All articles by Joe Gammie – Page 12
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NewsBullying allegation raises questions over Sir Leonard’s absence
Former senior employee accused Sir Leonard Fenwick of bullying in the run up to the chief executive going on extended leave A letter, seen by HSJ, alleges the NHS’s longest serving chief executive was a bully, abusive and made inappropriate comments It is not known whether the bullying allegations ...
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HSJ LocalNHS England approves creation of new CCG
NHS England approves plans to split CCG as part of boundary changes 32 GP practices will separate from Cumbria CCG and merge with Lancashire North CCG to form Morecambe Bay CCG The remaining 41 practices will stay part of the smaller Cumbria CCG NHS England has approved plans ...
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HSJ LocalTrust names successor to chief executive on NHSI secondment
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole FT appoints Richard Sunley as interim chief executive He succeeds chief executive Karen Jackson who has been seconded to NHS Improvement A struggling hospital trust has appointed an interim chief executive after its previous leader was seconded to NHS Improvement.
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HSJ LocalCCG faces £50m deficit despite 'radical' savings plan
Vale of York CCG publishes medium term financial strategy to address spiralling deficit CCG admits even if it makes £47.7m of savings and achieves an in-year surplus, it will still have a cumulative deficit of £51.5m by 2020-21 Deficit has quadrupled from £6.3m in 2015-16 to a forecast of ...
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: NHS England 'told CCG to report £41m deficit as £5m'
NHS England asked struggling CCG to under-report its deficit by more than £35m Northumberland CCG’s forecast deficit has grown from £5m to £41m A struggling clinical commissioning group at the heart of a pioneering new care model vanguard was asked by NHS England to under-report its ...
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NewsExclusive: Trust chiefs must sign off CCG mental health spending
Mental health trust leaders must sign off their commissioners’ spending plans, NHS England says Letter to chief executives stresses national and political focus on mental health Mental health trust leaders must sign off their commissioners’ spending for the sector under radical new plans to make sure cash is ...
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HSJ LocalRevealed: Pioneering 'accountable care organisation' delayed
Northumbria accountable care organisation vanguard’s go live date delayed Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust has repeatedly maintained the new care model will go live in April 2017 Board papers from Northumberland CCG reveal a “number of milestones” still need to be achieved No date given for when the ACO will ...
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NewsRevealed: 23 trusts chosen for new Carter review
Twenty-three trusts selected for first phase of Lord Carter’s new review into productivity at mental health and community service organisations NHS Improvement letter to mental health and community service trusts reveals providers chosen for initial six month engagement phase Review will follow a similar structure to Lord Carter’s previous ...
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NewsSTP 'guerrilla marketing' campaign to fight public perception of cuts
Humber, Coast and Vale STP invites expressions of interest to develop a £10,000 “social media and guerrilla marketing” campaign to promote its proposals The STP is looking for design and marketing agencies to help create the strategy One of the goals of the campaign is to “turn down the ...
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HSJ LocalNew chief executive confirmed for trust with patient safety concerns
A struggling mental health trust has announced that it has made its interim chief executive a permanent appointment.
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HSJ LocalTrust launches scheme to cut NHS spending on lawyers
A mental health trust is preparing to launch a new legal services database that it expects to cut its spending on lawyers by 10 per cent.
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NewsHunt receives immediate reports into child deaths in mental health units
Jeremy Hunt now receives immediate reports of any death in a children’s mental health inpatient unit, a health minister has revealed
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HSJ LocalTrust names new operations and nursing director
Bradford District Care Foundation Trust has appointed Debra Gilderdale as its permanent operations and nursing director Ms Gilderdale has been stepping into the role as an interim since former chief executive Simon Large retired in August after nearly 10 years in the role She was deputy director of mental ...
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HSJ Local'Outstanding' trust to lead new NHS improvement programme
NHS Improvement has chosen high performing trust as its strategic partner in developing a mental health improvement programme Northumberland, Tyne and Wear FT will help create diagnostic frameworks for the different sectors of mental health during a six month test period NHSI looking to enlist more trusts to provide ...
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NewsNew rules on when mental health trusts should call police
New agreement published on police interventions involving mental health and learning disability patients Document sets out when police should attend mental health and learning disability inpatient units and places of safety Imposes strict guidelines of when police should use restraint Providers encouraged to sign up to agreement made by ...
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HSJ LocalMP demands trust explains Sir Leonard Fenwick extended leave
A Newcastle MP has called on his local acute foundation trust to be more transparent and give a “reasonable explanation” as to why its chief executive, Sir Leonard Fenwick, is on extended leave.
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HSJ LocalSuccessful scheme to keep high risk patients out of hospital extended
CCG hopes to expand project to reduce high risk patients’ need to go to hospital across STP area Vale of York CCG running a trial with Swedish firm Health Navigator to provide “proactive health coaching” to most at risk patients Two year, £600,000 contract is expected to save £1.4m ...
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HSJ LocalCCGs to impose temporary ban on prescribing expensive treatments
CCGs agree 18 month moratorium on individual funding requests as part of £1m savings package Greater Huddersfield and North Kirklees CCGs have approved the proposal, which is expected to save £750,000. Plans to stop prescribing products such as gluten free foods are expected to save a further £283,000 a ...
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HSJ LocalNew A&E department to be built
Plans for a new accident and emergency department in Durham have been given the green light by the county council’s planning bosses.
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HSJ LocalUpdated: NHS's longest serving chief executive takes extended leave
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals FT confirms chief executive Sir Leonard Fenwick is on extended leave Sir Leonard is the longest serving chief executive in the health service Unclear why Sir Leonard has taken leave, or when he will return The NHS’s longest serving chief executive, Sir Leonard Fenwick, ...