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‘Angry’ trust CEO warns staff about racist abuse of director
The chief people officer of a leading hospital trust has been subjected to “racist” abuse by colleagues, HSJ has learned.
Smallest trust to get managing director within group structure
England’s smallest trust will have its own managing director and dedicated deputy chair as it transitions into a group model with two other providers.
Accounting error forces trust to downgrade forecast by £6m
The NHS’s worst-performing mental health trust had to adjust its accounts to record a £2.9m deficit after external auditors found it had wrongly classified £6m as an efficiency saving.
Under-fire trust pauses CEO recruitment
A major trust under intense scrutiny over quality and governance concerns has paused its search for a permanent chief executive.
Keeping FT governors is pure virtue signalling, claims chair
The chair of one of the country’s largest foundation trusts has dismissed pledges by other FTs to keep their councils of governors as “virtue signalling”.
Letby trust criticised over fetus storage
The trust where Lucy Letby worked has been heavily criticised for how it looks after the bodies of fetuses.
ICB orders all GPs to use ‘distrusted’ IT system
An integrated care board has ordered all of its 337 GP practices to use a single digital access system and is switching off five rival products to save money.
Revealed: ICBs where majority use private dentist
More people have access to a private dentist than an NHS one in nine integrated care board areas – mostly driven by poor NHS provision, according to new figures.
Hospitals given two months to put CCTV cameras in neonatal units
Trusts have been told to fit CCTV in neonatal units by the end of November and to “urgently” tell staff and boards that child death protocols cover babies who never leave hospital.
Regions ‘should penalise trusts for poor tech’
Advanced foundation trust status should be dependent on meeting digital maturity targets with “consequences” for non-compliance, an influential new report advises.
Flagship digital programme ‘a shambles’
Trust leaders have branded a national tech investment programme “a shambles” and questioned whether cash will be released before the end of its first year.
Alarm raised over impact of management cuts on NHS productivity
“Politically attractive” cuts to managers could harm the NHS’s productivity, a major NHS commission has warned.
Exclusive: Investigations launched into potential harm at children’s service
A major acute trust has launched two reviews over care failures potentially affecting 130 children, HSJ has learned.
Strategy director leaves NHSE
NHS England’s strategy director – a former special political adviser in the Treasury and health department – has left the role.
We’re providing ‘pretty awful’ care, says CEO
A hospital trust is providing a “pretty awful” standard of care, its interim chief executive has declared.
Exclusive: National ‘neighbourhood’ director stepping down
The national lead for neighbourhood health and former national medical director has resigned, HSJ has learned.
Trust faces decade-long review after hundreds of harm cases discovered
More than 300 cases of patient harm have been identified at a North East trust reviewing major care and governance failings in its breast cancer service.
Ministers hire economist to scrutinise cancer performance
Health economist Anita Charlesworth will independently co-chair a “reformed” National Cancer Board, seven months after the government’s cancer plan promised a body “accountable for delivery” of its commitments.
Tech problem delays elective reform target
Concerns have been raised about NHS England watering down a key target for its controversial “advice and guidance” scheme, just weeks ahead of the October deadline.
Board shake-up at ailing hospital group
The chair of a large hospital group has announced he will be stepping down after three years, amid a major board shake-up.
Judge to examine trust’s care failings
GP leaders seek end to ‘hostilities’
Six ‘neighbourhoods’ seek investors to ‘derisk’ expansion
Private providers face tougher rules on payment
Exclusive: NHS CEO will keep top-tier status
Managers ‘should not feel affronted’ by Letby inquiry, says CEO
FT takes over services from failing provider
£2.5bn tech programme dubbed ‘unachievable’
Former midwife to chair merger trust
Boards must ‘never again treat baby safety as side issue’, says Cooper
Inquiry chief delivers scathing verdict on NHS managers
Tougher sanctions on senior managers demanded by Letby inquiry
Cooper appoints ‘strong and capable’ CQC chair
EPR launch delayed by eight months
Grasp ‘politically unpopular’ mergers or face more deaths
Dead bodies exposed to view from public footpath
NHSE increases value of ‘tiger teams’ EPR contract
Chair of £3bn trust to step down
Exclusive: First AI clinical negligence claims lodged
NHSE’s FDP claims face fresh investigation
17 trusts lose segment 1 status under new league table rules
Mapped: RTT waiting times
Controversial hospital group to be dissolved
Largest trust overhauls procurement practices after HSJ probe
Fine AI firms that harm patients, demands tech commission
NHSE staff risk losing ‘thousands’ in redundancy payouts
Ministers to unpick Healthwatch abolition
CQC chair nearly said no to job
Single water contract to save NHS £5m a year
Exclusive: ‘Landmark’ safety policy was barely tested before launch
Major trust freed after nine years of NHSE intervention
UK’s largest private hospital group sold in £1bn deal
Exclusive: Hundreds sacked for snooping on patient records
ICB plan says trust must cut staff by 15%
Hot summer hit trust’s finances
Revealed: NHSE top team clear-out cost more than £800k
‘Process error’ leaves major supplier off £140m framework
NHSE staff could be kept out of DHSC
NHS ends 12 years of staffing growth
FDP is ‘here for the long term’, says NHSE boss