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CFO departed trust after senior staff and ICB ‘lost confidence’

2024-07-23T11:00:00+01:00

A trust’s chief financial officer left the role shortly after senior staff told the chief executive they had “lost confidence” in the CFO, in an apparent row over planned cuts to clinical staff, HSJ can reveal.

Emergency, service redesign, A&E

40% of funding targeted at improving emergency care goes unspent

2024-05-20T04:00:00+01:00

Fourty per cent of the £150m capital funding pot NHS England made available to incentivise urgent and emergency care improvements was not distributed, data shown to HSJ reveals.

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‘Decomposing bodies’ discovered at multiple hospitals

2024-05-16T04:26:00+01:00

Bodies are being left to deteriorate and in some cases decompose in hospital mortuaries, often because of a lack of freezer space, HSJ  has found.

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Interim hired after trust's sudden CEO departure

2024-05-14T04:00:00+01:00

An interim chief executive has been appointed to run an acute trust whose previous CEO left suddenly in March.

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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.

Money, finance and accounts

Redundancy scheme to cut corporate staff by 14%

2024-04-16T16:17:00+01:00

Multiple hospitals are launching redundancy schemes or plans to freeze recruitment for corporate and non-clinical staff, in a bid to meet their financial expectations in 2024–25.

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£500m outsourcing deal finalised after confidential settlement

2024-03-20T12:54:00+00:00

System leaders in Hertfordshire have settled a lawsuit brought by two companies part owned by an NHS trust in a neighbouring area, allowing a £500m pathology contract to be awarded to their preferred supplier.

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Revealed: Worst hospitals for food hygiene

2024-02-13T12:56:00+00:00

More than 30 hospitals in England failed to receive the top ratings for food hygiene in their latest inspection.

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London Eye: Actually, we’ve coped well

2023-12-20T13:22:00+00:00

Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.

Pathology

ICB sued by trust over £500m deal

2023-12-19T05:31:00+00:00

A company part-run by an NHS trust has launched a legal challenge against a neighbouring integrated care board over a £500m pathology contract.

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Virtual hospital model ‘new gold standard’ for treatment

2023-09-25T11:26:00+01:00

The chief executive at a trust behind one of the UK’s first ‘virtual hospitals’ has said this model is the ‘new gold standard’ for care provision and the trust is looking at a significant expansion.

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Forty trusts are set elective target less ambitious than last year

2023-04-20T04:29:00+01:00

NHS trusts have been given targets to increase elective activity that range from 103 per cent of pre-pandemic levels to nearly 130 per cent, internal data seen by HSJ reveals.

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Less than a quarter of new hospital ‘enabling’ funds received by trusts

2023-03-24T06:48:00+00:00

Less than a quarter of the funding requested for crucial preparation works for the government’s ‘new hospitals programme’ has so far been received, trusts have told HSJ.

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Hospital manager took bribes from suppliers

2023-03-08T06:23:00+00:00

A hospital manager in Hertfordshire has been convicted after accepting bribes for his trust to procure medical equipment from particular companies.

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Revealed: Four trusts added to NHSE ‘help list’

2022-12-23T13:11:00+00:00

NHS England has revealed the latest list of trusts which it has identified as needing the most support to meet electives and cancer targets.

Breast cancer radiology

Influx of very low risk referrals sparks review of cancer services

2022-10-10T06:24:00+01:00

NHS England is in talks about changing a pathway for women with breast problems after performance against the two-week target for them to be seen plummeted.

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Revealed: NHS England’s list of trusts with worst elective and cancer problems

2022-08-19T06:07:00+01:00

Almost a third of acute trusts have been identified by NHS England as being ‘at risk’ of missing key targets for electives and cancer recovery, with some facing ‘periodic calls between ministers and CEOs’, HSJ can reveal.

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Retiring CEO: Other industries would think how we chair boards is mad

2022-06-16T05:24:00+01:00

The outgoing CEO of an acute trust has called for better support for healthcare leaders, particularly when it comes to the relationship between chiefs and chairs, as she prepares to retire.

Matthew Coats

Government criticises trust over chief executive appointment

2022-06-01T06:33:00+01:00

An East of England trust has breached government rules by announcing its new chief executive too early — putting him in what was described as an ‘untenable’ position.

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Fears of delay to flagship ‘new hospitals’ after funding cut

2022-05-17T05:03:00+01:00

Several of the ‘40 new hospitals’ promised by government face further delay and disruption because the trusts are receiving less cash than needed for crucial planning work this year, HSJ can reveal.