funding pot NHS England made available to incentivise urgent and emergency care improvements was not distributed, data shown to HSJ reveals.
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NewsTrusts with ‘distressing’ mixed-sex ward breaches blame poor estates
The trusts with the worst breach rates of mixed-sex ward rules in hospitals are revealed today by HSJ analysis after national levels hit a record high in 2023-24.
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HSJ LocalNational boss appointed to troubled ICS after ‘serious concerns’ from NHSE
A national director has been drafted in to lead the recovery of a health system over which NHS England has raised “serious concerns”.
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NewsThirty trusts report more 12-hour waits, despite national improvement
Long A&E waits have got worse at more than one in five acute trusts, despite an improving trend nationally.
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NewsRevealed: Worst hospitals for food hygiene
More than 30 hospitals in England failed to receive the top ratings for food hygiene in their latest inspection.