News – Page 68
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NewsNamed: the twelve projects given go-ahead by New Hospital Programme
Twelve hospital building projects have received permission to proceed, despite an ongoing review into the wider New Hospital Programme.
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NewsSystem sees clean sweep of CEO departures in 14 months
The retirement of a long-serving trust chief executive has meant a system has seen all four CEOs of its providers and integrated care board step down in little over a year.
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NewsStreeting urged to stop ICB plans to ‘erode’ local authority influence
A county council is to ask the health and social care secretary to intervene over the proposed overhaul of its local integrated care board’s operating model.
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NewsICB chief takes early retirement
An integrated care board chief executive is retiring after eight years in top commissioning roles.
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NewsNational medical tech lead appointed after two-year gap
NHS England has appointed its first substantive chief clinical information officer since 2022.
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NewsGovernment must take ‘more control’ of NHSE, says ex-minister
NHS England’s status as an independent body has “gone too far” and needs to be reined in by government, a recent ex-minister has said.
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NewsRevealed: Staff must now pay to park at five in six hospitals
Only around 15 per cent of England’s 140 acute and specialist trusts are still offering free car parking for staff, HSJ analysis has found.
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NewsLeaders ‘challenging CQC inspectors’ are ‘normalising’ poor care
Failings identified in high-profile maternity scandals are “widespread” across many hospitals and poor care is being “normalised” by leaders, the Care Quality Commission has warned.
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NewsTrust-owned GP provider doubles in size despite ‘NHS rulebook’
A foundation trust’s GP provider has grown rapidly in the past year to become one of the largest in England, its team has told HSJ.
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NewsLetby managers: We weren’t slow to act
Former senior managers at the Countess of Chester Hospital have told the public inquiry into murders of babies that “given the information with which we were provided, we acted appropriately at the time”.
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NewsThree local NHS CEOs join NHS England as directors
Two integrated care board chief executives and a trust CEO have been appointed as part-time national directors at NHS England.
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NewsI’ll reject ‘status quo’ proposals, Streeting warns officials
Wes Streeting has warned NHS England and departmental officials he will reject any proposals ”that suggest sticking with the status quo, or bids for more money without reform”.
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NewsCutting hospital staff won’t help productivity, says ICB chief
The leader of an integrated care board has dismissed a “narrative” that the NHS can become more productive by cutting hospital staff numbers.
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NewsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2024 winners announced
The winners of the HSJ Patient Safety Awards 2024 were revealed last night at Manchester Central Convention Complex, marking the end of another highly competitive year for the event.
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NewsDoctors vote to end historic pay dispute
Junior doctors have voted to accept the government’s latest pay offer – bringing to an end a bitter dispute which lasted nearly two years and saw 44 days of strikes.
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NewsTrusts told to report harm from ‘unacceptable’ corridor care
NHS England has told trusts to monitor patient harm caused by corridor care this winter – admitting it is happening regularly in some areas despite being “unacceptable”.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in July 2024, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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News£10bn NHS medtech spend undermined by ‘lack of data’, warns DHSC director
The lack of information about the performance and value for money of medtech products is leading to ineffective procurement and wasting scarce NHS funding, a senior government official has told HSJ.
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NewsRevealed: ICBs which cut staff by a fifth in 12 months
Several integrated care boards have cut their staffing by up to a fifth in a single year – after being asked to reduce management costs – but significant variation exists, HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsICB told to scrap contract after string of errors
An integrated care board made several errors in the way it contracted an NHS trust to manage Continuing Care services without a full competition, regulators have found.