Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Group appoints interim CEO amid ‘urgent’ patient safety concerns

2025-07-16T13:08:00+01:00

A trust group which has seen its CEO take a leave of absence following a clash with fellow board members has appointed an interim chief executive, HSJ has learned.

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£2.8bn trusts name shared chair for ‘new era’

2025-05-23T16:13:00+01:00

Three hospital trusts with a combined turnover of £2.8bn have recruited their first joint chair, which they say will improve joint working.

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Block contracts slowing down surgery

2025-05-14T05:18:00+01:00

Block funding contracts are undermining the throughput and care quality of a common emergency operation, leading clinicians have told HSJ.

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Three trusts to share chair

2025-03-25T12:00:00+00:00

Three trusts are set to share a chair as part of their efforts to work more closely together under the Great North Healthcare Alliance.

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Revealed: the trusts furthest behind on efficiency plans

2025-03-03T06:06:00+00:00

A total of 20 trusts had achieved only 30 per cent or less of their 2024-25 planned efficiency programmes by the end of October, with four delivering below 20 per cent, research by HSJ  has revealed.

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Revealed: the trusts with the worst summer A&E handover delays

2024-08-15T11:47:00+01:00

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.

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EXCLUSIVE: Trusts regularly breaching security standards

2024-05-07T05:11:00+01:00

Twenty one serious security failures at hospital mortuaries were discovered by the Human Tissues Authority between April 2022 and March 2024, HSJ can reveal.

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Trusts offered up to £4m to make last-ditch attempt on A&E target

2024-03-12T17:28:00+00:00

NHS England has confirmed new financial incentives for trusts to deliver strong performance against the four-hour emergency target this month.

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Trusts dispute NHS England’s ‘benefits’ claim over FDP pilot

2023-12-22T04:27:00+00:00

Five trusts have contradicted NHS England’s claim that they are “actively realising benefits” from pilots of the Federated Data Platform.

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Revealed: The worst trusts for long discharge delays

2023-11-23T04:48:00+00:00

The trusts with the most patients waiting at least a week after they are ‘ready’ to be discharged can be identified for the first time, following publication of new NHS England data.

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Revealed: First trust CEO to receive £300,000 base salary

2023-02-03T05:23:00+00:00

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.

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Acute trust appoints new CEO

2022-12-14T12:30:00+00:00

An acute trust in the North East has appointed a new chief executive.

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Four in five trusts yet to reach digitisation target

2022-11-23T06:00:00+00:00

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.

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Top CEO announces retirement

2022-08-31T11:50:00+01:00

The chief executive of Gateshead Health Foundation Trust, Yvonne Ormston, has announced her retirement.

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Exclusive: Eight trusts now have one in 10 beds filled by covid patients

2021-07-26T15:28:00+01:00

Eight hospital trusts have hit the point where one in 10 of their beds is occupied by a patient with coronavirus, figures seen by HSJ reveal, and several more are approaching it.

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HSJ podcast: How NHS England (quietly) axed the A&E target

2021-06-04T04:30:00+01:00

Under the cover of Cummings’ headline-grabbing testimony last week, NHS England gave the green light to plans to scrap the landmark four-hour accident and emergency target.

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Trust CEO: my cancer diagnosis has given me a new perspective on patient care

2021-06-01T04:52:00+01:00

Yvonne Ormston shares her experience of dealing with covid as the CEO of Gateshead Health FT and her own cancer journey during the pandemic

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HSJ’s 10 most read stories of 2020

2020-12-24T05:00:00+00:00

As 2020 draws to a close, HSJ takes a look at its most read stories of the year.

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HSJ’s 50 most read articles of 2020

2020-11-24T10:33:00+00:00

HSJ takes a look back at the 50 most read stories of 2020.

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Exclusive: New areas see rapidly rising covid pressure on hospitals

2020-11-13T11:50:00+00:00

Covid demand on hospitals is now rising rapidly in parts of England so far spared the worst of wave two, analysis of new figures reveals.