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HSJ LocalTrust branded ‘inadequate’ for leadership and maternity
One of the trusts worst affected by coronavirus has been issued with two warning notices and rated ‘inadequate’ for leadership, following a Care Quality Commission inspection.
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HSJ LocalTrust chief: Manager ‘bootcamps’ helped eliminate two-year waiters
The chief executive of one of the first teaching trusts in the country to have eliminated two-year waiters for elective care has said there is ‘no magic to it’ and it can be replicated elsewhere.
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NewsNHS England recruiting five new board directors
NHS England is appointing five new non-executive directors to its board, according to an announcement published this week.
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NewsMajor trust records fifth never event at troubled department
A fifth patient has been given the wrong blood at a major teaching hospital’s haematology department where patient safety concerns were raised by clinicians last year.
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NewsInterim CEO drafted in to calm trust’s leadership woes
An ambulance trust which is expected to be heavily criticised in an imminent Care Quality Commission report has appointed a new interim chief executive.
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NewsNorth West surge accelerates covid admissions rise
The number of patients admitted to hospital who test positive for covid is rising exponentially once more, with all seven English regions showing significant increases.
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NewsTrust’s improvement plan ‘limited in robustness’
A trust’s attempts to improve safeguarding – believed to have been prompted by a case where a patient with dementia was restrained and forcibly treated – have been criticised by an independent review.
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NewsGovernment ‘manager bashing’ to hide Conservative failings on NHS, says Confed chief
Ministers, including the health secretary are bashing managers and exploiting the culture wars to try to ‘explain away’ the crisis in the NHS instead of facing up to the problems 12 years of Conservative-led government have created, NHS Confederation chief executive Matthew Taylor has told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalReconfiguration greenlighted by Javid faces 12-month delay
A contentious reconfiguration of stroke services which has already suffered years of delays now faces a further setback, after commissioners declared another review of the scheme.
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HSJ LocalLong-serving CEO announces retirement
A long-serving community and mental health trust chief executive has announced he will retire next March.
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NewsNew national ‘commercial function’ will be built ‘by the NHS for the NHS’
A new ’central commercial function’ will take command of NHS procurement strategy in an effort to improve how the service buys goods and services, NHS England chief commercial officer Jacqui Rock has told HSJ.
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News‘Outstanding’ trust appoints new chief executive
An ‘outstanding’ London trust has appointed a new chief executive.
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NewsCovid admissions on the rise again, but ‘incidental’ cases predominate
The number of patients with covid admitted to hospital rose in the seven days to 7 June – although the proportion being treated ’primarily’ for the condition dropped to a record low, official data suggests.
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NewsRevealed: The trusts hit hardest by covid
Revealing the hospital trusts hit hardest through the pandemic so far, and what their chief executives want to be learned from the experience.
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HSJ LocalTrust failed for months to give vital medication to vulnerable inmate
A troubled NHS trust failed for months to give vital medication to a prison inmate who had a long-standing diagnosis of HIV, an inquest has found.
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News‘Deeply disappointing’ ICS strategy criticised by council
An integrated care board’s plans to work with the public and patients have been attacked as ‘deeply disappointing’ and ‘box ticking’ by the chair of a local authority oversight committee.
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HSJ LocalPatients unwashed ‘for three days’ at trust under ‘extreme pressure’
The Care Quality Commission has issued a trust with a warning notice following an inspection that found wards did not have enough staff to care for patients.
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NewsJavid: ‘Extra pay for leaders in challenged areas’
Sajid Javid says NHS leaders will be incentivised to take jobs in challenged organisations through increased pay offers and better ‘support packages’.
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NewsMessenger at odds with Javid over NHS diversity jobs
Sajid Javid’s claim that the number of NHS roles dedicated to promoting equality and diversity should be cut is incorrect and not what the government-commissioned review into NHS management recommended, according to its author.
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NewsTrusts may have to close services to make savings, say NHS leaders
The tight financial envelope facing the NHS could force trusts to close services in some areas and ‘streamline’ them to single sites, NHS Providers has warned.