North by North West: Unpicking the headlines
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North by North West: The region’s most important job
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New chair appointed for mega-trust
A new chair has been appointed to what will be one of the largest NHS trusts in the north of England, after an incumbent candidate was rejected for the role.
North by North West: Bill McCarthy's top priorities
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Inquiry to examine 150 deaths at scandal trust
A second independent inquiry into the former Liverpool Community Health Trust has been announced by ministers this morning, and is expected to investigate around 150 deaths.
North by North West: Festering relationships harm patients
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North by North West: Rejection for incumbent chairman
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Exclusive: Review finds 'chaos and uncertainty' at teaching hospital
An independent review has cited concerns about safety and culture within a trust’s surgical theatres and has warned multiple pressures were creating a sense of “chaos and uncertainty”.
North by North West: Blackpool rocking
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Turnaround director for troubled acute trust
A turnaround director has been appointed to a troubled acute provider in Liverpool, alongside several interim executives.
North by North West: New knight for disjointed STP
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Regulators intervene in Devo Manc
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Acutes 'carrying all the risk' in city with five specialists - CEO
The long-planned hospital merger in Liverpool is unlikely to create an NHS trust which is financially secure – so there will need to be a rebalancing of funding in the city to help it escape a structural deficit, according to an acute chief executive in the patch.
North by North West: Not a good look
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Ex-CQC boss appointed as trust chair
A former Care Quality Commission boss has been appointed as chair of Alder Hey Children’s Foundation Trust.
North by North West: All change at the top
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Clearing ADHD caseload could take 5 years, CCG warns
A CCG has warned it could take five years to return attention deficit hyperactivity disorder assessment wait times to “acceptable levels”.
Major trust CEO takes hospital job in Qatar
The chief executive of a large acute trust in the north west is set to leave at the end of March after accepting a job to run a hospital in Qatar.
Trust set to terminate PFI deal for part-built hospital
The PFI contract for the partly-built new Royal Liverpool Hospital is set to be terminated after the Treasury confirmed it would provide funding support.
Review: Arranging new job for discredited CEO ‘accepted practice at the time’
Regulators who facilitated a secondment job for the chief executive of a scandal hit NHS trust “acted in line with guidelines and accepted practice at the time”, a review has found.