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HSJ LocalEx-national director to lead £1.7bn acute group
A major hospital trust battling serious performance problems has recruited its new chief executive from a neighbouring provider.
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NewsTrust lacking EPR agrees £30m contract
One of the few remaining trusts yet to implement an electronic patient record system has selected a supplier for a 10-year contract worth £30m.
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NewsICBs given three years to ‘begin’ IHO rollout
Integrated care boards have been given three years to begin implementing outcome-based contracts, including integrated health organisations.
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NewsNational leaders’ ‘unwise’ comments put staff at ‘unnecessary risk’ of covid
NHS England alongside other health bodies made “unwise” statements on covid transmission at the start of the pandemic which put staff and patients at “unnecessary risk”, the chair of a public inquiry has said.
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NewsMaternity taskforce ‘missing integral expertise’
“Integral” expertise is missing from Wes Streeting’s new maternity taskforce, a royal college has said, after no anaesthetists were included in the core group set up to tackle ongoing failures in care.
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NewsNHSE reveals top team shake-up
NHS England has announced a round of changes to its national team, as some trust bosses who joined its “transition team” return to their previous roles.
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NewsNHSE names chairs to lead ‘more important’ regional teams
NHS England CEO Sir Jim Mackey has announced the names of seven chairs for NHS regional teams, ahead of the service moving to its new “operating model” next month.
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NewsEx-hospital chief to lead ICB cluster
An experienced former hospital chief executive has been appointed as CEO of an integrated care board cluster for at least 12 months.
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NewsTechnician unfairly sacked after ex-minister’s intervention
A trust unfairly sacked a staff member after a patient’s complaint was escalated to its chief executive via former minister Sajid Javid, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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NewsLeading chair who advised Palantir to step down
The chair of the NHS’s biggest hospital group will step down this month, amid criticism in relation to his role of advising US tech firm Palantir.
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NewsNHSE expects local resistance to centralised procurement plan
NHS England is prepared for local resistance to its plan to take greater control over the buying decisions of local trusts.
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NewsCEO steps down after stint at second trust
A chief executive who has been leading two trusts for a year has announced he will step down from both roles.
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LeaderThe NHS must invest in AI before ‘more doctors and nurses’
Almost every British political party with the tiniest chance of getting anywhere near power has pledged to employ “more doctors and nurses” should they be elected – and they mostly followed through.
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NewsICBs axe crisis car service
Most of London is to lose its mental health response cars after three integrated care boards withdrew funding.
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NewsDHSC sets first targets for neighbourhood health
The first targets for neighbourhood health have been set in long-awaited government guidance.
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NewsLondon and acutes see big rise in absences
Trusts in London and hospital providers are still grappling with sickness absence significantly higher than beore the covid pandemic, according to analysis of the latest figures.
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NewsInquiry trust appoints ‘inspirational’ new CEO
A mental health trust at the centre of a statutory inquiry has appointed a new chief executive who will take over once the investigation has concluded.
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NewsICB paid £1.8k a day for temporary IT director
An integrated care board paid a company nearly £1,800 a day to provide a part-time board director, documents obtained by HSJ reveal.
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NewsFinance director appointed interim CEO at leading ICB
An outgoing integrated care board CEO will be replaced on a temporary basis by the organisation’s finance director, it has been announced.
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NewsVirtual ward expansion stalls despite record take-up
Virtual ward occupancy hit a record high in January but expansion has stalled over the past 12 months, according to analysis of official figures.