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.
Revealed: Trusts paying the highest negligence premiums
The trusts paying the highest premiums for clinical negligence as a proportion of their income have been revealed through HSJ analysis of internal data.
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.
Thousands of women left waiting for induction due to staff shortages
Thousands of women are having induction of labour delayed because of a shortage of staff, raising concerns about the safety of them and their babies, HSJ has found.
Two trusts move to shared leadership model
The leadership of a specialist trust in Liverpool is set to be taken over by the chief executive of the city’s main acute provider.
Revealed: Best and worst trusts for cleanliness and food
The best and worst trusts for cleanliness and food have been revealed in a national assessment by patients and staff.
Trust merger ‘bedevilled with problems’, says key proponent
One of the key proponents of a major trust merger has told HSJ its implementation has been “bedevilled with problems”, and that leaders have so far failed to deliver its benefits.
The trusts with most and least nurses striking
The share of nurses striking at trusts which saw Royal College of Nursing action this week varied significantly, HSJ analysis suggests.
NHSE prompts ICS review of city’s hospitals
NHS England has asked for an independent review to look into the configuration of hospital services in a city with six separate acute and specialist trusts.
£2bn ‘hospital group’ under discussion
The prospect of creating a £2bn ‘group’ of hospital providers in Liverpool is under formal discussion, senior sources have told HSJ.
Trusts receive half of funding for ‘essential’ maternity improvements
Trusts have so far received just over half of the £102m they said was needed for ‘immediate and essential’ improvements in maternity services.
Hospital chief: Centre was ‘disrespectful’ in capital awards
A hospital chief executive has accused the government and national NHS leaders of being “disrespectful” in relation to their announcements of new capital projects.
Revealed: Mass use of credit check firm to find NHS patients to charge
An NHS trust is routinely sharing patients’ identities with a major credit check firm to find overseas visitors who can be charged, and officials have sought to extend the scheme nationally, HSJ can reveal.
Twenty big NHS building projects that need Boris’ cash
With the new prime minister poised to announce NHS building projects, HSJ has identified 20 of the most significant hospital infrastructure schemes that require big injections of capital funding, often to address pressing problems with care quality.
Government claims NHS won't be hit by Interserve administration
The government has said neither NHS services nor jobs will be affected by the administration of a large outsourcing company.
Exclusive: CCG inefficiencies 'blocking' access to IVF
Commissioning inefficiencies are said to be “blocking” patients’ access to IVF, as new data reveals some areas are spending at least twice as much as others on a single cycle of fertility treatment.
Acutes 'carrying all the risk' in city with five specialists - CEO
The long-planned hospital merger in Liverpool is unlikely to create an NHS trust which is financially secure – so there will need to be a rebalancing of funding in the city to help it escape a structural deficit, according to an acute chief executive in the patch.
New chair for troubled ambulance trust
A former acute trust chief executive is to take over as chair of South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust.
Analysis by trust: Large majority provide less consultant access at weekends
The majority of trusts continue to provide patients with less access to consultants at the weekend compared to a weekday, new data reveals.