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NewsHospital wrongly rated ‘outstanding’ for six years
A leading hospital has been stripped of its “outstanding” rating, which the Care Quality Commission says was mistakenly awarded six years ago.
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HSJ LocalInquiry delay ‘making CEOs look silly’
The lack of information given to trusts likely to be involved in a national maternity investigation due to complete this year is making leaders “look silly” in front of staff, a major trust chief executive has said.
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NewsSupplier facing strikes says its staff get ‘more stability’ than in the NHS
A major NHS supplier facing strikes next week has argued its staff enjoy “significantly better working environments” than the NHS as well as more job “stability”.
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NewsTrusts step in to pay for ‘vital’ IT system cut by NHSE
Ambulance trusts have taken on the cost of a “vital” national IT system which stops services being overwhelmed by calls, after its funding was cut by NHS England.
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NewsExclusive: Provider settles with former exec after leadership exodus
A GP federation has paid to settle an employment claim brought by a former executive director, following a string of other senior departures, HSJ has learned.
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NewsSpecialist trust appoints CEO
A specialist trust has apppointed its interim as substantive chief executive.
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HSJ LocalHospital chief leaves national NHSE role
A trust chief is unexpectedly leaving his national NHS England role leading development of the NHS App.
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NewsTrusts appoint 23-year-old director
Two trusts have appointed the “youngest non-executive director in the NHS”, they have announced.
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NewsTargets revealed for £40m bonus fund
NHS England has published the criteria trusts must meet to secure a share of a £40m elective incentives pot.
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NewsMaternity service suspended twice in two days
A major teaching trust was forced to close its maternity services to new births twice in two days, due to unsafe staffing levels, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTrust hires ex-national director as CEO
A national director who left NHS England earlier this year is returning to work as a hospital trust CEO.
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NewsHospital warned over storing bodies in car park
A hospital has been reprimanded for storing bodies in a bank of fridges in its car park.
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News‘Integration is not enough’, NHSE demands ‘credible, affordable’ local plans
New five-year plans to be drawn up by all NHS organisations this autumn must be “credible, deliverable and affordable”, and boards must actively challenge them rather than them “simply endorsing the final version”, NHS England has said.
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HSJ LocalTrust ‘concerned’ about rising C-sections
A trust rated “inadequate” for maternity services has reported what it describes as a “concerning” increase in caesarean sections to its board.
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NewsTrust appoints interim CEO
A trust whose chief executive is leaving to head up the region’s integrated care board has appointed an interim successor.
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NewsExclusive: Full cost of federated data platform to exceed £1bn
The full cost of the national federated data platform programme is set to exceed £1bn over its first seven years, HSJ can reveal for the first time.
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NewsRegulator backs six digital tools for NHS use
Six digital health platforms for cardiac rehabilitation should be made available to NHS patients, a regulator has said in one of its first recommendations under a new approach to technologies.
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HSJ LocalTrusts told to appoint joint chair but keep separate CEOs
Two neighbouring trusts should appoint a joint chair but retain separate CEOs because “recent history” means sharing executives “could prove challenging”, a major review has concluded.
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NewsThe 17 trusts missing NHSE’s new A&E handover target
More than a dozen trusts have not been meeting a new “maximum” NHS England standard through the spring and summer, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsMaternity services isolated from trust boards, watchdog warns
The safety watchdog has raised fresh concerns about NHS maternity services in a new review, warning that harm has been normalised within units that are working “in parallel” to trusts.