News – Page 31
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NewsTrust ‘could force us out of business’, claims PFI firm
A private finance initiative company has warned it may go bust if a trust imposes any more fines after “severe” fire safety defects were found at its community hospital run by the firm.
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NewsClinical space ‘increased by 34 hospitals’ in under a decade
NHS England has increased clinical space by the equivalent of 34 general acute hospitals in less than a decade, it has revealed.
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NewsTrust sued over £65m EPR procurement
A trust has been taken to the High Court by a technology firm which claims it broke procurement law in how it evaluated competing bids for a £65m contract for an electronic patient record system.
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NewsTrusts to appoint joint CEO and chair in bid to stem delayed discharges
Two trusts have agreed to appoint a joint chair and chief executive after reviewing “collaboration and integration” across the patch.
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NewsFour-year waits to register with NHS dentist revealed
People across Devon and Cornwall are often waiting around four years to register with an NHS dentist, according to information collected by an integrated care board.
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NewsRegulator steps up inspections after ‘severe’ mortuary failings
Hospital mortuaries are to face more unannounced inspections because of growing concerns over serious failings.
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NewsICS jobs ‘devaluing public health’, say directors
Integrated care system population health lead roles are causing “inefficient working” and sometimes “poorer care and outcomes”, public health directors have claimed.
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NewsThree ICSs responsible for a quarter of very long diagnostic waits
Just three integrated care systems were responsible for nearly one in four 13-week waits for key diagnostic tests in recent months, HSJ analysis of official data has found.
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NewsNew CQC chief confirmed
Sir Julian Hartley, current chief executive of NHS Providers, is being confirmed today as the new CEO of embattled regulator the Care Quality Commission, HSJ has learned.
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NewsUse ‘management discipline’ to keep squeezing pay bill, says NHSE
Trusts and systems must keep squeezing pay costs as winter approaches — despite them cutting around 16,000 posts in the past five months — NHS England has urged.
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NewsSenior manager who made offensive comments leaves trust
A senior manager who apparently made sexist and racist remarks on a work video call with colleagues has left the trust involved after an investigation.
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NewsCan independent healthcare providers fix the NHS?
The NHS is in deep trouble – that’s according to Lord Darzi, who recently published an excoriating review of the health service at the new government’s request.
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HSJ LocalExperienced leader chosen to replace 40-year CEO
A trust chief executive with more than 30 years’ experience in healthcare has been chosen to replace one of the longest-serving leaders the NHS has seen.
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News‘Offer GPs the consultant contract’ to reform primary care
GPs should be “brought into the NHS” by being offered the chance to be employed under the consultant contract, according to one of the country’s leading trust chief executives.
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NewsLocal leaders should run NHSE regions, suggest trust CEOs
NHS England’s regional leadership should largely constitute senior executives seconded from local NHS organisations, some of the country’s leading trust CEOs have suggested.
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NewsMajor diagnostics review kicked into long grass
There are “no plans to publish” a much-anticipated NHS England review of diagnostic services that had been expected this month, a government source has told HSJ.
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NewsFormer executive returns to chair same trust
A mental health trust has hired a new chair, who previously worked as its deputy chief executive and interim CEO.
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News£10m supplier ‘cancelled NHS contracts with six hours’ notice’
A patient transport firm serving two major teaching hospital groups gave its customers just six hours’ notice it was stopping services, the trusts said.
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NewsNHS England director warns ‘we can’t surge beds and capacity’ this winter
An NHS England director has warned the health service will not be able to create the same extra capacity used to get through winter in previous years, adding to concerns about performance and safety pressures in coming months.
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NewsICBs told to fix ‘substantial gaps’ in whistleblowing support
Integrated care boards have been told to rectify the “substantial gaps” in reporting through Freedom to Speak Up in primary care.