COO to leave after a year at challenged trust
The chief operating officer of one of England’s most challenged trusts is to leave his job after a year because the commute is too much for him.
Revealed: the trusts with the worst summer A&E handover delays
Patients stuck in ambulances queuing outside A&Es have waited an average of over two hours at two trusts this summer, data published for the first time reveals.
Carbon Copy: Renewed energy for net zero?
The ideas, policies and challenges at the heart of the NHS goal for net zero emissions, from HSJ sustainability correspondent Zoe Tidman.
Patient Safety Watch: Crisis in the corridors
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
40% of funding targeted at improving emergency care goes unspent
Fourty per cent of the £150m capital funding pot NHS England made available to incentivise urgent and emergency care improvements was not distributed, data shown to HSJ reveals.
Trusts offered up to £4m to make last-ditch attempt on A&E target
NHS England has confirmed new financial incentives for trusts to deliver strong performance against the four-hour emergency target this month.
Why putting a cinema in a hospital works
Colin Lawrence, CEO, MediCinema gives an insight into how the charity MediCinema boosts the mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing of hospital patients and their families
Trusts ‘pause’ merger of exec teams
Two hospital trusts with a combined turnover of nearly £3bn have “paused” plans to merge their executive director teams.
Two execs drafted in to help ailing trust
A challenged acute trust has made two executive appointments, including an interim chief operating officer drafted in at short notice.
Exclusive: Minority of trusts declare benefits as NHSE presses on with £480m data service contract
Only eight of 36 NHS trusts said to be piloting NHS England’s controversial new data platform have been willing to cite any specific benefits from it, HSJ has found.
ICB hands urgent treatment centres to trusts after ending firm’s contract
An integrated care board has handed the operation of six urgent treatment centres to trusts after terminating a private provider’s contract.
Ministers name 30 trusts receiving share of £250m fund
Ministers have named the 30 trusts which will receive a share of a £250m fund to increase urgent and emergency care capacity.
HSJ Awards shortlist revealed
The shortlist for the 2023 HSJ Awards – including the six providers vying to be “trust of the year” – was announced today.
HSJ Digital Awards 2023: Optimising Clinical Pathways Through Digital
WINNER: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Foundation Trust, Preventx, Lloyds Pharmacy Online Doctor and the City of London Corporation: Sexual Health London
London Eye: Where’s the harm?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
Revealed: First trust CEO to receive £300,000 base salary
Many of the highest paid trust chiefs now have two executive roles, including the first permanent NHS CEO to be paid a base salary of more than £300,000 a year, HSJ analysis reveals.
Waiting times got worse at trusts that dropped A&E target
Trusts trialling NHS England’s new A&E metrics reported worse average waiting times for admitted patients than those which stayed on the four-hour target, an HSJ analysis suggests.
Four in five trusts yet to reach digitisation target
Only one in five trusts has reached the level of digitisation required by 2025 – more than three years after the target was set, tech chiefs have revealed.
London Eye: The nursing walkout isn't really about pay
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.