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Non-executive directors took over aspects of running struggling trust, review finds
A trust’s executive and non-executive roles were “confused” and board members behaved in a way which was “not aligned” with trust values, an external review has found.
Trusts left with valueless company shares given in exchange for patient data
Several NHS trusts are reviewing their data-sharing agreements with a technology company after their shares in the firm were rendered currently worthless following its financial collapse
Covid hospital patients double in a month
The number of covid positive patients in English hospitals more than doubled in June.
Trust boards instructed to ‘scrutinise’ sepsis data by NHSE
Trust boards should start scrutinising performance against new indicators set out by NHS England this month as part of a national push to iron out unwarranted variation in performance on key sepsis blood tests, according to an NHSE report
Clinician appointed hospital’s new chief executive
A new chief executive has been appointed to one of England’s largest hospitals
ICB chair: Slimming down boards will be ‘really difficult’
NHS England is right to question whether emerging integrated care boards with large memberships can be run effectively, a system leader in the capital has said.
Government plans new ‘regulatory levers’ to force pace of NHS’s digital uptake
Digital improvement will be added to the conditions which trusts and integrated care systems have to legally meet as part of their operating licence, the government has indicated.
CQC prosecutes troubled provider over death of teenage girl
A struggling mental health trust is being prosecuted over accusations it failed to protect a teenager at a children’s inpatient unit.
Revealed: The 10 ICSs which account for two-thirds of two-year waits
HSJ analysis of NHS England data has revealed the systems which are the furthest away from the target of eliminating all two-year waits for treatment by the end of July.
NHS England appoints chief workforce officer to lead expanded department
NHS England has appointed a new chief officer for its people directorate, following the departure of Prerana Issar earlier this year, HSJ has learned.
Patient safety is not a ‘priority’ for NHSE, claims watchdog chief
The outgoing chief investigator of the national safety watchdog has described his frustration with the organisation’s ‘ambivalent’ relationship with NHS England
Treasury adviser who said northerners should be paid less moves to DHSC
An adviser to chancellor Rishi Sunak who has sparked controversy over past comments on economic policy is to move to the Department of Health and Social Care
NHS could get ‘much better deals’ by building on ‘infamous’ drugs procurement
The NHS should seek to build on its ‘infamous’ reputation for pharmaceuticals procurement, as it could be getting ‘much better deals’ on many of the goods and services it buys, a national director has said
Regulators downgrade rating of high-profile trust but promote four
NHS England has moved four providers out of ‘special measures’ but significantly downgraded the rating of one specialist trust.
‘Expanded’ Better Care Fund to be ‘delivery vehicle’ for integration, claims council chief
The Better Care Fund is likely to be significantly expanded to deliver the government’s health and care integration ambitions, a senior local government figure has claimed.
Suppliers opt to pass on inflation costs as NHS faces £280m bill
Inflation in the cost of food, estate management and medical supplies will add an estimated £280m to NHS expenditure in 2022-23, NHS England has said.
Revealed: The top team driving the national hospitals programme
Details of the senior directors responsible for delivering the government’s “40 new hospitals” pledge have been obtained by HSJ.
NHSE strategy chief pledges ‘single leadership team’ for service
NHS England’s new chief strategy officer has set out plans to establish ‘a single, aligned leadership team’ that will include local CEOs, and promised ‘more immediate tactical communication channels’ with the centre
Covid-positive hospital patients rise a quarter in one week
The number of patients in English hospitals who have tested positive for covid has increased 28 per cent in a week, the steepest rise since mid-March
Exclusive: Leak reveals priorities of long-term plan refresh
A drive to ‘transform’ access to urgent, emergency and planned care will be added to the goals of the NHS long-term plan, a document leaked to HSJ has revealed
A&E promoted from ‘inadequate’ to ‘good’
Half of ICSs have no ‘partnership’ chair or ‘place’ leads
GPs lose ‘turning point’ legal battle with NHS property agency
Watchdog warns over medication risk to vulnerable
Trust was sent ‘unfit’ ventilators at height of pandemic
Ministers opposed 48 manager pay deals worth £150,000+ in last three years
‘Shift to untrained staff’ leaves over half stroke units with too few nurses
NHS systems ‘making it harder for patients to go private’, say independent providers
Bullying and harassment ‘normalised’ at trust put back in special measures
Huge variation in referrals to flagship ‘urgent response’ service
Government to pick ‘integration frontrunners’ to test ‘radical new approaches’
Javid hires new patient safety watchdog
NHSE and other agencies deny conflict of interest over procurement structures
HSJ100: Judges
HSJ100: The wildcards
HSJ100 reveals how IT figures lead the list
HSJ100: Power reshapes around the new bosses
HSJ100: The most influential people in health
Ditch recruiters who don’t deliver diverse candidates, says NHSE director
'CQC don’t want to hear about the pandemic'
Mapped: RTT waiting times
Third 2022 covid wave will cause less hospitalisation, predicts Powis
Over half of ethnic minority NHS leaders consider quitting due to racism
GP funding formula set for change, says NHSE director
Spending on regulation has ‘gone too far’, says NHSE chief
Rail strikes ‘will kill people’, warns NHS leader
Trust rows back on ‘too tall or too short’ dismissal threat
ICS leader: We’re still facing short-sighted trusts
Javid wants top leaders to leave ‘walled gardens’ and take over struggling trusts
Revealed: The top-performing ICSs defying deprivation challenges
NHS England reviewing bed capacity
‘Don’t stand in way of integration if clinicians want it’, says CEO
NHS England recruiting five new board directors
Major trust records fifth never event at troubled department
Interim CEO drafted in to calm trust’s leadership woes
North West surge accelerates covid admissions rise
Trust’s improvement plan ‘limited in robustness’
Government ‘manager bashing’ to hide Conservative failings on NHS, says Confed chief
Exclusive: Cost of treating mental illness soars during covid
New national ‘commercial function’ will be built ‘by the NHS for the NHS’