All HSJ Local articles – Page 16
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HSJ Local‘Traffic control’ forecasts will give ICB ‘line of sight for every patient’
An integrated care system is hoping to be among the first to use predictive analytics to plan services, after hiring the firm credited with success of the NHS covid data store, as well as the 2016 Vote Leave campaign.
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HSJ LocalAnother CEO given national director role
Another chief executive of a local NHS organisation has been hired as a national director by NHS England.
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HSJ LocalAcute boss takes ‘semi retirement’
The chief executive of an acute trust in the East of England has announced she is stepping down to take “semi-retirement”.
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HSJ LocalSix new directors appointed at troubled trust
A troubled teaching trust has appointed six new directors to its top team, it has been announced.
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HSJ LocalNew CEO for trust where ‘bullying and harassment were normalised’
An ambulance trust grappling with major cultural problems has appointed a substantive chief executive, who most recently has been on extended leave from his role leading two acute providers.
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HSJ LocalStretched A&E staff ‘rarely saw exec team’, review finds
Trust executives and senior managers have been criticised by a former national director for their lack of support for an under-pressure A&E.
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HSJ LocalTwo ex-acute CEOs brought in to fix ICS’s elective problem
Two former acute trust CEOs have been brought in to help with the elective recovery in the integrated care system with the highest number of patients waiting a long time for treatment.
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HSJ LocalLack of private sector help putting elective target at risk, says trust
An acute trust and its integrated care system have said they risk missing the imminent waiting list target, after struggling to get as many patients treated in the independent sector as they hoped.
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HSJ Local‘Insufficiently curious’ leaders ‘tolerated’ safety failures
Leaders at a mental health trust tolerated high levels of safety incidents and accepted verbal assurance with ‘insufficient professional curiosity’, a critical report has found.
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HSJ Local‘Covert filming could get you prosecuted’, trust warns staff after undercover exposé
An ambulance trust that was the subject of a documentary involving covert filming by an employee has warned staff they could be subject to ‘disciplinary action and even prosecution’ if they take this type of action.
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HSJ LocalCall for investigation into funding of provider chaired by NHSE officer
The dentists union has called for an investigation into the funding of a new healthcare provider, which is chaired by NHS England’s chief dental officer for England.
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HSJ LocalEx-council boss appointed trust chair
Yorkshire Ambulance Service has appointed a new chair, who will join the organisation from an acute trust.
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HSJ Local‘Significant escalation’ in strike action, warns ambulance chief
Ambulance chiefs have warned of a ‘significant escalation’ in the strike action being planned by unions next week – saying the flexibilities that helped deal with previous walk-outs will no longer be available.
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HSJ LocalBMA ‘rate card’ wipes out elective recovery gains, claims trust
A struggling acute trust says its failure to hit its elective care targets is directly linked to doctors’ demanding overtime rates in line with the British Medical Association’s new rate cards, as national tensions around the issue intensify.
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HSJ LocalExclusive: inquiry exaggerated trust death toll, claims CEO
A trust chief executive has suggested an inquiry team looking at 2,000 deaths is lacking in ‘expertise’ and has created a ‘disproportionate impression’ of the problems at his trust.
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HSJ LocalMore prosecutions launched over patient deaths at trust
A scandal-hit mental health trust is facing further prosecutions over alleged care failings relating to the deaths of two inpatients, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalTrust staves off break-up calls after CQC upgrade
A troubled trust has most likely secured a reprieve from being broken up after the Care Quality Commission upgraded its rating, but its leaders accept they still have a ‘long way to go’.
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HSJ LocalCelebrated service closes six years after opening
The closure of a much-celebrated mental health unit just six years after it opened demonstrates the struggle trusts have faced in utilising new investment into the sector, a local leader said.
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HSJ LocalTrust delays £450m IT system to ensure ‘safe’ implementation
One of England’s biggest NHS trusts has delayed the implementation of its new £450m electronic patient record to ensure the new system is launched ‘safely’, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalTrust buys £85m EPR after abandoning previous procurement
An acute trust has signed an £85m deal with Oracle Cerner for a new electronic patient record, two years after abandoning a previous procurement.