'We shouldn't treat trust CEOs like football managers', says NHSI boss
NHS Improvement boss Ian Dalton says there is a “slight crisis” in leadership across the health service, and there “needs to be a difference between being a football manager and being a chief executive”.
Sloman replaced as accountable officer at 'group' trust
The chief executive of a “vanguard” hospital group has been replaced as accountable officer at one of its member trusts.
HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2018: Clinical Governance and Risk Management in Patient Safety
Winner Walsall Healthcare Trust: An integrated approach of changing cultures in clinical governance/patient safety
HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2018: Infection Prevention and Control
Winner Cyprus University of Technology – Limassol General Hospital: Should CDC’s recommendations for promptly removing unnecessary central venous catheters be enhanced?
HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2018: Patient Safety in the Community
Winner East Midlands Ambulance Service Trust: Cycle response unit in Northampton town
North by North West: Greater Manchester's Achilles' heel
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Revealed: Greater Manchester plans major hospital services shake-up
New plans to reconfigure more than two-thirds of acute services across Greater Manchester are expected to be outlined later this year, the leader of its devolution team has said.
Making demand and capacity planning more robust
Paul Stroner gives an update on a programme by NHS England and NHS Improvement that aims to improve demand and capacity modelling in elective care
Trainee doctors raise safety concerns over 'double bleep carrying'
Serious safety concerns have been raised by junior doctors who have had to carry two on-call “bleeps” due to staffing shortages at a struggling acute trust.
North by North West: Best and worst from the staff survey
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'Incredible' CQC upgrade is endorsement of hospital group model
Sir David Dalton says a troubled hospital trust in Greater Manchester has made “incredible” improvements, despite receiving only a “fraction” of the financial support offered to struggling trusts in the south east.
In full: Pathology network proposals
HSJ approached the 29 pathology networks proposed by NHS Improvement to ask if local trusts had signed up. In most cases the proposed “hub” trust was able to answer on behalf of its network.
Revealed: 58 trusts admit they will miss financial plan
NHS Improvement has accepted formal revisions to the financial forecasts of almost 60 NHS trusts, according to data published today.
Exclusive: Trusts missing key Carter targets
The majority of NHS hospital trusts have failed to hit the three key efficiency targets set out in the Carter review on time, HSJ research has found.
70 trusts working with NHSI to boost workforce retention
Seventy NHS trusts have now been recruited by NHS Improvement to its programme to improve workforce retention rates in the health service.
Exclusive: NHS makes little progress cutting specialised income 'long tail'
The spread of specialised services across English hospital trusts has remained relatively unchanged over the last four years, despite a consensus that greater consolidation is needed in some areas.
NHS Improvement abandons consultancy turnaround programme
A financial turnaround project where management consultants are sent to work with NHS trusts has been shelved by NHS Improvement, HSJ has learned.
North by North West: Leaked report exposes prison misery
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
Review finds 'significant issues and risks' around trust's IT infrastructure
A major acute trust’s IT systems, including a system introduced in 2015 to “revolutionise” its patient records, are set to be overhauled and replaced in the new year.
North by North West: Merger trusts hope for McKinsey level savings
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill