All Interview articles – Page 9
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NewsExclusive Hunt interview: CQC ratings have replaced FT status as ‘definition of success’
The mark of quality for an NHS provider is no longer foundation trust status, but the award of a ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ rating by the Care Quality Commission, the health secretary has said.
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NewsThe NHS has 'too many trusts', says Hunt
Jeremy Hunt has said there are ‘too many trusts’ in the NHS and the health service needs to ‘up the pace’ of work on hospital chains and other provider reforms.
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NewsOutside scrutiny has become ‘unforgiving’, warns longest serving NHS chief
The NHS’s longest serving chief executive, who has just marked 50 years in the service, says regulation and unreasonable expectations are making senior leaders’ roles more difficult than at any other point in his career.
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NewsExclusive: Vanguards urged to quickly become ‘battering ram of change’
The urgent and emergency care vanguards are the ‘battering ram of change’ and should quickly test new ideas to be replicated nationally, the director of NHS England’s new care models programme has said.
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NewsNurses could 'walk away' from NHS over pay restraint
Nurses could ‘walk away’ from the NHS in the face of four more years of pay restraint, the new chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing has told HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: NHS warned focus on finance risks 'disastrous consequence'
The chair of the inquiry into care failings at Morecambe Bay has warned of a “disastrous consequence” for the NHS if it focuses too much on financial savings at the expense of patient safety.
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NewsNaylor: The NHS has failed clinical leaders
The NHS has ‘failed’ to encourage clinicians to take up leadership positions, the chair of HSJ’s inquiry into NHS leadership has said.
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NewsExclusive: Efficiency rankings must not be 'crude weapon', Carter warns
Lord Carter has warned that the new metric he is developing to rate the productivity of every hospital in England must not be used as a ‘crude weapon’ in trust regulation.
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NewsKeogh: 'Quality should define finance' for chief execs
The NHS England medical director has said the quality agenda ‘should define the financial strategy’ for NHS chief executives, amid growing pressure to make cost savings.
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NewsExclusive: CQC to rate hospitals’ efficiency
The health secretary has asked the Care Quality Commission to include a hospital’s efficiency as one of the “key criteria” for rating the quality of its leadership.
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NewsStevens interview: Dealing with agency staff is NHS’s ‘biggest operational risk’
NHS trusts will ‘undoubtedly’ struggle to employ the doctors and nurses they need as the service clamps down on the cost of temporary staff from next month, NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens has told HSJ.
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NewsCancer care funding faces overhaul
Cancer services should be funded via population-based payments to networks and lead providers, the NHS England chief executive has said.
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NewsBennett moots rethink on performance targets
David Bennett has called for the NHS to investigate the possibility of redefining key access targets to reduce the financial burden they place on providers – where it can be done without compromising safety.
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NewsExclusive: Monitor ramps up challenge to FTs over spending
Foundation trusts in breach of their licence will face tighter regulatory controls on their agency and management consultancy spending, as part of an interventionist drive by Monitor to bear down on escalating provider deficits.
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NewsFT financial freedoms a ‘bygone era’, says new foundation trust chief
The foundation trust sector must be more collaborative in order to make the most of a restrictive financial environment, the chief executive of the country’s newest FT has said.
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NewsJunior doctors told they must negotiate new contract
The chief executive of NHS Employers has warned the British Medical Association ‘there is no alternative’ to negotiation over a new contract for junior doctors.
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NewsRichards: CQC will not shirk from action against trusts with 'unfit' directors
A shortage in the supply of senior NHS managers will not prevent the Care Quality Commission from taking action against trusts who employ ‘unfit’ directors, Sir Mike Richards has told HSJ.
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NewsExclusive: NHS reorganisations ‘contribute’ to poor care, says Kirkup
NHS reorganisations are a ‘contributory factor’ in poor patient care, the chair of the independent inquiry into failings at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation Trust has said.
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NewsExclusive: Lamb proposes single department for health and social care
Care minister Norman Lamb has told HSJ that he wants to create a single government department for health and social care by joining budgets at a national level.
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NewsLord Crisp: Money and beds are not the answer for mental health
Increased funding and more beds may not be the solution to capacity pressures in mental health services, according to Lord Crisp who is heading up a new inquiry into the sector.