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NewsHalf trust’s staff told CQC they had ‘no confidence’ in its leaders
More than half of a trust’s staff told the Care Quality Commission they did not have confidence in its executive leadership, with just 16 per cent saying they did, the regulator has reported.
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NewsTwo trusts in city with ‘hospital for every part of body’ to merge CEO role
The city with five separate specialist trusts will see two of its trusts share a single chief executive from early next year.
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NewsThirteen trusts write off £1.3m in overpayments to staff
Thirteen trusts were responsible for just over half of £2.6m overpayments to staff written off by NHS providers last year, data obtained by HSJ reveals.
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NewsJunior doctors being subjected to ‘public humiliation’, says trust boss
A hospital chief has warned colleagues of ‘significant behavioural concerns’ reported by junior doctors, including ‘undermining by public humiliation’.
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NewsBe ‘more directive’, providers tell NHSE
Urgent community response services must become an investment priority – and be given national targets for expansion – to tackle large variation, trust leaders have said.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE crackdown on 10-hour ambulance delays
NHS England has launched a new crackdown on trusts it says have a ‘management strategy’ to hold patients in the back of ambulances to cope with emergency pressures inside their hospitals, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCore bed numbers fall in seven systems, despite NHSE plan
The number of ‘core’ acute beds has fallen in seven health systems since the summer, according to official sitrep data.
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NewsTrust appoints CEO after two years as interim
An ‘outstanding’ mental health trust has made its long-term interim chief executive substantive, it has announced.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in October 2023, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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News56% of staff leave ‘relentless’ jobs within a year
A trust has found that more than half its new call handlers quit within a year of starting, and a third within six months — with ‘health’ being given as the main reason.
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NewsCommunity services need new national funding bid, says outgoing NHS England director
The national clinical director for older people has announced he is leaving NHS England and said a major government funding settlement will be needed to maintain progress and take community services to the ‘next stage’.
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NewsTrust boss: Minority staff ‘could be put off applying’ for teams which lack diversity
A trust chief executive has said people from minority ethnic backgrounds “could be put off applying” for roles in teams which lack diversity.
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NewsRevealed: Urgent treatment centres with the longest wait times
Patients at many urgent treatment centres face significantly longer wait times than those set out in NHS England targets, according to internal data.
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NewsCQC slams hospital for ‘shocking’ lack of leadership
An independent hospital in Yorkshire has been placed in special measures after inspectors warned of a ‘shocking’ lack of leadership.
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NewsGP incentives may be set by ICBs under government proposals
Integrated care boards could pick performance measures tied to GP practice income, under government proposals for the future of the ‘quality and outcomes framework’ and other incentive payments.
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NewsAmbulance handover delays soar as winter bites
Ambulance handover delays rose last week with close to 13,000 crews waiting more than an hour to offload patients — marginally more than the comparable week last year.
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NewsICBs failing to ‘innovate’ on dental funding, health secretary suggests
The health and social care secretary has questioned why some integrated care boards are not spending their full primary dental budgets, and said they should find ‘innovative ways’ to use the cash.
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NewsNew national boss to oversee ‘40 new hospitals’ programme
The Department of Health and Social Care is looking for a new chief commercial officer to deliver its efficiency and savings targets, as well as a variety of procurement and commercial activities.
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NewsReversal of ‘huge achievement’ as agency spending breaches £3bn
NHS trust spending on agency staff surged to £3.5bn last year, according to recently published figures.
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NewsA&E doors upgraded after child lost part of their finger
A trust is upgrading its safety protections after a child lost part of their finger after getting it stuck in a hospital door.