All articles by Henry Anderson – Page 11
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NewsJavid: Government ‘on track’ to deliver 48 new hospitals
Sajid Javid has insisted the government is ‘on track’ to deliver 48 new hospitals by 2030, amid reports of funding rows and delays.
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NewsMay, Powis and Hartley given top Jubilee honours
NHS England’s national medical director and chief nurse are among the health service staff who have been recognised for their services in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Honours List.
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NewsICSs set for £1bn+ gap in first year despite new money
Local systems face a financial gap of more than £1bn in 2022-23, even after factoring in additional inflation funding provided by NHS England last week.
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Exclusive: Trusts and systems to be given £1.5bn to cover inflation costs
Local NHS organisations will be given an extra £1.5bn in 2022-23 to help cope with inflation and other cost pressures – and have been told to make extra savings to bring their budgets into balance, HSJ has discovered.
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HSJ LocalStruggling system asks NHSE for help with ambulance handovers
Health leaders in Lincolnshire have admitted they do not have a ‘robust’ response to managing the risks posed by ambulance handover delays and poor response times.
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CEO InterviewCEO Interview: Andrew Morgan, United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust
This is the latest in a series of interviews with provider chief executives, which are available exclusively to HSJ Insight subscribers.
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News‘Heavily funded NHS recruitment’ taking staff away from social care
Government advisers have warned that well-funded NHS recruitment campaigns are diverting staff away from social care services, and called on ministers to adopt a ‘joined-up approach’ to attracting workers to health and social care.
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NewsExclusive: Every health system to face real-terms funding cut in 2022-23
Every health system has seen their core recurrent funding reduce in real terms in 2022-23, analysis by HSJ reveals.
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NewsHospital placed in special measures
A specialist eating disorder hospital in Yorkshire has been placed in special measures and told to make urgent improvements within six months or face closure.
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NewsNew controls on FT capital spending
NHS England has set out the new rules and circumstances in which it would seek to curtail capital spending by foundation trusts.
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NewsSystems push back on NHS England’s ‘financial break even’ ask
Multiple health systems are pushing back on their financial targets for 2022-23 and seeking to negotiate more ‘realistic’ plans with NHS, HSJ understands.
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NewsMultiple trusts extend free parking despite government funding cut
Several systems and trusts have decided to extend their free parking offer for staff despite central government funding for the policy coming to an end this month.
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NewsLeading clinicians ‘horrified’ as NHSE slashes community funding without warning
Senior medics have reacted in horror to NHS England’s decision to ‘dramatically’ cut the funding of a key long-term plan commitment designed to improve older people’s community services and deliver more care at home.
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HSJ LocalTrust leaders seek to combat ‘tough place to come’ to work reputation
Leaders of an acute trust have said they have had to battle a perception from doctors that it is ‘a tough place to come’ to, while also trying to negate the reputation of the town it operates in.
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HSJ LocalCQC downgrade leaves teaching trust CEO feeling ‘devastated’
A major teaching trust has been rated ‘inadequate’ for safety, after an unannounced inspection found senior leaders did not intervene quickly enough to address patient care issues.
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NewsEvery ICS expected to break even in ‘harsh’ new regime
Every health and care system — including those carrying huge deficits going into the pandemic — will be told to deliver financial balance in 2022-23, according to draft guidance seen by HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE pushes ‘private patient opportunities’ in leaked guidance
Official draft guidance has encouraged trusts to grow their ‘private patient opportunities’, despite facing huge backlogs of NHS work.
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NewsAcute trust fined £111,000 over 91-year-old's 'awful' injuries
United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust has been fined more than £100,000 after it pleaded guilty to causing an elderly patient avoidable harm.
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NewsThird acute trust to be prosecuted by CQC
The Care Quality Commission is to prosecute an acute trust after a patient was injured when allegedly exposed to ‘avoidable harm’.
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Trusts told to make savings ‘never delivered before by NHS’
NHS trusts are now facing challenging savings targets as high as 5 per cent of their total costs, which many say will be impossible to deliver.