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HSJ LocalTrusts appoint new joint chair
The chair of Surrey and Sussex Healthcare Trust has been “prised away” from his role to lead two south coast trusts.
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NewsChief Executive Interview: Aidan Kehoe, the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen
This is the latest in a series of interviews with provider chief executives, which are available exclusively to HSJ Membership subscribers. Each month in 2018 a member of the HSJ expert team will conduct a challenging, candid and in-depth interview with a provider trust boss.
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NewsDepartment's spend on consultants almost triples in one year
Spending on consultants by the Department of Health and Social Care almost tripled in 2017-18 compared to the previous year, HSJ can reveal.
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DHSC breaches key spending limit
The Department of Health and Social Care breached a key Treasury-approved spending limit in 2017-18, according to figures within its annual accounts.
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NewsTeaching trust offers higher rates than 'mandated' bank cap
A London teaching trust is offering higher pay than those “mandated” by the London-wide bank rates for medical locums following feedback from staff.
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NewsSenior MPs calls for leadership change at trust
Former health minister George Freeman has today joined fellow senior local MPs calling for a “change in management” at the East of England Ambulance Service Trust and said he was “shocked by the lack of real leadership” at the provider.
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NewsSpecialist trust appoints new CEO
A new chief executive has been appointed to a specialist trust in Merseyside, after the previous postholder was found to have had a “close personal relationship” with another executive.
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NewsNew CCG ratings revealed
Five clinical commissioning groups have significantly improved their ratings in the new assessment framework published by NHS England.
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LeaderWhat Matt Hancock’s arrival means for the NHS
The new health and social care secretary is keen to make his mark quickly, and has much to get to grips with, says Alastair McLellan.
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NewsA&E, RTT and cancer waits - June 2018: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated.
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HSJ LocalShelford Group trust appoints new chief executive
The medical director at University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust has been appointed as the organisation’s new permanent chief executive, to take over from Dame Julie Moore.
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NewsSloman replaced as accountable officer at 'group' trust
The chief executive of a “vanguard” hospital group has been replaced as accountable officer at one of its member trusts.
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NewsPatients 'pressurised' into treatment to hit cancer target
GIRFT report finds some clinicians believe patients “pressurised” into unnecessary treatment to hit target Small number of providers “demoralised” by “constant failing” at targets despite doing their best for patients Report recommends networking services Some prostate cancer patients are “pressurised into receiving treatment within 62 days” even where ...
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HSJ LocalCoastal trust out of financial special measures
A large teaching hospital has come out of financial special measures despite ending the last financial year with a £56m deficit.
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NewsGIRFT announces first mental health clinical lead
The Getting It Right First Time programme has today announced four new clinical leads, including its first for the mental health sector.
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Regulators refuse to relax scandal trust's control total
NHS Improvement has refused to relax a trust’s financial “control total” despite the local finance director arguing that “mistakes of the past” had resulted in the target being missed.
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NewsTurnaround director appointed to troubled health economy
An off-payroll turnaround director has been appointed to one of the most financially challenged health economies, as two of its clinical commissioning groups were placed under legal directions by NHS England.
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NewsNHS England tells staff groups to act on flu vaccine
NHS England is calling on the royal colleges to provide an action plan to encourage uptake of the flu vaccine among staff, after a clinical study made a direct link between vaccination and mortality rates.
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NewsFT seeks to boost income from medical tourists
A specialist children’s trust has drawn up plans to attract more fee-paying patients from overseas.
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HSJ LocalHospital review after prison labour leads to stillbirth
A hospital is changing some of its procedures after the stillbirth of a baby whose mother was transferred from a local prison during labour.