All HSJ Local articles – Page 14
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HSJ LocalTrust names interim CEO
A mental health trust has named a managing director as its interim chief executive while the substantive post-holder is on secondment at the local integrated care board.
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HSJ LocalError causes 800 patients to be wrongly removed from waiting list
A trust is carrying out a review after hundreds of patients were wrongly removed from the waiting list and potentially missed out on treatment.
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HSJ Local‘Muddle, frustration and distrust’ at ‘most mature’ ICS
Multiple problems have been highlighted with the leadership and governance of a much-vaunted integrated care system, including a lack of trust between organisations which often hide information that could weaken their position.
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HSJ Local‘Good’ maternity unit downgraded to ‘inadequate’
A Norfolk hospital’s maternity services have been downgraded from ‘good’ to ‘inadequate’, with warnings raised about the safety and quality of care provided.
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HSJ LocalProtect trusts from ‘regulators’ demands’, ICB told
An external review has advised an integrated care board to do more to ‘hold the umbrella up’ to regulators, to protect its providers from their demands.
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HSJ LocalTrust chair resigns ahead of critical CQC report
A trust chair has resigned after 15 months in the role.
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HSJ LocalStaff suspended after ‘sleeping in patient’s bed’
Staff were suspended by their trust after they were found to have been sleeping in a patient’s bed, a Care Quality Commission report has revealed.
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HSJ LocalCEO of struggling ICS to retire
The chief executive of one of England’s most challenged integrated care systems has announced her retirement.
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HSJ Local‘No new suppliers’ promises ICS as four trusts eye EPR purchases
A major acute provider will make a second attempt at procuring a new electronic patient record, while three neighbouring trusts are planning to launch a separate tender process, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalTrust’s A&E ‘effectively running primary care service’, says chair
An acute trust chair has said its emergency department is effectively operating as a primary care service.
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HSJ LocalDirector made trust CEO after 17 years on board
A Yorkshire acute trust has confirmed its CEO will take on the role permanently after holding the post as an interim for more than a year.
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HSJ LocalEx-CEO sues trust and accuses chair of ‘bullying’
An acute trust is being sued for unfair dismissal by its former chief executive.
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HSJ LocalICS sets balanced budget to avoid NHS England sanctions
System leaders in Yorkshire have said their decision to set a balanced financial plan instead of a deficit was shaped by the ‘tactics’ of engaging with NHS England, including the threat of potential sanctions.
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HSJ LocalTrust leadership censured for ‘negative impact’ of focus on ‘reputation management’
The leadership rating of one of the NHS’s best known specialist trusts has been downgraded from ‘outstanding’ to ‘requires improvement’, despite inspectors praising the work of its medical director, nursing director and chief operating officer.
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HSJ Local‘Outstanding’ trust drops to ‘requires improvement’ after staff ‘let down by senior leaders’
An “outstanding” trust’s Care Quality Commission rating has been dropped to “requires improvement”, after inspectors found potential safety risks and a disconnect between board and ward.
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HSJ Local‘Mac the Knife’ to retire after nearly 50 years in health service
An integrated care board chief executive who has spent nearly five decades working in the health service has announced his retirement.
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HSJ LocalTrust CEO named as interim ICB chief
Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board has appointed its third chief executive, and second interim, since it was established last July.
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HSJ LocalICS already admitting it will miss March 2024 elective waiting time target
One of the country’s most challenged integrated care systems has told NHS England it expects to significantly miss the March 2024 target to end elective waits of 65 weeks or longer.
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HSJ LocalRegulator clears trust to bring back junior doctors
Up to 10 junior doctor posts will be reinstated at a small district general hospital after regulators agreed it had improved its learning environment.
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HSJ LocalFinance chief who ‘eradicated trust’s deficit’ is made CEO
A trust has appointed a chief executive whose track record as finance director includes work towards eliminating its underlying deficit.