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HSJ Local‘Organisational shame’ driving defensive behaviour at inquiry trust
Staff at a trust subject to a statutory inquiry are paralysed by fear, a review has discovered.
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NewsHospital boss to become regional director
A hospital chief executive has been made London’s interim regional director role after NHS England concluded it would take longer than expected to make a permanent appointment.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Axing the blocks
HSJ’s briefing covering safety, quality, performance, and finances in the mental health sector, by deputy bureau chief Annabelle Collins — contact me in confidence.
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NewsNHSE ‘bringing in staff without due process’
NHS England’s internal whistleblowing champions raised concerns that the organisation is bringing in staff “without due process”.
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NewsCEO drafted in to lead trust out of hospital group
A new chief executive has been appointed to oversee Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Foundation Trust’s departure from its troubled group with Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust.
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CommentThirlwall can help NHS management reclaim its soul
The author of the NHS’s first management code of conduct calls for its renewal to be supported
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NewsTrust board cleared of profiteering claims during consultants’ revolt
A trust at the centre of a row with its consultants has been cleared of serious governance concerns and motivation by “pecuniary prospects”.
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NewsEx-minister would sack half of managers he has met ‘in a heartbeat’
An ex-health minister has said he would sack half of the NHS managers he has met “in a heartbeat” for not being good enough.
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NewsQuestions over ‘redundancy’ for second former ICB CEO
Questions have been raised over a second integrated care board CEO’s departure, after NHS England said they had been subject to compulsory redundancy despite this not being disclosed in accounts.
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NewsDoctor to chair trust after boardroom row
A clinical oncologist has been appointed to chair a trust whose previous chair quit after a draft investigation found she had “exceeded her authority” in suspending its chief executive.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: The appearance of action without improving safety
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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NewsSmallest trust to get managing director within group structure
England’s smallest trust will have its own managing director and dedicated deputy chair as it transitions into a group model with two other providers.
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NewsStrategy director leaves NHSE
NHS England’s strategy director – a former special political adviser in the Treasury and health department – has left the role.
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NewsJudge to examine trust’s care failings
Government has named a chair for its public inquiry into care and governance failings at a mental health trust – nine months after the probe was promised.
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CommentThe NHS has a grey management problem
NHS organisations risk creating “grey managers” who become skilled at absorbing pressure and managing around problems, rather than challenging the causes of dysfunction
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HSJ LocalManagers ‘should not feel affronted’ by Letby inquiry, says CEO
No NHS leader “should feel affronted” at being reminded of basic duties towards patients by the Letby inquiry, the chief executive of the Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust has said.
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NewsBoards must ‘never again treat baby safety as side issue’, says Cooper
Maternity and neonatal services “cannot operate on the margins,” and deaths of babies and children must be investigated as a priority by NHS boards, the health and social care secretary has warned.
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NewsInquiry chief delivers scathing verdict on NHS managers
Too many managers do not meet the standards expected of them, and there is an “urgent” need to improve quality, a major inquiry has found.
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NewsTougher sanctions on senior managers demanded by Letby inquiry
The government must introduce a statutory barring system for managers by September next year, an inquiry has said – but warned it will only work if trusts are more willing to confront serious misconduct.
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NewsChair of £3bn trust to step down
The chair of a £3bn hospital trust will step down at the end of the year, after a decade spent leading some of the NHS’s top organisations.