News – Page 100
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NewsICBs say ‘chaotic’ services for refugees are fault of Home Office
A northern integrated care board has criticised the Home Office for sending asylum seekers at “very short notice” to their area and failing to provide adequate funding for their health and care.
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NewsNational rollout of crucial systems will reach just 20 trusts in two years
The NHS’s rollout of inventory management systems will reach just 20 trusts in its first two years, despite an internal report saying these systems are the best way to make savings and improve efficiency in supply chains.
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NewsICS gets new boss after eight-month wait
A new chair has been announced for South West London Integrated Care Board, eight months after his predecessor quit following a row over a ‘toxic’ working environment.
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NewsWatchdog hits out at DHSC ‘ambiguity and delay’
The national patient safety commissioner has hit out at government for failing to confirm her budget a month into the financial year, warning that she is ‘incredibly limited’ in what she can achieve.
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NewsSloman and Ferris to leave NHS England
Two top-level NHS England directors have announced they are leaving the organisation after about two years in their current posts.
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NewsThousands of NHS-funded appointments still carried out by unaccredited practitioners
Thousands of NHS-funded talking therapy sessions are still being carried out by unaccredited practitioners every month, despite NHS England trying to stop the practice for at least five years.
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NewsCEOs asked to ‘shape future of the NHS’ by speaking to staff and systems
Trust and system chief executives have been asked to hold engagement sessions this month to contribute to an ‘NHS@75’ report on the future of the NHS.
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NewsSafety reporting overhaul faces fresh delay, despite Barclay’s ‘personal interest’
Fresh concerns have been raised about the launch of the national incident reporting system, despite Steve Barclay taking a ‘personal interest’ in hitting the tight timetable, HSJ has learned.
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NewsStaff will get pay deal uplift in ‘summer’
The government will implement the pay deal it has agreed with Agenda for Change unions, with staff due to receive payments in the summer, it has announced.
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NewsMore than half of ICSs lack ‘crucial’ health management systems
More than half of integrated care systems do not have a fully developed population health management system, despite this being a ‘core aim’, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsUnion majority set to back pay deal
A majority of the NHS Staff Council is set to support the Agenda for Change pay deal agreed between unions and government, HSJ understands.
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News‘Key senior leader’ sought to head up new DHSC and NHSE digital policy unit
The Department of Health and Social Care is seeking a “key senior leader” to advise the health secretary on digital, data and innovation.
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NewsSix systems pulled up by NHSE over poor cancer diagnosis performance
NHS England has demanded recovery plans from six systems with a poor record on delivering urgent cancer checks.
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News‘Torch bearer for values’ made trust CEO
A specialist trust has appointed a new CEO after its previous leader left to become the national emergency care chief.
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NewsHospital to send hundreds of births elsewhere
The trust at the centre of a maternity scandal is trying to reduce the number of births at its main maternity units by 650 a year following a highly critical Care Quality Commission visit.
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NewsDiscrimination ‘biggest cause of staff leaving’
Discrimination and inequality are bigger factors for staff wanting to leave acute trusts than burnout, new analysis of this year’s NHS staff survey has found.
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NewsCQC appoints chief inspector of integrated care
The Care Quality Commission has appointed an interim chief inspector of adult social care and integrated care.
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NewsNursing strike cut short following court order
Next week’s nurses strike will now end on bank holiday Monday – one day earlier than planned – following a High Court decision that it could not run into Tuesday.
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NewsNHSE chief to depart for Middle Eastern tech firm
The NHS’s director for innovation and life sciences is leaving his job for a role with an Israeli technology firm, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNAO alerted over impact of Barclay’s delay in signing off CQC board appointments
The Care Quality Commission has been unable to appoint any new non-executive directors for months because of delays in ministerial sign-off, leading to the regulator flagging its concerns about the potential impact on its governance with the National Audit Office.