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HSJ LocalChief executive appointed for largest CCG
A substantive chief executive has been appointed to run what will be the largest clinical commissioning group in England when it is formed via a three-way merger in April.
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HSJ LocalTrust executive had 'clear potential conflict of interest' over director role
A foundation trust has changed its structure to remove a “clear potential conflict of interest” for its estates director, who was also head of a wholly owned estates company that held contracts with the trust.
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NewsRevealed: More older people waiting in pain for urgent hip operations
More older patients are waiting too long in hospital before treatment for painful and crippling hip fractures, new data reveals, potentially undermining “compassion and dignity” for patients.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts missing key Carter targets
The majority of NHS hospital trusts have failed to hit the three key efficiency targets set out in the Carter review on time, HSJ research has found.
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HSJ LocalGPs vote down CCG plan to take on primary care budgets
GPs in the East Midlands have rejected their commissioner’s bid to take on the primary care budget for its region.
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NewsA&E, RTT and cancer waits - January 2018: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for January 2018.
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HSJ LocalIT upgrade disrupted waiting times and follow-ups, trust admits
A trust has had two months of disruption after an upgrade to its patient administration system which led to patients waiting longer, a rise in “did not attends” and temporary staff being employed to type letters.
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HSJ LocalTeaching hospital trust placed in financial special measures
A hospital trust where concerns were raised about late payment of suppliers has been placed in financial special measures.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England withdraws team embedded at Capita
NHS England has withdrawn a team of senior experts that were embedded at a service outsourced to Capita amid continued concerns about the unit’s performance, HSJ can reveal.
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HSJ LocalFormer chief executive to chair troubled trust
A former chief executive of Imperial College Healthcare Trust has been appointed as chair at one of the country’s most troubled trusts.
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NewsMinisters seek to end 'revolving door' for failed NHS managers
Ministers have said they will tackle the “revolving door culture” in NHS management in some areas – and seek to “clarify” whether regulators facilitated roles for former board members at a scandal hit trust.
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HSJ LocalRegulator 'arranged' new job for chief of scandal hit trust
Regulators “arranged” for the former boss of a scandal hit trust to be moved to another provider without informing its leaders of serious shortcomings at her previous organisation, documents seen by HSJ reveal.
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NewsExclusive: NHS Improvement to monitor hospital staffing
Hospital trusts will face formal assessment by NHS Improvement to ensure they are using safe staffing guidance and making “safe and effective decisions”, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsSenior managers could face tougher sanctions from CQC
Senior managers in the NHS could face tougher sanctions following a government review of the fit and proper person test.
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NewsTrolley waits soar to record high
Hospitals saw a record spike in trolley waits last month as major emergency departments recorded their worst performance since records began, according to NHS England data published today.
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HSJ LocalTrust accused of breaching licence over new subsidiary company
An acute trust has defended its decision to transfer 350 non-clinical staff to a newly established subsidiary company amid an accusation from a union that it has breached its licence.
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HSJ LocalRegulator criticises 'passive and unwieldy' STP
A sustainability and transformation partnership had “not begun to function effectively” when the Care Quality Commission carried out a local system review at the end of 2017.
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NewsYear-plus elective waiters at highest number since 2012
The number of patients waiting more than a year for an elective procedure is at its highest since August 2012, new data reveals.
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News70 trusts working with NHSI to boost workforce retention
Seventy NHS trusts have now been recruited by NHS Improvement to its programme to improve workforce retention rates in the health service.
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LeaderHunt acts fast to stop Liverpool becoming his Mid Staffs
This is the first time Jeremy Hunt has had to deal with a care scandal that both feels eerily like Mid Staffordshire, and that happened on the Conservatives’ watch.