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NewsConsultants name September strike dates
Medical consultants in England will strike on 19 and 20 September if the government “refuses to agree to pay talks and present a credible offer,” the British Medical Association has said.
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NewsMajor trust chief executive to step down
The chief executive of a major acute trust, who has held leadership positions in the NHS for almost two decades, has announced her resignation.
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NewsAmbulance trust expands NHS 111 footprint in ‘good deal for patients’
London Ambulance Service Trust will be providing NHS 111 services across the capital after winning a contract for the one remaining area where it did not have any involvement.
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HSJ LocalTroubled ICS reveals ‘first in England’ shake-up of structure
Cornwall’s commissioning board and two providers are set to delegate authority to two new joint committees in what local chiefs claim is a first-of-its-kind governance shake-up for the health service.
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NewsTrusts set new outpatients target in waiting list push
National leaders have issued a new target to trusts in their bid to increase outpatient productivity and meet a key government commitment on elective care.
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NewsRevealed: the eight trusts in NHS England’s most challenged group
Eight trusts are in NHS England’s latest list of the most challenged organisations in terms of elective and cancer recovery, 12 months on from when the system was first introduced.
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust appoints joint chair after two failed attempts
A teaching trust in Lancashire has appointed a new chair at the third attempt.
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NewsDirectors to be judged on their ability to create ‘compassionate’ cultures
NHS England has announced the first details of its ‘Leadership Competency Framework’, and revealed it will be launched this September.
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NewsInformation on directors’ fitness to lead will be added to staff record by October
NHS board directors have less than two months to challenge the information that will be gathered on their fitness to hold a leadership position and then stored on their employer’s electronic staff record as part of the overhaul of the fit and proper person test.
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NewsThink tank appoints charity boss as new CEO
The King’s Fund think tank has appointed Sarah Woolnough as its new chief executive, who will take over from Richard Murray early next year.
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NewsTrusts warned to check helipad safety after death
Trusts have been told to check the safety of their helipads after an accident in a hospital car park left a pensioner dead.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts accused of underpaying junior doctors for three years
Thousands of junior doctors could have been underpaid for up to three and a half years, potentially leaving trusts facing seven figure pay outs.
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NewsRadiographers warn next strike could hit 100 trusts
The Society of Radiographers is considering reballoting members in an effort to significantly increase the scope of its industrial action, the union’s director of industrial strategy has told HSJ.
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NewsHigh-profile racism claim settled by national agency
An NHS agency which has been embroiled in racism allegations has apologised to a former employee who brought a high-profile employment tribunal claim.
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NewsTrust apologises to dozens of families after harm to children
A hospital trust has apologised to families after dozens of children suffered hearing loss following failures in their care.
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NewsNational procurement chief leaves after four months
A senior NHS Supply Chain executive is abruptly leaving the organisation four months after he joined.
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NewsRevealed: The trusts offering ‘BMA rates’ to doctors covering strikes
Around a quarter of acute trusts paid consultants premium rates to provide strike cover during the first two junior doctors’ walkouts, broadly matching the pay levels demanded by the British Medical Association’s ‘rate card’, HSJ research has found.
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HSJ LocalChallenged trust fails to complete ‘hospital CEOs’ recruitment
A struggling teaching trust has appointed three new executives, but failed to recruit two hospital-level CEOs as planned, HSJ has learned.
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NewsICSs miss financial plans by £340m after two months
Health systems missed their combined financial plans by more than £300m after just two months of the year, according to a report to NHS England’s board.
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NewsNational body appoints five new directors
A safety watchdog has appointed five new non-executive directors ahead of it becoming an independent body later this year.