News – Page 70
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HSJ LocalTrusts told to plan for 10% cuts on top of annual savings
Trusts in Lancashire have been told to plan for a 10 per cent cut in their contract values, on top of the annual efficiency savings they were already planning for next year.
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NewsNHSE announces eight new directors
NHS England has announced 19 national clinical director appointments, eight of whom are new to the role, including for stroke and maternity services.
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NewsMinisters issue ‘unwise, unnecessary and risky’ reconfiguration rules
More details have been revealed on how and when the health secretary will be able to intervene with changes to local NHS services.
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NewsTrust overhauls leadership ahead of critical CQC report
A major hospital trust has overhauled its executive team ahead of a Care Quality Commission report which is expected to criticise its leadership.
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HSJ Local‘Special measures’ lifted from long-struggling trust
East of England Ambulance Service Trust has been removed from the support programme formerly known as special measures.
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NewsManagers fear ‘unfair’ professional regulation
More NHS managers support regulation of their roles than oppose it, despite many fearing its implementation will be unfair or disproportionate, a survey suggests.
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HSJ LocalFormer national director to chair two ICBs
A long-serving hospital leader and former NHS Improvement director will become the first to chair two neighbouring integrated care boards.
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NewsTrusts ‘unlock radical ambitions’ with move to same EPR
More than half of the acute trusts in a single region are set to move to the same electronic patient record system, a shift one of their CIOs described as a “serendipitous” opportunity for sharing staff and other resources.
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NewsTrust CEO retires with ‘very mixed emotions’
The chief executive of a major hospital trust announced her retirement due to a long-term illness today.
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NewsDoctors who worked during strike thanked by NHSE chief
Amanda Pritchard has thanked junior doctors who “returned to work to ensure minimum levels of cover” during last week’s strike, “whether or not formal patient safety mitigations were granted” by their union, along with others who helped “keep patients safe”.
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NewsOne in three trusts now share CEO or chair
More than one in three trusts in England now share their chair or chief executive with others, after a rapid growth in joint posts, HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsNHSE wants more hospital beds opened as covid and flu ‘peaks’ approach
NHS England is aiming to boost hospital bed numbers ahead of expected peaks in flu and covid in mid-January, after missing a previous beds target.
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HSJ LocalMore patients ‘now dying in A&E’ finds trust review
Ambulance handover delays and 21-hour waits for a bed in accident and emergency contributed to an increase in harm and mortality at a struggling trust, a review has found.
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NewsA&E target set to be raised, despite NHS missing lower bar
NHS England and government are set to raise their target for four-hour A&E performance, despite most hospitals failing to meet the current ask.
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NewsNHSE to catalogue ‘harm and near misses’ where BMA rejects derogations
The NHS will start recording harm caused to patients during strike action where exemptions have been rejected by the British Medical Association – amid an escalating row between the union and NHS England.
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NewsFire risk discovered at PFI hospital
An acute trust is facing years of disruption after discovering parts of its building – including cladding – pose a potential fire safety risk.
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NewsGovernment seeks £150k lead for '40 new hospitals' programme
The government is advertising for a top civil servant to permanently lead its “new hospitals” building programme, leaving it unclear whether the current director will remain in place.
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NewsTrusts ‘strongly recommended’ to stop buying their own energy
The NHS has announced it will move to buying energy centrally in a bid to cut costs, though the deal will not be mandated for trusts.
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NewsNHSE trying to ‘undermine’ doctors strike, claims BMA
NHS England has been accused of bowing to political pressure and trying to “undermine” the junior doctors strike.
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NewsNHSE claims 20% cut in long waiters before latest strikes
Trusts reduced the number of 65-week breaches by around 20 per cent and cut the overall elective waiting list between October and mid-December, according to provisional NHS England data.