All HSJ Local articles – Page 101
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HSJ LocalSTP could lead to joint trust leadership
North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust and Cumbria Partnership FT could set up a joint leadership team The move could form part of the region’s sustainability and transformation plan, which aims to bridge £163m funding gap by 2020 Cumbria CCG makes decision over success regime consultation reconfiguration, which forms part ...
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HSJ LocalOriginal special measures trust exits regime
Medway FT now rated requires improvement, and good for being caring, effective and well led CQC praises “strong leadership and clear communication” Improvements need to be made in urgent and emergency services, surgery and critical care A hospital which was previously ranked as one of the worst in ...
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HSJ LocalCity CCGs to appoint single chief and joint board
Leeds’ three CCGs agree to appoint a single joint accountable officer Leeds West CCG accountable officer will head a new joint commissioning board for the organisations The board will be written into the constitutions of Leeds South and East, Leeds North and Leeds West CCGs as a decision making ...
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HSJ LocalFour non-executive directors resign at troubled trust
Four non-executive directors at Southern Health Foundation Trust have resigned after a review by the trust’s latest interim chair.
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HSJ LocalNew chief executive named for acute FT
Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed University Hospitals of Leicester Trust chief operating officer Richard Mitchell as its new chief executive.
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HSJ LocalSpecial measures trust appoints fourth chief executive in a year
A major teaching hospital trust in special measures has appointed its fourth chief executive in less than a year.
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HSJ LocalRegion moves towards contracts to cover whole STP
Clinical commissioning groups in the Black Country have set out a timeline to procure a single acute and single mental health contract across their sustainability and transformation plan area, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local'Culture of fear' at inadequate private hospital, says CQC
Inspectors have described a “culture of fear” within the surgical theatres at a private hospital that largely treats NHS patients in Greater Manchester.
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HSJ LocalFormer CPS chief named chair of special measures trust
A former chief executive of the Crown Prosecution Service has been appointed chair of a struggling ambulance trust
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HSJ LocalCCGs to join up for STP-wide commissioning
All CCGs in West Yorkshire and Harrogate STP patch sign up to form a joint commissioning committee The 11 CCGs have signed a memorandum of understanding and terms of reference NHS England needs approve the changes to CCG constitutions necessary for the committee to make decisions on behalf of ...
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HSJ Local'Festering' pay dispute is 'alienating workforce'
East of England Ambulance Trust faces deepening pay row with frontline staff Local MP and former health minister Norman Lamb says dispute is becoming a ‘festering sore alienating workforce’ Row centres on how soon paramedics can move to pay band 6 and compensation for delays to training East ...
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HSJ LocalCircle contract win means trust 'risks going in special measures'
PwC report says trust could lose up to £6.6m of income and risk being put into financial special measures Patient safety could be put at risk if Circle subcontracts MSK services to another provider, report says CCG says it is taking action to prevent the trust being destabilised ...
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HSJ LocalMajor trust appoints new medical director
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has announced Keith Girling as its new medical director to replace Stephen Fowlie, who is due to retire at the end of May.
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HSJ LocalThree-way merger to create largest CCG in England
Three clinical commissioning groups in Merseyside have announced plans to merge, after NHS England “paved the way” for discussions to start.
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HSJ LocalStruggling CCG first to be taken out of special measures
A struggling clinical commissioning group has become the first in the country to be taken out of financial special measures.
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HSJ LocalCCG to pool majority of its budget with councils
City and Hackney CCG to pool £335m of its budget with two local councils Two joint commissioning boards will oversee health and social care budgets for Hackney and the City of London A London clinical commissioning group is set to pool the majority of its budget with two ...
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HSJ LocalNHS trust replacing qualified nurses with nursing associates
East and North Hertfordshire Trust to replace 21 nurse posts with nursing associates Royal College of Nursing warns the move is worrying and will short change patients Nursing associate role is being developed by Health Education England The Royal College of Nursing has criticised plans by an NHS ...
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HSJ LocalPatients come to 'severe harm' after teaching trust data failure
Two patients came to “severe harm” after their data was not completed properly at a teaching hospital.
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HSJ LocalFormer civil servant appointed chair at acute trust
A former civil servant with experience at the highest levels of government has been appointed as chair of a Yorkshire acute hospital trust.
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HSJ LocalChief finance officer at £71m deficit trust resigns
Interim chief finance officer leaves after four months Trust says arrangements for an interim cover will be announced in a few days Permanent chief officer will be appointed shortly with interviews scheduled for early April, trust says The chief finance officer at a major teaching hospital has resigned ...