All News articles – Page 53
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NewsJust a quarter of CQC staff believe its leaders have the right values
The latest staff survey results for the Care Quality Commission suggest a significant drop in confidence in the regulator’s leaders.
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News2,500 missing waiters push back ICS’s elective target
Two acute trusts in the same integrated care system have discovered nearly 2,500 “missing” elective waiters, meaning it has abandoned a local target for reducing 65-week waiters.
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NewsTrust chiefs criticise ‘divisive’ capital ‘prizes’ for A&E performance
Trust CEOs and other health leaders have criticised NHS England’s move to offer trusts up to £4m capital in a last-ditch effort to meet the four hour emergency care target in March.
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NewsTrusts offered up to £4m to make last-ditch attempt on A&E target
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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NewsExclusive: ‘Continuity risk’ to abortion services triggers national intervention
NHS England has told integrated care board leaders they must intervene over failures in abortion services in their patches amid “unprecedented demand” for such provision, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNew NHSE director to lead £1.5bn savings programme
NHS England has appointed a senior director to lead an “ambitious” £1.5bn efficiencies programme.
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NewsTrusts underspend tech funding despite NHSE push
NHS England’s flagship tech budget to digitise hospitals will be underspent this year, prompting fresh concern about crucial transformation funding not reaching the frontline.
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NewsTrust’s treatment of Muslims heavily criticised by board director
A board director has publicly criticised his trust for its treatment of Muslim staff and patients.
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News‘Outstanding’ trust CEO leaving after 13 years
The chief executive of an “outstanding” rated community trust is to step down after 13 years in the role.
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News‘Urgent action’ needed to stop AI harm, says government review
“Action at the highest levels” is “urgently needed to anticipate potential harm” – including racial and other bias – from widespread use of AI in healthcare, a government review has warned.
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NewsStaff shortages putting A&E crisis support target at risk
A national survey, seen by HSJ, has raised concerns about the “sustainability, quality and consistency” of mental health crisis support services in emergency departments.
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NewsTrust ‘not guilty’ after CQC prosecution
A mental health trust has been found not guilty of care failings relating to an inpatient’s death following a trial which concluded today, over charges brought by the Care Quality Commission.
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NewsPatients exposed to excess radiation by out-of-date radiology device
Patients are being exposed to radiation doses at the “upper limit of safe” because a hospital is relying on a radiology machine three years after its “end of life” with a substandard second-hand part.
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NewsRevealed: the best and worst NHS organisations to work at in every region
HSJ has analysed the 2023 NHS Staff Survey results to reveal the best, and worst, trusts to work at, according to their staff.
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NewsAtkins hints at ‘new incentives’ for trusts to hit productivity targets
The health secretary says there will be “new incentives” to reward NHS trusts to hit efficiency targets and suggests this could involve some form of reinvestment of surpluses generated from productivity schemes.
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NewsStaff discrimination at record high
Staff have reported the highest ever level of discrimination in the NHS’s annual staff survey, reaching nearly one in 10.
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NewsStaff survey: Community, ambulance and specialist providers recommended by staff
Which providers receive the highest recommendations from staff as a place to work? HSJ has analysed the full results of today’s 2023 NHS Staff Survey for community, ambulance and specialist providers.
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NewsRevealed: The mental health trusts recommended by staff
Which providers receive the highest recommendations from staff as a place to work? HSJ has analysed the full results of today’s 2023 NHS Staff Survey for mental health, learning disability and MH/LD/community providers.
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NewsMorale falls at nearly all ICBs
Which integrated care boards receive the highest recommendations from staff as a place to work? HSJ has analysed the full results of the 2023 NHS Staff Survey, which saw a fall in support at nearly all ICBs, as they go through restructuring.
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NewsThe best and worst acute trusts to work at
Which trusts receive the highest recommendations from staff as a place to work? HSJ has analysed the full results of today’s 2022 NHS Staff Survey for general acute and acute/community trusts.