City’s trusts agree to joint committee after ICB intervention
Five trusts in the city with the most separate NHS providers have agreed to form a joint committee at the request of the region’s integrated care board.
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.
Chair to retire after 50 years in the NHS
An ambulance trust chair is to step down after more than half a century in the NHS.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
Revealed: The seven trusts getting £6m each for tech improvements
Seven trusts will receive £6m each over the next three years in the second phase of Matt Hancock’s plan to improve IT infrastructure in the health service.
Named: The trusts receiving new cash for scanners
The trusts in line to receive £200m for upgrading cancer screening equipment from the government have been announced.
North by North West: Why Liverpool missed out
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North by North West: Going electronic
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North by North West: Capital boosts
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North by North West: No case to answer
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Twelve trusts to stop reporting waiting times performance as part of trial
NHS England has announced the 12 trusts which will trial the proposed new elective waiting time standard.
North by North West: Groupthink
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North by North West: Unpicking the headlines
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North by North West: The region’s most important job
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