All HSJ Local articles – Page 8
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Trust chair resigns ahead of critical CQC report
A trust chair has resigned after 15 months in the role.
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Staff 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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CEO 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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‘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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Trust’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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Director 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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Ex-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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ICS 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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Trust 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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‘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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‘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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Trust 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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ICS 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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Regulator 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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Finance 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.
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CEO who took trust out of special measures to step down
An acute trust CEO has announced he is stepping down from full-time work next year, after a 42-year stint in the NHS.
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Child takes patient records to school to use ‘as drawing paper’
A child arrived at their primary school with printed records containing details of 150 patients to use as “drawing paper”, the trust involved has admitted.
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ICBs employ consultancy for ‘rapid assessment’ of cost-saving opportunities
Two integrated care boards are exploring closer joint working to help them make nationally required running cost reductions.
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CEO who quit ahead of damning CQC report given new role at trust-hosted agency
The former chief executive of a major trust who stepped down after a CQC inspection rated its leadership ‘inadequate’ has been employed as a director of an NHS audit agency hosted by the provider.
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‘Hyperlocal’ approach unblocked recruitment, says trust
A community trust has reported unprecedented success filling stubborn vacancies by investing in ‘hyperlocal’ recruitment, which involves posting flyers through doors rather than posting adverts online.