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Blowing whistle on trust CEO ‘hardest thing I’ve had to do’, says his successor
A trust chief who blew the whistle on her predecessor’s ‘aggressive’ behaviour and lack of interest in patient safety says it was the hardest thing she has had to do in her career.
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Disabled staff nearly twice as likely to face performance management
Disabled NHS staff are nearly twice as likely to face formal questions over their ability to do their job than their non-disabled colleagues, an NHS England report has revealed.
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NHSE staff survey delivers damning verdict on People Directorate
NHS England’s People Directorate recorded consistently poor results across the great majority of key measures according to the organisation’s annual Staff Survey, HSJ has discovered
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Troubled acute appoints council chief as CEO
A major acute trust in the East Midlands has appointed the chief executive of the local county council to be its new chief executive.
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NHS England gives up on A&E ‘tents’ plan
NHS England has given up telling trusts to erect ‘tents’ outside emergency departments to help cope with the ambulance handover crisis, according to senior medics.
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Staff warn of ‘worsening’ culture at beleaguered trust
The culture at a long-troubled ambulance trust is ‘worsening, not improving’, its staff have told a health watchdog.
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‘One last chance to get it right’ for ‘inadequate’ trust, says chair
The chair of what may be England’s most challenged trust has rejected suggestions that it needs a ‘wholesale reorganisation’ but said it is on its ‘last chance to get it right’.
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Retired CEO to lead trust with ‘deep-seated’ cultural problems
A trust found by a review to have ‘multiple’ corporate governance problems and ‘deep-seated’ cultural issues has appointed a recently retired chief executive as its new chair.
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New NHSE regional director appointed
Clare Panniker has been appointed as the new NHS England regional director for the East of England, HSJ has learned.
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Nearly half of trust’s beds filled by patients fit to be discharged
A chief executive has described her ‘considerable regret’ that growing difficulty in discharging patients has resulted in nearly half of her trust’s inpatients being clinically ready to leave.
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Deputy chief gets England’s biggest hospital job
UPDATED: The deputy chief executive of Barts Health Trust has been promoted to be joint CEO of the trust and its neighbour, one of the biggest jobs in the English hospital system.
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Trusts resist visiting rule after ‘Javid threatens to call CEOs’
Local clinical leaders are continuing to question pressure from government and NHS England to relax covid-19 visiting restrictions.
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Trust hit by £2m penalty due to broken roof in ‘toughest year’ for funding
A well-regarded foundation trust expects to lose £9m for missing elective recovery targets in 2022-23, £2m of which is because it needs to close theatres to fix a dangerous roof.
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Five charged after alleged ill-treatment of stroke patients at NHS hospital
Three nurses and two healthcare assistants have been charged after an investigation into ill-treatment of stroke patients at a Lancashire hospital.
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Big rise in delayed GP referrals sparks safety warning
A big rise in GP referrals being deferred because no appointment slots are available, in the wake of the covid pandemic, has sparked concerns that patients are going undiagnosed and missing out on the correct treatment.
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Thousands of clinicians ‘unable to work’ after registration blunder
Thousands of physiotherapists have been left unable to work after they accidentally failed to reregister with the Health and Care Professions Council, HSJ has been told.
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ICS set to miss July two-year waiters target by 860 patients
One of England’s most challenged integrated care systems is set to miss by more than 800 patients the government’s target of eliminating two-year elective waits by July.
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New national tech chiefs named
Two tech chiefs will lead national digital strategy and policy teams, staff have been told, after former NHSX CEO Matthew Gould announced he was standing down to do some new “priority work” for Amanda Pritchard.
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‘Staff holidays’ delay death review by up to nine months
A coroner has expressed ‘serious concern’ after a trust-wide safety review – prompted by the death of a young mother – was delayed by up to nine months due to ‘staff holidays’.
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Struggling system asks NHSE for help with ambulance handovers
Health leaders in Lincolnshire have admitted they do not have a ‘robust’ response to managing the risks posed by ambulance handover delays and poor response times.