News – Page 79
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News‘Excess deaths’ due to A&E delays rise by nearly a third in one year
Long waits in A&E departments may have caused around 30,000 ‘excess deaths’ last year, according to new estimates.
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NewsNHSE’s ambulance lead joins trust board
NHS England’s lead for ambulance services and other ‘out-of-hospital urgent and emergency care’ is leaving to take up a deputy chief executive role in the ambulance sector.
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NewsDirector drafted in to £120m deficit trust as part of NHSE rescue deal
An acute trust facing a potential £120m deficit has appointed an interim finance director from a specialist provider on a one-year secondment.
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NewsBMA seeks consultants’ strike extension
Medical consultants in England are being re-balloted on extending their mandate for industrial action, even as the British Medical Assocation remains in talks with the government over resolving the dispute.
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NewsStruggling trust CEO says provider has ‘turned dial’ following care scandals
A mental health trust at the centre of several care scandals has ‘turned the dial’ on improvement, its chief executive has said, following the Care Quality Commission noting some progress but retaining a ‘requires improvement’ rating.
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HSJ LocalSystem ‘resisting change’ and lacking skills for financial recovery, says CEO
A chief executive has said his system’s financial recovery is being hampered by staff who are resistant to change, with too many people lacking the right skills and experience.
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NewsUpdated: Subco staff may get bonus after government U-turn
Staff in NHS subsidiary companies may be eligible for a centrally-funded bonus this year, government has said, just days after stating they would not.
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NewsNHS pension contribution rates cut for the highest earners
Government has revealed changes to the contribution rates for the NHS pension scheme, including a reduction in the percentage paid by top earners.
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NewsLabour policy figure to chair three trusts
An influential left-wing policy figure is set to chair three community and mental health trusts.
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NewsStevens hits out at raft of ‘pound foolish’ government decisions
‘Chronic short-termism’ by government is undermining the nation’s ability to respond to another pandemic, a previous NHS England chief executive has said.
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NewsPritchard warns strikes threaten elective targets and safety
NHS England boss Amanda Pritchard has warned that meeting key elective recovery targets to eliminate 65-week waiters by March and ensure the waiting list is falling by next year is becoming “increasingly challenging”.
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HSJ LocalTop trust CEO quits for overseas job less than two years into role
A former HSJ top chief executive has announced he is leaving the NHS after accepting a job in Australia, less than two years into his current role.
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NewsHospital management criticised over helipad death
A trust failed to identify risks associated with a helipad in one of its car parks, contributing to the death of an elderly woman who was blown over as a heavy search and rescue helicopter came into land.
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NewsSpecialised delegation delayed again for largest ICBs
Several of the largest integrated care boards will not be given responsibility for specialised services – as was previously planned — in April next year, they have said.
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NewsJohnson claims ‘NHS failure to grip discharges forced lockdown’
Boris Johnson has claimed he was ‘forced… to lock down the country… because the NHS and social services had failed to grip… delayed discharges’, it has emerged.
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HSJ LocalInquiry into 2,000 deaths may expand scope due to ‘ongoing concerns’
A statutory inquiry into the deaths of around 2,000 mental health patients could be expanded because of ‘ongoing concerns’ about the safety of services, the inquiry’s new chair has said.
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NewsDHSC defends contract award to minister's ex-colleague
A consultancy contract awarded to a health minister’s former colleague without being tendered was above the value threshold that would normally require a competitive process, HSJ has learned.
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NewsHunt tech adviser calls for ‘new central investment’
The NHS requires a ‘new central investment’ to achieve digital maturity and realise the potential of emerging technologies, according to the person who was commissioned by Jeremy Hunt to examine the issue in 2015.
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HSJ LocalNHS England lead named CEO of challenged trust
A former trust chief who has been working for NHS England on elective recovery is leaving to become CEO of an acute provider in one of England’s most challenged systems.
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News‘Short termism’ is undermining NHS savings and safety, warns CEO
The government must allow health systems to plan their finances over a longer period to help deliver ‘real’ savings by rationalising services, says a leading chief executive.