All Leadership articles – Page 2
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CommentClinical AI tools need to prioritise confidence, not speed
AI triage tools will only improve emergency care when clinicians can trust, understand, and confidently act on recommendations
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NewsTrusts ‘should recruit more managers locally’
NHS organisations should recruit more managers and leaders from local communities rather than conventional entry routes, health minister Karin Smyth told HSJ.
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HSJ LocalBoss leaves troubled trust after six months
The managing director of one of England’s worst-performing trusts is leaving after just six months, in a move her boss acknowledged could raise “understandable questions”.
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CommentThe Mann Review will not help NHS leaders tackle racism
Lord Mann’s review into antisemitism and racism in the NHS aims to strengthen accountability and tackle discrimination, but questions remain over whether its recommendations address the deeper cultural issues that continue to affect staff experiences and patient care
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NewsNHS CEO might not report to health secretary
The new NHS chief executive may soon report to a senior civil servant rather than the health secretary, HSJ understands.
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NewsBereaved families raise alarm about trust’s leadership churn
Bereaved parents have raised concerns about the departure of a major trust’s medical director, just as an independent inquiry into its maternity services is getting started.
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NewsKnighthood for hospital chief
A trust group CEO currently working as NHS England’s deputy chief executive has been awarded a knighthood in this year’s King’s birthday honours, for services to the NHS.
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NewsTrust labelled ‘inadequate’ amid ‘serious safety concerns’
A trust has had its leadership rating downgraded from “good” to “inadequate”, and been told it has “significant and serious safety concerns” in surgical services.
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HSJ LocalLong-serving deputy appointed acute trust’s CEO
An acute trust’s deputy chief executive has been appointed its next CEO, following a decade serving on the board.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Cyber awks
The weekly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week, written by Ben Clover and Ella Devereux. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsRevealed: Hospitals with the most ‘red line’ 24-hour waits
At least one in 10 A&E patients wait more than 24 hours at many hospitals, despite NHS England telling trusts to adopt a “zero tolerance” approach to such long waits, new figures have revealed.
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NewsMinisters to consider scrapping separate national NHS CEO
The post of NHS chief executive could be abolished or combined with that of permanent secretary when NHSE England is merged into the Department of Health and Social Care, under proposals being considered by officials, HSJ understands.
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CommentThe NHS is getting better thanks to its leaders
NHS improvement depends less on restructuring and more on courageous leadership tackling inequality, workforce pressures, and service performance
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NewsGovernment will be ‘incredibly lucky’ if current elective care plan works
The government and NHS England is wrong to think that improvements in productivity, and not increased funding, will result in shorter elective waiting lists, the leader of the NHS Alliance has claimed.
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CommentPolitical whim should not drive NHS restructures
As Parliament debates the Health Bill, the focus should be on not only new structures, but on whether repeated NHS reorganisations deliver meaningful change
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CommentThe benefits of slow leadership
Under relentless NHS pressure, speed is replacing judgement. Leaders risk losing reflection, moral clarity, and safe decision-making in this constant acceleration
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Expert BriefingImPatient: Keeping tabs on the ‘so what’ of engagement
Patient (Lived Experience) Leadership is about those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability who want to influence change through being equal partners in decision making. In this monthly expert briefing, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the NHS.
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NewsTrust confirms doctor as CEO
An acute trust has made its interim chief executive permanent, in the latest of a string of senior appointments in the North East.
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NewsEx-CEO still being paid salary by trust
A trust group whose CEO left after board relationships broke down is still paying the salary of its former boss, who is now in an NHS England regional role.
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NewsFirst CEO role for former parliamentary candidate
A doctor who has previously run as a Labour parliamentary candidate has been appointed chief executive of Dartford and Gravesham Trust.