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Hospitals close areas after discovering RAAC planks

2023-10-20T12:27:00+01:00

More hospitals have closed parts of their site after discovering potentially unsafe concrete had been used in the building structures, HSJ has learned.

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Trusts bring in joint CEO after NHSE intervention

2023-10-17T11:43:00+01:00

A joint chief executive has been appointed to lead two neighbouring acute trusts following threats of regulatory action from NHS England.

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Labour ward staffing shortages restrict use of beneficial drug

2023-09-01T12:01:00+01:00

Staffing shortages are likely to restrict the use of a beneficial painkiller in birthing suites, even once its use has been recommended by national guidance.

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Ministers name 30 trusts receiving share of £250m fund

2023-08-15T06:00:00+01:00

Ministers have named the 30 trusts which will receive a share of a £250m fund to increase urgent and emergency care capacity.

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HSJ Awards shortlist revealed

2023-08-14T12:54:00+01:00

The shortlist for the 2023 HSJ Awards – including the six providers vying to be “trust of the year” – was announced today.

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Trusts to appoint joint chief after NHSE threat

2023-06-29T05:24:00+01:00

An acute trust is set to move to a joint chief executive model with a neighbouring provider after being threatened with regulatory action if it failed to do so.

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Sunak’s local acute becomes first to be upgraded to ‘good’ since covid

2023-05-24T05:04:00+01:00

The Care Quality Commission has upgraded a major hospital trust to a ‘good’ rating for what is believed to be the first time since the start of the pandemic.

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CEO resigns from trust told to merge leadership

2023-02-15T13:06:00+00:00

The chief executive of North Tees and Hartlepool Foundation Trust, which was ordered by NHS England to merge its leadership team with a neighbour, is to step down in September.

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Board members tried to ‘disrupt’ joint CEO plans, says NHS England

2023-01-18T05:21:00+00:00

Board members at an acute trust deliberately ‘disrupted’ attempts to merge its leadership with another provider, according to a highly critical NHS England investigation.

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Trust chief calls for six-hour A&E target

2022-08-04T04:39:00+01:00

The chief executive of a trust trialling the new emergency care standards being considered by the government has called for a new six-hour target to either move patients out of accident and emergency, or for them to receive treatment.

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‘Don’t stand in way of integration if clinicians want it’, says CEO

2022-06-15T05:33:00+01:00

A trust chief executive says leaders ‘should not stand in the way’ of controversial plans for further integration with a neighbouring provider if that is the direction being set by clinicians.

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NHSE investigating trust’s leadership following mass walkout of directors

2022-02-25T17:14:00+00:00

Efforts to merge the governance of two hospital trusts have led to a walkout of several non-executive directors and a national investigation into one of the organisation’s leadership.

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Trust directors push back against joint CEO plan

2021-12-08T12:31:00+00:00

A proposal to appoint a single chief executive to run two neighbouring hospital trusts is being resisted by board members at one of the organisations, local politicians have told HSJ.

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HSJ Value Awards 2021: Post-Covid Sustainable Transformation Award

2021-09-02T23:01:00+01:00

Barts Health NHS Trust launched the Barts Emergency Access Care Hub (BEACH) in September 2020, which covers patients across the Barts Health footprint. The BEACH provides a single point of access for all eligible patients who have been given an ED disposition by a NHS 111 clinician or an on-scene ...

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HSJ Value Awards 2021: Cancer Care Initiative of the Year

2021-09-02T23:01:00+01:00

At the outset of the pandemic a new telephone service was established to proactively call cancer patients to check their wellbeing, offer holistic therapy, provide local information and support, refer to appropriate services or simply provide a listening ear and reduce isolation.

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Trusts say joint board under single chair ‘does not mean merger’

2021-03-16T11:41:00+00:00

Two neighbouring hospital trusts have ruled out a full merger, despite forming a joint board under a single chairman.

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Second batch of trusts to receive Hancock’s cash for tech improvements

2021-02-17T12:46:00+00:00

At least 20 trusts will receive extra funding to improve their digital maturity in 2021 under one of Matt Hancock’s highest-profile programmes to modernise NHS trusts.

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Revealed: Details of ex-CEO’s bumper salary and 45-day holiday package

2021-02-17T06:30:00+00:00

Further details of a former chief executive’s controversial pay and rewards package have emerged, including an unusually generous annual leave entitlement and pro-rata salary.

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Trust whose CEO quit over underfunding admits it has ‘no credible plans’

2020-06-15T05:00:00+01:00

Directors of a hospital trust whose former chief executive resigned because it was “underfunded and unsustainable” have admitted there are “no credible plans” to close its £26m underlying deficit.