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NewsMD representing £18bn turnover teaching trusts steps down
The managing director of the Shelford Group, representing 10 of England’s biggest trusts – with a combined £18bn turnover – is to step down after three years in the role.
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NewsTrust CEO warns ‘I can’t afford people’ despite missing NHSE target
An ambulance trust which will fail to meet a key target for treating patients with life-threatening conditions this year has delayed recruitment of additional staff due to cost pressures.
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NewsNHS set to breach planned annual deficit in five months
Local NHS bodies have burned through almost all of their annual deficit target in just the first four months of the year, analysis of the latest finance reports by HSJ shows.
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NewsOverseas doctors’ pay could influence remuneration review
Government pay advisers will consider doctors’ remuneration for next year in the context of long-term economic trends and alongside similar professions, including internationally, ministers have announced.
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News14 trust CEOs appointed regional improvement leads
Over a dozen trust chief executives have been selected by NHS England to lead a nationwide improvement drive on emergency and elective care.
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NewsNo point in having ‘honest conversations’ with centre on finance, say trust CEOs
Trusts are increasingly deciding there is little benefit in resisting the imposition of unrealistic financial plans demanded by NHS England, some of the country’s leading provider chief executives have told HSJ.
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NewsGP federation goes under blaming falling value of NHS contacts
A GP federation has ceased trading, blaming an “erosion” in the value of NHS contracts.
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NewsDrive to uncover true level of patient harm in primary care launched by NHSE
The English NHS is to make its first attempt at revealing the scale of harm caused by primary care interventions.
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HSJ LocalStaff ‘rebuked’ for raising safety concerns despite patient deaths
Staff were ‘rebuked’ for raising safety concerns at a trust where the incorrect use of chemotherapy has been linked to patient deaths, HSJ has discovered.
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NewsGroup CEO brought out of retirement to chair struggling provider
A former group chief executive who retired from the service after 40 years earlier this summer is returning to chair two trusts in the Midlands.
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News‘Aggressive’ ministers legitimising bullying in trusts, Letby inquiry told
Bullying, aggressive behaviour, and other forms of inappropriate pressure from ministers and the leaders of central bodies can significantly contribute to the development of an unhealthy workplace culture in local NHS organisations, an expert witness has warned the inquiry into Lucy Letby’s crimes.
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NewsBasic security measure would have prevented disastrous cyber attack
A major cyber attack which caused months of disruption across NHS services in south London would have been thwarted if the affected system had been protected by a basic IT security process, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalICB claws back £25m from struggling neighbours
An integrated care board has secured £25m from neighbouring systems to cover the cost of providing emergency care for their residents.
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NewsNHSE chief: Federated data platform will ‘not be spectacular’
An NHS England chief has admitted the controversial “federated data platform” will “not be that spectacular” despite national leaders previously talking it up as “critical for the future of the NHS.”
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NewsExclusive: Provider leader favourite to become CQC chief executive
NHS Providers chief executive Sir Julian Hartley is the frontrunner to become the next chief executive of the Care Quality Commission, HSJ understands.
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NewsTrust appoints successor to longest serving acute CEO
A trust has appointed a new chief executive to replace England’s longest serving acute CEO, who is retiring this year.
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NewsSystems slashing plans vital to government reforms
Tight finances are forcing integrated care systems into short-term cuts that will undermine ministers’ reform agenda and longer-term financial sustainability, local leaders have warned.
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NewsNew unit closed to admissions after four months due to attacks on staff
A new unit providing mental health services for children and young people has been closed to new admissions after just four months, HSJ understands.
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NewsHIT teams to be sent into trusts to improve efficiency
The government will send in teams of clinical experts to 20 trusts to improve theatre productivity, the health and social care secretary has announced.
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NewsRevealed: The 22 areas testing radical changes to GP operating model
HSJ can reveal the 22 primary care networks taking part in an unprecedented national programme designing a new “GP operating model” set to influence the national GP contract.