North by North West: Patient safety or administrative convenience?
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Influential CEO retires after tripling size of trust
One of the longest-serving chief executives has announced his retirement following a 12-year stint in which his trust has tripled in size.
North by North West: Same culprits on handover delays
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North by North West: Skin in the game
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Exclusive: social care waiting times revealed for first time in a decade
Older people are routinely enduring hidden waits of several months to get essential care and support, according to new figures obtained from government.
North by North West: Coming up with the wrong answer
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Trust 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.
North by North West: The threat of regime change
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NHSE ‘treads tightrope’ with new cash bailout for deficit ICSs
NHS England is set to give around £650m to some health systems to offset financial deficits and ease cash pressures, HSJ has learned.
North by North West: Time up for two smallest trusts?
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NHSE acts as performance deteriorates in five systems
Five integrated care systems face escalations in central scrutiny and support following “deterioration” against key urgent and emergency care targets.
North by North West: Admitting the game’s up
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North by North West: Trust left isolated as strike nears 50 days
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ICB chair quits to lead two acute trusts
An integrated care board chair is to step down for a permanent role leading two trusts.
Two trusts in city with ‘hospital for every part of body’ to merge CEO role
The city with five separate specialist trusts will see two of its trusts share a single chief executive from early next year.
North by North West: 12-hour trolley waits an ‘acceptable compromise’
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System must show ‘more courage’ to relocate hospital, says CEO
System leaders must show ‘more courage’ to address the patient safety risks attached to the only standalone women’s hospital in the NHS, its chief executive says.
Trust reviews leadership options as CEO leaves for scandal-hit neighbour
A scandal-hit acute trust has appointed the long-serving leader of a specialist provider as its substantive chief executive.
Cost improvement plans will not solve the NHS’s financial crisis
The current NHS ‘cost improvement model’ is not sufficient to meet financial constraints, but an allocative efficiency approach being applied at Mersey Care Foundation Trust offers hope, its leaders argue
North by North West: Can region justify its outlying workforce numbers?
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