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NewsNHSE chief officer takes role in Singapore
The NHS’s first chief sustainability officer Nick Watts has stepped back from the role after nearly three years, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Hancock denies political motive for inclusion of ‘Red Wall’ project in new hospital programme
A building project in a marginal constituency was added to the government’s ‘40 new hospitals’ programme despite not being on the longlist of schemes proposed by NHS England.
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NewsUS firm gets green light for £1.2bn takeover of UK GP tech giant
American health giant UnitedHealth has provisionally been given the go-ahead to buy UK-based firm EMIS – the leading supplier of GP IT systems – by the Competition and Markets Authority in a deal worth £1.2bn.
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NewsHSJ Awards shortlist revealed
The shortlist for the 2023 HSJ Awards – including the six providers vying to be “trust of the year” – was announced today.
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NewsMost cancer targets set to be scrapped
NHS England is expected to confirm plans consulted on last year to cut several cancer targets, including the two-week target for urgent appointments.
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NewsTrusts still seeking compensation a year after cyber attack
Two trusts remain in discussions with a tech firm over financial compensation a year after a cyber attack left them without access to patient records for months.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in June 2023, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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News‘Very targeted’ redundancies planned at NHS England
NHS England has said any further voluntary redundancies as part of its restructure will be offered in a “very targeted way”, as it has already seen many departures and needs to “protect public money and keep people in employment”.
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NewsStrike exemption requests not approved despite staffing concerns
Updated: Several trusts’ requests for exemptions from junior doctors’ strike actions — citing difficulties securing enough shifts to safely staff services — were not approved, and in one case withdrawn by the British Medical Association.
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NewsTrust CEO to retire after four decades in the NHS
A long-serving trust chief executive has announced she will retire in April after 41 years in the NHS.
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NewsTrust sacks seven staff over ‘sexual behaviour’
An ambulance trust saw a sharp rise in complaints – and has dismissed seven staff – after overhauling its complaints process, and encouraging people to speak up about sexual behaviour.
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NewsTrust’s claim against councils thrown out by judge
A judge has sided with three councils and dismissed an acute trust’s legal challenge in a row over payments to offset demand pressure from thousands of new homes.
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NewsUpdated: Latest talks were ‘pointless’, say junior doctors
Junior doctors have said the “informal” talks requested by the government earlier this week were “pointless”, because they were unwilling to discuss pay.
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NewsTrust boss to retire 20 years after becoming an NHS CEO
A trust chief executive has announced her retirement after eight years leading her organisation, and more than 20 years since her first NHS CEO role.
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News‘We had too few managers’ says chief who is improving ‘worst A&E’
The chief of the trust which has consistently propped up England’s four-hour table has told HSJ about the importance of having enough managers, after the provider moved out of the bottom 10 performers on the target.
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News‘Chaotic’ service given ‘inadequate’ rating
A hospital maternity service has dropped two ratings to ‘inadequate’ after the Care Quality Commission warned of a ‘chaotic environment’, where leaders normalised poor practices and failed to act on safety concerns.
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HSJ LocalDoctors accuse trust of ‘disrespect’ after ‘massive’ underpayment of wages
A row has broken out between a teaching trust and the British Medical Association after it emerged more than hundred doctors had been underpaid by ‘massive’ amounts over the last decade.
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NewsLabour selects trust chair as regional mayor candidate
The chair of a Nottinghamshire acute trust has been selected as the Labour candidate for elections to become the first mayor of the East Midlands.
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HSJ LocalTrust CEO leaves to join expanding hospital group
A community trust chief executive is leaving to become the first managing director of an acute hospital which has joined an expanding provider group.
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NewsNHSE rows with royal college over ‘unhelpful’ virtual ward targets
NHS England’s virtual wards target is leading to some lower risk patients being ‘over-monitored’ in pursuit of a headline ambition ahead of winter, a leading royal college has told HSJ.