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HSJ LocalEx-M&S boss to chair new £2.4bn hospital group
A newly formed “hospital group” has appointed a former Marks and Spencer director as its chair.
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NewsNHSE director to step down after seven months
An NHS England non-executive director who is also the only GP on the organisation’s board will leave her post seven months after being appointed.
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NewsCQC chief executive announces sudden departure
The chief executive of the Care Quality Commission has today told staff he will be leaving his role at the end of the week.
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NewsTrusts plead for national help with surge in long waiters
The number of children waiting more than a year for community services has risen by a third in two months – mostly driven by referrals for neurological disorders – causing trusts to plead for national intervention.
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NewsNHSE to monitor ‘cyber vulnerabilities’ in NHS suppliers
NHS England is letting a £4.3m contract to review cyber security risks to critical NHS suppliers.
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HSJ LocalNurses to strike over 9pm finish time
Theatre nurses who are Unite members at a major teaching trust are set to go on strike over the extension of their shift times, the trade union has announced.
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NewsRevealed: Government has failed to ‘level up’ innovation funding
The share of government-controlled health research funding going to the north of England has been static over the last decade, with London and the South East maintaining its dominant position.
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NewsFears trusts will lose millions of private income due to cyber attack
The cyber attack leading to the apparent leak of sensitive patient information could have a major reputational international impact, affecting private patient income worth around £75m to the NHS, senior officials fear.
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News‘Deficient’ processes and ‘poor’ safety culture found in trust review
A trust’s drugs control department was found to have a “significant under-appreciation of safety” and “a culture of unwillingness”, after it lost track of at least two bags of fentanyl.
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NewsFirm rejects NHS olive branch and continues legal action over £4.4bn contract
A logistics firm is pressing on with its legal action against NHS Supply Chain after rejecting the offer to be readmitted into the procurement for a £4.4bn contract.
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NewsTest results ‘released by cyber criminals’
More than 100,000 people’s test results could now be on the dark web after the gang behind the south east London cyber attack claimed to have released the data, HSJ understands.
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NewsRevealed: the most respected trust CEOs of the last decade
Sir Julian Hartley is the most respected trust chief executive of the last decade, an analysis of the annual HSJ Top 50 chief executives ranking has revealed.
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HSJ LocalTrust faces regulatory action at second maternity department
One of the country’s largest acute trusts has been told to improve services at a second maternity department, following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE begins to claw back funding from ICSs to pay off historic debts
Three-quarters of integrated care systems face funding cuts of up to £20m as a result of NHS England’s insistence they start paying back overspends from previous years, HSJ analysis has discovered.
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NewsNeighbouring providers aid cyber attack victim
Two pathology networks are coming to the aid of a neighbour, still largely paralysed following an unprecedented cyber attack on its IT system earlier this month.
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NewsThree directors submit grievances about ICB’s leadership
Three directors have submitted grievances about the leadership of an integrated care board over the past three months, HSJ has been told.
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NewsTrust plans to lose hundreds of substantive posts
A trust operating acute and community services is in talks with unions about reducing its substantive staff by 5 per cent this year, although it is not currently running a redundancy scheme.
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NewsStreeting commits to hit four-hour target in first term
Wes Streeting has reiterated Labour’s commitment to hitting all the NHS’s headline performance standards in its first term, including the four-hour A&E target, if it wins power.
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NewsTrust CEO: We only use ‘good’ providers but being ‘choosy’ is difficult
The chief executive of a London trust has said it only sends patients to private providers rated at least “good” by the Care Quality Commission.