All articles by Matt Mathers
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NewsNHSE names chairs to lead ‘more important’ regional teams
NHS England CEO Sir Jim Mackey has announced the names of seven chairs for NHS regional teams, ahead of the service moving to its new “operating model” next month.
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NewsFinance director appointed interim CEO at leading ICB
An outgoing integrated care board CEO will be replaced on a temporary basis by the organisation’s finance director, it has been announced.
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NewsTrust-commissioned maternity review cancelled by Streeting
A review commissioned by Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust to investigate its perinatal mortality rate has been cancelled following an intervention by the health secretary, HSJ understands.
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NewsOckenden to lead inquiry into third trust
Senior midwife Donna Ockenden has been appointed chair of the independent inquiry into maternity failures in Leeds, health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has announced.
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NewsEx-CQC chief to lead charity
The recently departed boss of the Care Quality Commission has been named chief executive of an anti-poverty charity and housing trust.
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NewsICB gives in without a fight over private sector procurement complaint
A private supplier has forced an integrated care board to row back on its decision to award a £25m contract to an NHS trust, in the first case of its kind.
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NewsNHSE warns against ‘resistance’ to huge expansion of private tests
NHS England is planning to significantly increase the use of the private sector for diagnostic services, which a senior figure warned was likely to be met with “resistance” from some in the NHS, HSJ has learned.
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News‘Inappropriate behaviours’ persist despite ‘substantial progress’ on trust’s board
Cultural issues persist at a large teaching trust, despite “substantial progress” at board level, according to an external review it commissioned.
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NewsKey cancer target pushed back seven years
Ministers have pushed back the NHS’s objective to diagnose more cancers at an earlier stage by nearly seven years, in their new 10-year cancer plan.
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NewsICB breached rules during £42m contract award
An integrated care board has been advised to review a successful bid for a £42m dermatology contract after being found in breach of procurement rules.
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NewsTrust to review claims of multiple cases of patient harm by surgeon
A trust is investigating the work of one of its former consultants amid claims the cases of “significantly more than 50 patients” he treated at its main site and a local private hospital should be reviewed for potential harm, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNo ‘credible path’ to deliver 10% savings target, says CEO
A hospital group has rejected NHS England’s savings target for one of its providers to balance its books next year.
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News‘Shocking decline’ in cancer waits at laggard trusts
Nearly half of all trusts recorded a drop in their 62-day cancer performance over the past year, official data shows, as system leaders gear up to publish new national strategy.
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NewsCEO of leading ICS to step down
Rob Webster has told staff he is stepping down as CEO of West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board.
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NewsMillions offered no choice of provider
Millions of patients are being offered no choice of provider when referred for secondary care and tests, contrary to national guidance, according to NHS England information.
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NewsICB backtracks on referral crackdown after row with private sector
A deficit-stricken integrated care board has attempted to suspend private sector referrals for some treatments – then paused the move after a row with providers.
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NewsQuran desecrated at hospital in ‘Islamophobic hate incident’
A copy of the Quran has been desecrated in the faith room at a major teaching hospital in what its CEO has described as a suspected “Islamophobic hate incident”.
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NewsTrust’s failings will prompt ‘deep reflection’ across system, CEO pledges
Serious failings found within a trust’s breast cancer service will require a period of “deep reflection” across the whole system, an integrated care board chief has said.
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NewsCEO search paused ‘to enable stability’ at troubled £2bn trust
Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust has paused its search for a new CEO “to enable a much-needed period of stability” following a raft of senior departures and major leadership and care quality failings at the trust.
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NewsPrivate providers given greater incentives to take on complex work
Changes to the prices paid by the NHS to private providers for ophthalmology work have been delayed and refocused to increase the commercial attractiveness of undertaking more complex treatment.