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NewsOnly the ‘super wealthy’ can afford to be NHS chairs
Chair and non-executive director roles are becoming harder to fill due to inadequate pay and “onerous” time commitments, research by HSJ has discovered.
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HSJ LocalFormer trust CEO reverses retirement after four months
An acute trust chief executive who retired in the spring has returned to the NHS in a senior interim role.
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NewsPrimary care excluded from drug deal because GPs and commissioners cannot be trusted
Primary care will continue to be denied access to drugs whose price has been reduced as part of a deal between government and the pharmaceutical industry because “commissioners, doctors and pharmacists” cannot be trusted with confidential information about costs, according to an NHS England letter.
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NewsDispute between trust directors triggers NHSE enforcement action
NHS England has taken formal enforcement action against a trust after expressing “significant concerns” over a “deterioration” in how its board operates.
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NewsTargets ‘too constrictive’ as health expectancy gap widens
System leaders have warned that too many nationally set targets focusing on acute trusts are “constricting” efforts to tackle widening gaps in healthy life expectancy.
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NewsAI data-sharing deal ‘breaks national guidance’
An agreement to share patient data struck between a specialist trust and a start-up company does not comply with NHS England guidance, HSJ has discovered.
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HSJ LocalTrust too ‘compassionate’ to effectively run services in-house
A trust’s “compassionate environment” would prevent it effectively managing its facilities management department, an internal report recommending the outsourcing of the service has claimed.
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NewsRevealed: the trusts with the worst summer A&E handover delays
Patients stuck in ambulances queuing outside A&Es have waited an average of over two hours at two trusts this summer, data published for the first time reveals.
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HSJ LocalICB pauses referrals to service as expansion is ‘unaffordable’
A mental health trust has stopped accepting ADHD referrals for many adults, after integrated care board chiefs warned it was “unaffordable” to expand the service due to financial pressures, HSJ understands.
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NewsProcurement checks on trusts relaxed by government
The Cabinet Office has raised the threshold for spending controls imposed on NHS trusts from £10m to £20m nearly two years after they were first introduced.
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NewsExclusive: Labour launches clearout of DHSC non-execs
The Department of Health and Social Care is recruiting three new board members amid a clearout of advisers appointed under the last government.
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NewsNHS to run seven ‘tests’ to prepare for emergencies
NHS England has told organisations to run seven ‘tests’ to prepare for emergencies after admitting “further work” is needed to improve the resilience of the health service.
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HSJ LocalInterim CEO to stay on after ‘driving improvements’ at challenged trust
The interim chief executive of one of England’s most challenged trusts has agreed to stay on for at least a year longer than originally planned.
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NewsDirector sought for £20bn new hospitals procurement programme
NHS England is hiring a new director to manage the £20bn procurement budget for the New Hospital Programme.
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NewsNHSE encourages trusts to take ‘robust action’ against staff involved in ‘civil unrest’
NHS staff must call out discrimination “whether it affects them directly or not” and trusts must take robust action where staff are involved in discriminatory behaviour “inside or outside of work”, NHS England has told local leaders.
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NewsProviders ordered to review care models after killing of three people by patient
NHS England has ordered providers to review their care models for patients with serious mental illnesses following an investigation into the killing of three people by a patient in Nottingham last June.
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HSJ LocalTroubled trust appoints interim CEO from neighbour
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust has appointed an interim chief executive from a neighbouring specialist provider, just days after the current CEO announced her departure.
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NewsHSJ Awards shortlist revealed
Five acute trusts, two mental health providers, a specialist centre and an ambulance service will battle it out for the coveted “Trust of the Year” category of the 2024 HSJ Awards.
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NewsICB sanctioned for failing to stop trusts’ over-recruitment
NHS England has issued enforcement notices to an integrated care board and four of its trusts, warning that the additional staff they have recruited are “not financially affordable”.
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NewsNHSE holds back cash support for struggling trusts
Trusts could be forced to slow down payments to suppliers and delay capital projects after NHS England restricted access to cash for providers in deficit, finance directors have warned.