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NewsTrust gathers evidence for dispute with energy giant
A trust’s subsidiary company has been gathering evidence to take legal action against an energy giant, board papers reveal.
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HSJ LocalTrust at centre of abuse scandal appoints long-serving community CEO
A long-serving community trust CEO has been appointed to lead the scandal-hit mental health provider in Greater Manchester.
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NewsEmbattled trust seeks merger
A high-profile mental health trust is looking to merge with another organisation amid questions over its long-term viability.
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News‘High trust’ GP contract sought by NHS England
An NHS England primary care director has said she is hopeful it will be able to shift to a more “high trust” contract with general practice, less reliant on micromanaging poor performance.
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NewsNew consultants pay deal backed by BMA leaders
The government has agreed to a new deal on consultants’ pay with union leaders, which will now be put to members.
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NewsRevealed: The worst hospital food in England
New data has revealed the latest trusts with the best and worst scores for food and cleanliness, according to assessments by staff and patients.
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NewsNHSE sued after incomplete video clip led to framework exclusion
A technology company is suing NHS England after the firm’s omission of a 17-second video clip from a tender meant it was excluded from a pivotal procurement framework, High Court documents have revealed.
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HSJ LocalCEO admits ‘risk aversion’ clogging up hospitals
Medics and managers must overcome a system-wide “aversion” to risk after their integrated care system was identified as a national outlier for low numbers of patients discharged home, according to the ICS’s chief executive.
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NewsRevealed: Trusts most reliant on oil for their energy
Oil consumption across the NHS estate has seen its largest annual increase in a decade, as trusts turn to the fuel for emergencies and surges in demand.
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HSJ LocalICB boss takes charge of acute trust
The deputy CEO of an integrated care board has been given interim charge of one of its acute providers, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalICS freed from ‘intensive’ central oversight for first time
Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System has been lifted out of the lowest category of NHS England’s performance management regime.
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News‘Limited scope’ for senior manager pay rises warns government
NHS deficits mean there is “limited scope” for senior manager pay rises, the government has claimed.
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NewsCEOs told ‘hit A&E target this month or risk funding cuts’
Hospital chiefs have been asked to confirm their trusts will hit the four-hour A&E target this month in a bid to restore confidence in the NHS, HSJ understands.
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NewsTrust director resigns over ‘dishonesty’
The strategy director of an acute trust has resigned after being suspended by the Nursing and Midwifery Council for dishonesty over a “repeated period of time”.
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NewsMore trusts discover their buildings have faulty concrete
Thirteen more NHS hospitals have identified a potentially unsafe form of concrete in their buildings, causing closures and disruption to wards.
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NewsTrust rejects NHSE’s claim it has lost 17% productivity
A large hospital trust has rejected NHS England analysis suggesting its productivity has fallen by nearly a fifth post-pandemic.
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NewsLack of collaboration a factor in failed bids for new hospital, says CEO
The lack of collaboration with a neighbour was a factor in a trust being overlooked for capital investment to rebuild an acute hospital, its chief executive has suggested.
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HSJ LocalService with 10-year waits set for overhaul
A mental health trust where waiting times for ADHD assessments reached 10 years attempted to stop running the service amid concern over “untenable” demand pressures, board papers suggest.
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NewsChair leaves trust after a year in post
An ambulance trust chair has announced his departure, little more than a year after he took up the post.
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NewsGovernment ‘taskforce’ to plan ‘future of general practice’
Government will launch a “taskforce” this year to consider the “future of general practice”, it has announced, while describing this year’s GP contract as a “stepping stone” towards “more fundamental reform”.