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New £2bn hospital group appoints chair
Two trusts which are forming a hospital group have appointed a new chair.
FTs and ICBs want me to abolish each other, says Streeting
Wes Streeting would seek to resolve the “tension” between foundation trusts and integrated care boards if he becomes health and social care secretary, he has said.
Exclusive: NHSE targeting 50% cut to waiting list
NHS England is floating proposals to cut the elective waiting list by nearly 50 per cent to under 4 million over the next five years, HSJ can reveal.
CEO threatened with sack after ICS’s financial meltdown
A local system chief executive who warned integrated care boards lacked the power to hold trusts to account has effectively been threatened with being sacked because of poor performance by providers.
Trust names former social care director as CEO
A community trust has appointed a director with a background in social care and the third sector to be its new chief executive.
ICBs to get new ‘capability’ ratings
Integrated care boards would be rated on their capability — as “excelling”, “achieving”, “progressing” or making “insufficient progress” — under draft NHS England proposals for a new assessment process.
Providers to restart merger talks despite ‘resistance’
Talks over the potential merger of two North West trusts are being revived, despite resistance from one of the providers, sources have told HSJ.
ICB sued over ‘conflict’ in £40m contract award
An integrated care board has denied its officials had conflicts of interest when awarding a £40m contract to run an urgent care centre, according to papers filed with the High Court in London.
Former CEO to chair trust at centre of bullying allegations
A former trust and integrated care system chief executive has been appointed as the chair of a hospital provider grappling with high-profile bullying concerns.
NHSE appoints single boss for all CSUs
NHS England has appointed a single managing director to lead its four commissioning support units as part of an ongoing overhaul of their operating model.
Trusts face paybill hike from rebanding claims
Ambulance trusts are facing significantly higher costs as thousands of staff look set to be upgraded to a higher pay band.
GP takes over community trust as new chair
A GP has been named as the new chair of a community trust in the East of England.
‘Wholly unrealistic’ NHSE financial recovery policy risks ‘significant harm’ warns ICS
Leaders of an integrated care system in the Midlands have warned they cannot make the scale of staffing cuts required to balance the books without putting patients at risk.
NHSE appoints to key recovery role after nine-month wait
NHS England has appointed a substantive chief dental officer after filling the post in an interim capacity for almost a year, it has announced.
Block on data sharing contributed to death
A failure to share medical information between IT systems contributed to the death of a man in prison custody, a coroner has concluded.
A&E problem trusts targeted for tech investment
Some of the worst-performing trusts for emergency care performance are set to get funding from NHS England to help manage patient flow through hospital.
Trust ordered to cut 600 posts
A major acute trust has been ordered to cut 600 whole-time equivalent posts, its chief executive has said.
Two more trusts get ‘mandated intensive support’ over deficits
Two large hospital trusts have been put into NHS England’s “recovery support programme” and placed on the lowest rung of its oversight ratings.
£200k fine ‘reminds trusts to provide safe care’
A trust has been told to pay more than £200k for care failings related to two patients’ deaths.
NHSE director lined up for trust with worst A&E problems
An NHS England director is set to be appointed to the board of a trust with some of the worst A&E problems in recent years, including the most hours lost to ambulance handover delays last year.
New executive joins national agency to lead ongoing reforms
ICS £230m in the red hails ‘positive’ financial performance
Trusts and NHSE ‘neglecting whistleblower training’
DHSC director joins tech firm
NHSE intervenes over ‘fear and bullying’ in surgery department
Influential CEO retires after tripling size of trust
Ex-CQC boss to lead £85m deficit trust
Seven more avoidable sepsis deaths spark coroner warnings
‘Disgraceful’ regulator’s 10-year case delay
Redundancy scheme to cut corporate staff by 14%
Dame Ruth May announces retirement
New Hospital Programme admits 50% vacancy rate amid recruitment problems
Regulators battling 'overlapping remits and confusion'
ICSs too focused on patients stuck in A&E, warns CEO
NHSE U-turns over axing staff mental health support
Abusive patients told ‘we have the right not to treat you’
Revealed: 90% increase in year-long waits for children
NHSE hires consultants to ‘promote adoption’ of FDP
Staff mental health support axed by NHSE
Mapped: RTT waiting times
Revealed: One in seven callers could not reach GP in worst-performing ICS
IT system which sparked safety alert dropped by 13 trusts
Exclusive: Regions most in need of doctors still missing out under NHS workforce plan
Chair of NHS property quango returning to Australia
A&E target missed despite tough line from NHSE
Updated: NHSE launches new elective waiting list count
Deaths inquiry extended to last three years
New Hospital Programme fails to recruit chief
Local care budgets could be blocked under tougher NHSE scrutiny
Revealed: Trust’s plan to offer ‘ethical’ private ops in new NHS-funded unit
Government payments for strike costs hit £1.7bn
Trust ‘fighting losing battle’ over elective waits, CEO admits
Revealed: The ICSs ‘diverting’ the most GP referrals through controversial model
Pay rise over 2% risks staff and service cuts, NHSE warns
Trust is waging ‘witch hunt’ against own director, alleges MP
Contamination risk may cost trust £50m a year
New CQC inspections put on hold by ministers
Trusts delay pay cut after doctors’ protest
Fire warnings yet to be fully dealt with at eight hospitals
Consultants accept government pay offer