All HSJ Local articles – Page 21
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HSJ LocalCCG staff ‘crossed the line’ in ‘manipulating’ contract award
Three clinical commissioning groups have been fined after they “manipulated” a procurement process to award a £2m contract to a favoured supplier.
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HSJ Local‘Outstanding’ trust appoints new CEO
A specialist trust has promoted its chief operating officer to be its new chief executive.
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HSJ LocalJoint director gets £200k payout after ‘unlawful’ spending claims
A former joint director employed by a foundation trust and local authority has received a £209,000 payout after leaving her roles.
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HSJ LocalEx-football club owner appointed to lead trust
A former investment banker and owner of a football club has been appointed chair of a trust in one of England’s most challenged integrated care systems.
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HSJ LocalTrust begins ‘most ambitious’ outpatients project in NHS
A large acute trust is carrying out a major expansion of patient-initiated follow-up appointments, which is said to be “the most ambitious” project of its kind in the NHS.
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HSJ LocalDozens of patients wait more than two days in A&E, reveals trust
Nearly 90 patients waited two days or more before admission in a two-month period in one of the NHS’s most under pressure emergency departments, according to new trust data.
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HSJ LocalGPs reject joining trust in favour of ‘John Lewis’ model
A GP surgery is believed to have become the first practice in England to switch to a ‘John Lewis’ ownership model after rejecting the prospect of joining its local integrated NHS trust.
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HSJ LocalFormer NHSE chief made chair of two trusts
Two acute trusts in the Black Country are to share a former NHS England chief executive as their joint chair.
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HSJ LocalTrust declares its cancer waiting list ‘unmanageable’
One of the NHS’s biggest hospital trusts has declared its cancer waiting list is now at an ‘unmanageable size’.
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HSJ LocalNHSE pushes large London acute to join pathology network
NHS England is using the prospect of diagnostics funding to push a large London acute trust into joining a pathology network.
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HSJ LocalMarried trust CEO and ICS chair pair to step down
A mental health trust CEO has announced she is to retire after a 35-year career in the NHS, while her husband is also leaving his ICS chair role at the end of the year.
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HSJ Local‘Commercial barriers’ stop ICS buying private hospital
A health system has dropped a bid to buy a private hospital in its area, saying there were ‘commercial barriers’ to the deal.
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HSJ LocalTrust stands down service which achieved ‘marked improvement’ in A&E handover delays
An acute trust has had to stand down a new service which led to a ‘marked improvement’ in ambulance handover times, due to a lack of permanent funding to support it.
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HSJ LocalNew ICS chief: ‘I’m being managed in a straitjacket’
A new system leader has said she has felt like she is ‘in a straitjacket’ since being in the post, and asked for greater acknowledgement that ‘I might actually know what I’m doing’.
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HSJ LocalRetiring CEO: Other industries would think how we chair boards is mad
The outgoing CEO of an acute trust has called for better support for healthcare leaders, particularly when it comes to the relationship between chiefs and chairs, as she prepares to retire.
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HSJ LocalTrust branded ‘inadequate’ for leadership and maternity
One of the trusts worst affected by coronavirus has been issued with two warning notices and rated ‘inadequate’ for leadership, following a Care Quality Commission inspection.
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HSJ LocalTrust chief: Manager ‘bootcamps’ helped eliminate two-year waiters
The chief executive of one of the first teaching trusts in the country to have eliminated two-year waiters for elective care has said there is ‘no magic to it’ and it can be replicated elsewhere.
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HSJ LocalReconfiguration greenlighted by Javid faces 12-month delay
A contentious reconfiguration of stroke services which has already suffered years of delays now faces a further setback, after commissioners declared another review of the scheme.
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HSJ LocalLong-serving CEO announces retirement
A long-serving community and mental health trust chief executive has announced he will retire next March.
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HSJ LocalTrust failed for months to give vital medication to vulnerable inmate
A troubled NHS trust failed for months to give vital medication to a prison inmate who had a long-standing diagnosis of HIV, an inquest has found.