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Almost all promised ‘50,000 more nurses’ are international recruits
Ninety-three per cent of the 51,245 nurses who have joined the NHS in the last four years have been recruited from overseas, NHS England’s chief nursing officer revealed yesterday.
Trust chief executive quits to take job in Qatar
The chief executive of one of England’s biggest trusts is to leave after being headhunted for a senior leadership role in the Middle Eastern state of Qatar.
NHS reluctance to be open with patients after care failures sparks government review
The Department of Health and Social Care has launched a review of the ‘duty of candour’ policy, which gives patients and families the right to receive open and transparent communication when care goes wrong.
NHSE warns widely used EPR could pose ‘serious risks to patient safety’
NHS England has issued a national alert to all trusts providing maternity services after faults were discovered in IT software that could pose “potential serious risks to patient safety”.
‘Poor leadership’ and ‘closed culture’ concerns prompt service’s double downgrade
A struggling maternity service has received a double downgrade from a health watchdog after inspectors warned patients were being let down by ‘poor leadership’.
Twenty ICBs to control specialised services from April
Integrated care boards in three out of seven NHS regions will take over budgets for 59 specialised services from April, although the commissioning staff will remain employed by NHS England for another year.
Trust reveals major data breaches involving over 22,000 patients’ data
A major teaching trust mistakenly released private information belonging to more than 22,000 patients in two major data breaches.
Consultants vote ‘no confidence’ in trust board
The consultants committee at a mental health trust has passed two ‘no confidence’ votes in its board, after the medical director was unexpectedly ‘removed’ from his duties.
Trust considers closing hospital in favour of new integrated hub
An acute trust is formally considering closing one of its hospitals and replacing it with a town centre health campus instead.
NHSE to curb ‘completely out of control’ procurement routes
Local leaders’ use of different procurement routes has been ‘completely out of control’, NHS England’s chief procurement officer has said, as she revealed there will be new restrictions from April.
City’s two acutes to share CEO and chair
A city’s two acute trusts have announced plans to share a chair and chief executive.
New firm takes over 60 GP practices from US insurer
American health insurance giant Centene is selling its English primary care arm to UK firm HCRG Care Group, HSJ can reveal.
Trusts entering care market ‘threaten viability of existing providers’
A local authority where a foundation trust has registered to provide social care has warned the move may destabilise other organisations, and encouraged NHS providers to focus on community health services.
Revealed: Outsourced care spend doubles in waiting list push
The amount spent by NHS trusts on outsourcing activity to other providers has doubled since the period before covid.
ICB tenders £1.8bn contract to shake-up community services
An integrated care board is advertising a contract worth around £1.8bn in what will represent a major shake-up of community health services, and the biggest such deal from an ICB so far.
Junior doctors announce strike in first week of January
The British Medical Association has announced nine days of further strike action by junior doctors after extended talks with the government failed to produce an offer the union felt could be put to members.
Staff set to miss out on ‘covid bonus’ despite government U-turn
Staff in some organisations providing NHS services – including in trusts’ subsidiary companies – are likely to miss out the one-off ‘covid bonus’ paid to other health service staff, despite an apparent government agreement to fund it, HSJ has been told
Trust reviewing bed capacity after three patient deaths
A coroner has warned a trust in the West Midlands for the third time about bed shortages, after three patient deaths which he believes are linked.
Ex-national director to lead ICS group
The former medical director of NHS Improvement – who now holds several local board roles – is to become chair of the national NHS Integrated Care System network.
‘Same day’ emergency care drops at 40 trusts, despite NHSE push
A third of acute trusts are doing proportionally less “same day emergency care” activity than a year ago, despite this being a key pillar of NHS England’s recovery plan, data suggests.
NHS England to issue ban on domestic flights
‘Confident’ ICS released from ‘mandated support’
North West gets biggest share of emergency care fund
‘Arms race’ between trusts led to ICS’s financial collapse, says CEO
Minister: There’s systemic racism in the NHS
‘Instrumental’ NHSE director departs
Google and ICS tech leaders in talks for first-of-kind patient data scheme
Trust reports two ‘never events’ in area already under review for errors
Health secretary told to intervene over ‘systemic’ ambulance deaths
£600m consultancy contract advertised for New Hospital Programme
NHSE seeks to calm row over ‘advice and guidance’
System must show ‘more courage’ to relocate hospital, says CEO
Trust leaders raise alarm over ‘mad’ approach to scrutiny of maternity services
Rush to reduce elective backlog increasing ‘never events’, report finds
High profile director hired by trust to lead recovery from scandal
Warning notice issued to trust which gave ‘assurances’ care was improving
Stiffer stroke target introduced – despite failure to meet old standard
Nurses demand new negotiations after pay deal ‘eclipsed’ by consultants offer
Trust directors guilty of ‘significant failure’ in not preventing abuse of 101 bodies in mortuary
£100m national accounting system delayed by up to six months
Sloman takes job with ex-minister’s firm
New strategy will be led by service, not consultants, claims NHSE procurement chief
‘Appalled’ nurses ‘more likely to strike’ after doctors deal, warns RCN
BMA agrees to end ‘rate card’ demands under pay deal
ICS resets decision making to accelerate ‘new model of care’
‘Regular flooding’ and ‘fire risks’ force part-closure of hospital
‘We’re overwhelming people with efficiency asks’, says NHSE director
Trust seeks compensation after IT crash hits cancer services
Revealed: Official data masking long waits for the sickest patients
Two ICBs appoint chief executives
Exclusive: Paramedics unable to work as recruitment outstrips ambulance numbers
Revealed: The worst trusts for long discharge delays
NHSE data system ‘may distract from local innovation’, warns ICB chief
Hospital launches social care service to reduce ‘astronomical’ delayed discharges
Trust reviews leadership options as CEO leaves for scandal-hit neighbour
Letby inquiry to seek rapid change to NHS services and culture despite legal delays
ICSs told to prepare ‘nuclear’ service cuts as NHSE plays ‘hardball’
US firm awarded £330m national data contract
Exclusive: Dozens of new ambulances delayed after supplier goes bust
Trust admits errors over dispute with chair