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HSJ LocalICB replaces CEO suddenly after just five months
The chief executive of an integrated care board with major financial problems has been replaced unexpectedly after five months.
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NewsPatients denied transport in ICB funding dispute
Eligible patients are no longer being offered transport to hospital because of a trust’s payment dispute with its commissioner.
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HSJ LocalFT suffering ‘ridiculous’ cash shortage after national support withheld
The former national NHS finance director has declared it “ridiculous” his trust is operating with only enough cash to cover one day, after NHS England withheld deficit support.
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NewsFirst ‘new FT’ and IHO candidates revealed
Eight trusts are being lined up to take on a new “advanced foundation trust” status, and potentially become integrated health organisations.
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NewsTwo in five trusts share chair or CEO
Nearly two in five trusts in England now share a chair and/or chief executive — despite some high-profile partnerships being scaled back — HSJ analysis shows.
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HSJ LocalTrusts explore joint EPR after abandoned procurement
Two trusts in the North West are exploring a joint electronic patient record, HSJ understands, after one of them was forced to abandon a procurement.
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HSJ LocalEx-regional leader joins ICB with £178m deficit
An integrated care board with one of the largest deficits in the country has appointed an interim chair.
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NewsIT firm sues trust over £70m procurement
A major teaching hospital is being sued by one of the bidders hoping to provide its electronic patient record system.
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NewsDiagnostics performance slides despite NHSE hailing ‘record summer’
Performance on the NHS’s main diagnostic target has dropped back a year despite efforts to increase capacity and ramp up activity, figures published on Thursday show.
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NewsNew head for innovation network
Ben Bridgewater has been appointed executive chair of the Health Innovation Network, the umbrella body for the 15 regional health innovation groups.
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News‘Unacceptable’ cuts to bank and agency rates must be reversed, says BMA
Doctors are threatening action against coordinated moves in two areas to cut rates for extra-contractual work.
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NewsChief of large ICB announces retirement
The chief executive of one of the largest health systems in the country has announced his retirement, after more than 40 years of public service.
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NewsScanner procurement cancelled under threat of legal challenge
A leading specialist cancer trust has had to cancel and re-run the procurement of a cutting-edge scanner to stave off the threat of a legal challenge..
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NewsGap in crisis services risks future deaths
Only 10 integrated care boards have set up a mental health crisis text service, leaving a “gap” in service provision that could risk future deaths, a coroner has warned.
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NewsSecond national tech director to step down
An NHS England national tech director has announced he is stepping down, marking the second major departure in the space of a fortnight.
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NewsTrusts appoint 23-year-old director
Two trusts have appointed the “youngest non-executive director in the NHS”, they have announced.
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NewsTrust appoints interim CEO
A trust whose chief executive is leaving to head up the region’s integrated care board has appointed an interim successor.
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Expert BriefingCarbon Copy: New green plans lay bare the steep challenge ahead
The ideas, policies and challenges at the heart of the NHS goal for net zero emissions, from HSJ sustainability correspondent Zoe Tidman.
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NewsLetby trust issued ‘warning notice’ after failure to improve
Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust has been issued a “warning notice” by the Care Quality Commission for failing to improve its urgent and emergency services.
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NewsICB predicts 400 staff will get £100k redundancy payouts
Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board has proposed shedding up to 400 posts via a voluntary redundancy scheme costing more than £40m.