London Eye: Missing the police
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Labour policy figure to chair three trusts
An influential left-wing policy figure is set to chair of three community and mental health trusts.
Trust boss to retire 20 years after becoming an NHS CEO
A trust chief executive has announced her retirement after eight years leading her organisation, and more than 20 years since her first NHS CEO role.
Four NHS chiefs awarded birthday honours alongside maternity campaigners
Four NHS chief executives were among those recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours, along with public health leaders and safety campaigners.
Rapid rise in ‘high risk’ estates bill revealed
The bill for fixing NHS buildings to avoid serious injuries to patients and major disruption to clinical services is rising at a rapid rate in mental healthcare, HSJ analysis has revealed.
Trusts rubbish accuracy of ‘vital’ covid vaccination figures
Multiple trusts have disputed the accuracy of the first published provider-level data on NHS staff covid vaccine uptake, which is described as ‘vital’ and ‘highly important’ by the UK Health Security Agency.
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Exclusive: Staff assaults and killings spark investigation of 20 providers
Safety inspections have been carried out at 20 health and care providers, in response to a high level of assaults, including three staff killed by patients in the last five years.
Revealed: The trusts testing latest round of emergency targets
New mental health emergency care targets will be trialled across 11 NHS organisations and one social enterprise, NHS England has confirmed.
Council ceases NHS-provided smoking cessation service
The third largest London borough will discontinue its NHS-provided stop smoking service to save money.
Preferred bidder named for controversial £450m contract
A London trust has been named as the preferred bidder for a £450m community services contract that has been criticised for not offering enough money to meet its service obligations.
Top NHS chief execs in running for HSJ award
Seven top NHS leaders have been shortlisted for chief executive of the year at the HSJ Awards 2018.
Revealed: Hundreds of children wait more than a year for specialist help
Hundreds of young people assessed as needing specialist mental health treatment have been made to wait more than a year, an investigation by HSJ can reveal.
CCG tenders £450m community services contract
Commissioners have tendered a £450m contract for community services in west London, which has sparked apparent interest from at least two NHS trusts and private provider Virgin Care.
Revealed: The largest land sales by NHS trusts
NHS trusts received around £350m from land sales in 2017-18, an increase of more than 50 per cent on the previous year, according to new data.
Exclusive: Chief named for biggest group of CCGs
An accountable officer has been appointed across eight clinical commissioning groups in London, covering the most populous patch of any chief officer.
Five-trust consortium to repatriate high risk patients
A consortium of mental health trusts has created a new central team to bring back out of area patients and manage beds for the footprint.
70 trusts working with NHSI to boost workforce retention
Seventy NHS trusts have now been recruited by NHS Improvement to its programme to improve workforce retention rates in the health service.
CCGs spend millions on consultancy for stalled reconfiguration
Commissioners in north west London spent £36m on consultancy firms over the last four financial years – including millions on service redesign recently stalled by NHS Improvement.
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