News – Page 70
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NewsICB ‘a hindrance’ to improving services after Grenfell
An integrated care board has faced significant criticism that it ‘to this day’ refuses to listen to the Grenfell Tower survivors and has been a ‘hindrance’ to improving services
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NewsProvider investigating ‘racism and bullying’ complaints
A community services provider has launched an investigation into its staff culture, following concerns including racism and bullying.
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NewsNHSE admits ‘urgent’ ambulance target will be missed in capital
NHS England has agreed ambulance trusts can meet ‘realistic’ response times for ‘urgent’ ambulance calls including some heart attacks and stroke this winter, citing ‘service pressures, resources and demand’.
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NewsExclusive: Darzi will highlight underinvestment in NHS managers
The imminent review of NHS performance by Lord Ara Darzi will highlight the need to invest more in NHS management and leadership, HSJ understands.
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NewsDemands on maternity services have ‘changed beyond recognition’, says NHSE director
Expectations on maternity services have “changed beyond recognition” in recent years, an NHS England director has said, admitting “status quo” staffing levels “will not be sufficient going forward”.
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NewsBlack bank staff six times more likely to be disciplined
Black British bank workers are nearly six times more likely to enter a formal disciplinary, compared to their white colleagues, NHS England analysis has found.
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NewsStreeting will ‘blame Tories for NHS failures this winter’
Wes Streeting is being “realistic” about recovering NHS performance, and failures this winter will be attributable to the previous government, he has told NHS chief executives.
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NewsNHS England names new regional director
NHS England has appointed a long-serving trust chief executive as its new regional director for the North West, it confirmed today.
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NewsIntegrated care trust to be axed within weeks
A first-of-its-kind integrated care trust – set up as part of NHS England’s “new care model” reforms – is set to be legally dissolved within weeks, with its current chief executive moving to an interim role at a nearby provider.
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NewsFive GP contracts terminated after company ‘breaches trust’ with ICB
An integrated care board has decided to terminate and retender five GP contracts after the firm which holds them was sold to private equity without the commissioners’ permission.
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NewsHospital reconfigurations ‘negatively impacting’ patients, warn government advisers
Clinical service reconfigurations are mostly driven by the “poor condition of [the] NHS estate” and a lack of staff rather than a desire to “improve clinical outcomes”, advisers to the Department of Health and Social Care have said.
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NewsService closures on hold after ministerial intervention call
An integrated care board has paused plans to reorganise hospital services after the threat of ministerial intervention.
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NewsExclusive: GPs to escalate action over contract row
GP leaders have promised to ramp up their collective action and accused some NHS England officials of wanting to “deliberately starve” general practice as their contract dispute intensifies.
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NewsNHSE and ICBs to highlight ‘resource gaps’ in wake of stabbings
NHS England is asking systems to highlight “gaps” in resources for intensive community mental healthcare in public in the wake of the Valdo Calocane stabbings.
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NewsFirst joint finance director sought by ICBs
Two integrated care boards have announced plans to recruit a shared chief finance officer, in what would be the first such move since ICBs were set up in 2022
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NewsNineteen hospitals targeted for ‘urgent support’ before winter
NHS England has revealed the hospitals it is targeting for “urgent support” to avoid deterioration in emergency care performance ahead of winter.
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NewsTrusts paying over the odds for ‘innovative’ devices
NICE has issued draft guidance on its first late-stage assesmsent of mature medical technologies It said it needs more evidence is needed to support claims that incremental innovations lead to superior products that justify an increased price Some trusts are likely paying more than necessary for heart valves, ...
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News‘Conflict of interest’ concerns over consultants hired to fix NHS finances
Concerns have been raised that consultants advising systems on savings plans could be “marking their own homework”, with many of the firms having already done similar exercises for the same organisations.
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NewsTrust investigating offensive comments by senior manager
A trust is investigating after videos emerged showing one of its senior managers making apparently racist and sexist remarks with colleagues on a work call.
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NewsTrust’s property deal hit by falling land value
The future of a high-profile NHS land sale and redevelopment deal is in question due to falling land values, HSJ can reveal.