All articles by Matt Mathers
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HSJ LocalTrust orders review into breast cancer services
A North East trust has begun a full review of its breast cancer services after finding unexplained variation in its surgical practices.
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HSJ LocalICB told to re-run tender after rule breaches
An integrated care board has been told to re-run part of a contract award after breaching procurement rules while choosing a new provider to manage earwax removal services.
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NewsProvider’s board clearout sparks ‘real shock’
One of the NHS’s largest private hospital providers has cleared out its board, with its CEO, finance chief and other key figures all leaving the business in recent weeks.
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NewsDon’t call NHSE ‘the biggest quango in the world’, says new chair
NHS England’s new chair has “called out” the language used over NHS England’s abolition, including terms used by the prime minister and health and social care secretary.
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HSJ LocalCancer patients missed chance for treatment due to 100-day waits, trust admits
Lung cancer patients at a major trust were on a waiting list for so long that their disease progressed to a stage where it was no longer treatable.
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HSJ LocalThree trusts to share chair
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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HSJ LocalFinance chief moves to take up trust CEO job
North East Ambulance Service Foundation Trust has appointed a finance director as its new CEO, it has announced.
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NewsDoctors back CEO in row with MP
A group of senior consultants have expressed their confidence in a teaching trust’s embattled CEO and “accessible, engaged, and committed” leadership following allegations against them of cover-ups, bullying, and racism.
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NewsEx-NHSE board member joins major private provider
A former NHS England board member has been appointed vice chair of private provider Spire Healthcare.
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NewsNewcastle appoints interim CEO
Newcastle Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed an interim chief executive following Sir Jim Mackey’s temporary departure for NHS England.
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NewsChair resigns days after consultants declare ‘no confidence’
The chair of Moorfields Eye Hospital Foundation Trust has resigned days after consultants expressed no confidence in her and the board, making a series of serious allegations against the hospital’s senior leadership team.
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NewsStreeting’s new delivery unit ‘to hold NHSE to account’
The government is hiring a director for a new delivery unit which is being set up by Wes Streeting “to hold NHS England and other partners to account” on performance.
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NewsStreeting backs ‘compelling’ cancer restructure
Wes Streeting has backed a contested move by NHS England to restructure children’s cancer services that fall short of quality standards, despite local objections.
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NewsNHSE must re-run or scrap contract award after string of errors
NHS England North West made several errors in contracting a private provider to run health and justice services in Lancashire and Cumbria, regulators have found.
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NewsNHSE steps up intervention over cancer delays
Two additional trusts have been placed in NHS England’s highest level of oversight for their performance on cancer and diagnostics.
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NewsNHS Providers appoints new CEO
NHS Providers has appointed an ambulance trust boss who also has extensive acute sector experience as its new chief executive.
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NewsTrust leadership has ‘gone rogue’, claims MP
An MP has called for the chair of Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust to resign.
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NewsFormer chair takes trust to tribunal over whistleblowing claim
The former chair of Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust is taking the trust to an employment tribunal after claiming he was unfairly dismissed for raising concerns about investigations into preventable baby deaths.
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NewsCEO to lead first acute trust
The chief executive of a challenged mental health trust will step down after five years to lead a nearby acute provider, it has been announced.
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NewsTrusts to foot bill for new ‘customer service’ training
New compulsory customer service training to help non-clinical staff better advise elective patients and “handle difficult conversations with compassion” will be paid for from providers’ existing budgets, HSJ understands.