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NewsTwo major hospitals share ex-Unilever boss as director
A former Unilever boss is now a permanent director at two major London providers.
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NewsNHS accused of pushing social enterprise out due to ‘integration’
NHS officials are already pushing social enterprise providers out of the service because of the government’s legislative proposals, the sector has warned Matt Hancock.
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NewsTrust with major staff shortages ‘fortunate’ not to be hit harder by covid
Major staff shortages could have compromised patient safety on the Isle of Wight if the island had experienced more cases of covid-19, according to junior doctors.
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NewsPHE’s emeritus medical director dies
Public Health England’s emeritus medical director has died four years after being diagnosed with late-stage lung cancer.
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NewsPrivate provider launches hundreds of nursing apprenticeship places
A private hospital group has launched a new nursing degree apprenticeship programme for up to 270 students.
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NewsRevealed: Areas with highest second dose uptake
Fifteen health systems have given at least one in 10 of their fifty-plus population two covid-19 vaccine doses, according to the latest figures from NHS England.
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NewsGreensill-owned NHS pay-advance firm goes into administration
An NHS agency has stepped in, as a company owned by collapsed finance firm Greensill that offered pay advances to more than 10,000 NHS staff has also gone into administration.
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NewsOnly one in three of trust’s black Caribbean staff vaccinated
Just over a third of black Caribbean staff have been vaccinated at one of the London acutes most heavily impacted by the pandemic, new data has revealed.
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NewsThree new directors join national NHS board
NHS Digital’s interim chair has had her appointment extended by 12 months, despite initial plans to appoint a permanent candidate to the role this month, and is joined by three new non-executives.
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NewsDHSC hires government immigration chief to lead finance and ops
The Department of Health and Social Care has appointed a senior official from the Home Office to take over the role of overseeing finance and operations.
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NewsTwo dozen trust leaders warn white paper is a ‘step backwards’
The leaders of more than half the mental health trusts in England have told Matt Hancock his department’s new legislative proposals represent a ‘step backwards’ for their services.
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NHSE must act to shrink ethnic pay gap, says government report
NHS England should undertake a strategic review of the causes of ‘disparate’ pay and, where discrimination is found, ‘spell out’ measures to address it, according to a new government report.
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NewsSenior CQC inspector appointed hospital CEO
A Care Quality Commission deputy chief inspector has been appointed hospital chief executive at an East Midlands trust.
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NewsChief executive of ‘outstanding’ trust to step down after more than a decade
The chief executive of an “outstanding” trust is to retire this autumn after 11 years in the post.
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NewsRevealed: New team of health advisers in number 10
Former hospital chief and NHS England director Samantha Jones has been appointed as Boris Johnson’s health adviser, HSJ can reveal, while a former NHS Improvement boss is also now advising on health in Number 10.
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HSJ LocalLandmark integration contract shelved after NHS England intervention
NHS England has forced leaders in the Black Country to stop work on a landmark integrated care provider contract, HSJ has learned.
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NewsAustralian paramedics in ‘mass exodus’ from NHS fear
A trust is warning it faces a ‘mass exodus’ of its Australian workers because of concerns over their visa status when they return home on leave in the coming months.
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NewsEx-NHS Improvement boss to chair major acute trust
A former NHS Improvement deputy chief will become the interim chair of a major acute trust after his predecessor’s appointment was queried by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsNHSE orders trusts to meet government commitment on free parking
NHS England has reiterated to trusts they must permanently offer free car parking to night shift staff and some patient groups from next month, amid concerns some will fail to meet government commitments.
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News‘Deeply disappointed’ minority ethnic leaders demand NHSE ensure diversity in top ICS roles
A group of senior leaders from minority ethnic backgrounds have expressed a ‘deep sense of disappointment’ at the lack of progress being made to address racial inequalities in the NHS.