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NewsRegional role for long-serving CEO
A long-serving trust chief will work part-time as director of a different NHS England region in an interim capacity.
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NewsCEO raises alarm over terror attack readiness
A chief executive who has led ambulance trusts for 23 years has warned that the sector is not “sufficiently trained, equipped, or resourced” to respond to a terrorist attack.
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NewsConsultants to strike next month
Medical consultants in England have announced two days of strikes next month over pay, conditions and workload.
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NewsTop CEOs fear politicians with ‘a different ideology’
The imminent re-establishment of direct political control over the NHS could see it diverted from delivering “what’s right for the population as a whole”, leading trust CEOs have warned.
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NewsLeaders lukewarm about key provider reforms
Leading trust chief executives are split on the desirability of becoming advanced foundation trusts, an HSJ roundtable has heard.
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NewsInquiry trust appoints ex-nurse as substantive CEO
A trust undergoing an independent inquiry into its maternity and neonatal services has appointed its interim chief executive to the role permanently.
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NewsCancer board dominated by national officials
Nearly two-thirds of the members of the reformed “independent” national cancer board are NHS England or Department of Health and Social Care officials, HSJ has learned.
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NewsBed pressures now ‘relentless’, reports CQC
Mental health trusts are under “daily relentless pressure” on their inpatient beds, the Care Quality Commission has warned.
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NewsICB expects one in 10 beds to close
England’s largest integrated care board expects to need almost a tenth fewer hospital beds within a decade as it tries to close a projected financial gap that could reach £4bn.
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NewsSurge in complaints about children’s care and refusal to refer
Complaints about paediatric care and GPs refusing to make referrals to specialist services leapt over the past year, HSJ analysis suggests, as overall concerns hit record levels.
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NewsExclusive: Ministers drop plan to scrap investigations body
The government has U-turned on its plan to abolish an independent health service investigations body after opposition in the House of Lords, HSJ has learned.
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NewsChair quits after CQC finds ‘misaligned’ board
The chair of an embattled trust has announced he will step down amid warnings from the Care Quality Commission, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCash ‘critical’ as 13,500 invoices go unpaid
An acute trust’s cash position is “critical”, with more than 13,500 invoices outstanding, its board has been warned.
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NewsICB exec pay under review after mergers
The government is considering steps to stop integrated care board executives receiving pay rises simply because their organisations merge and cover bigger populations.
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NewsLeaders ‘disconnected’ from front line at high-secure hospital
Bosses at a trust being investigated for corporate manslaughter have been criticised by a regulator, which found care and patient dignity failings, and a “disconnect” between senior leaders and frontline staff at its high-secure hospital.
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NewsChemo delays blamed on bank pay cuts
Patients have been waiting up to a month for chemotherapy appointments because of staffing shortages, partly caused by reductions in bank rates.
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NewsInvestigation after patient ordered poison to inpatient unit
The Care Quality Commission is examining the circumstances surrounding the death of a patient at a psychiatric hospital in Birmingham.
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News£460m patient transport deal collapses again
Plans for the supply of non-emergency patient transport services across the North West lie in ruins for the second time within 20 months after two of its three regional lots were abandoned.
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NewsFormer chief crown prosecutor to chair biggest trust
A former chief crown prosecutor has been appointed to chair England’s largest trust.
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NewsPay rise above 2.4% would hit elective targets, DHSC warns
A pay award above 2.4 per cent for NHS staff next year could mean a “reduction in ambitions” for cutting waiting lists, the government has warned.