News – Page 92
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News‘Chaotic’ service given ‘inadequate’ rating
A hospital maternity service has dropped two ratings to ‘inadequate’ after the Care Quality Commission warned of a ‘chaotic environment’, where leaders normalised poor practices and failed to act on safety concerns.
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HSJ LocalDoctors accuse trust of ‘disrespect’ after ‘massive’ underpayment of wages
A row has broken out between a teaching trust and the British Medical Association after it emerged more than hundred doctors had been underpaid by ‘massive’ amounts over the last decade.
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NewsLabour selects trust chair as regional mayor candidate
The chair of a Nottinghamshire acute trust has been selected as the Labour candidate for elections to become the first mayor of the East Midlands.
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News‘Disappointing’ failure to boost community care revealed by internal data
A ‘disappointingly slow’ transformation of community services means thousands of mental health patients are still presenting at emergency departments within weeks of being discharged from an inpatient facility.
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HSJ LocalTrust CEO leaves to join expanding hospital group
A community trust chief executive is leaving to become the first managing director of an acute hospital which has joined an expanding provider group.
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NewsNHSE rows with royal college over ‘unhelpful’ virtual ward targets
NHS England’s virtual wards target is leading to some lower risk patients being ‘over-monitored’ in pursuit of a headline ambition ahead of winter, a leading royal college has told HSJ.
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NewsBabylon seeks to sell UK business
Babylon is looking to sell its UK business – including its 100,000 patient NHS GP practice – and may go into administration, it has announced.
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NewsConsultants name September strike dates
Medical consultants in England will strike on 19 and 20 September if the government “refuses to agree to pay talks and present a credible offer,” the British Medical Association has said.
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NewsMajor trust chief executive to step down
The chief executive of a major acute trust, who has held leadership positions in the NHS for almost two decades, has announced her resignation.
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NewsAmbulance trust expands NHS 111 footprint in ‘good deal for patients’
London Ambulance Service Trust will be providing NHS 111 services across the capital after winning a contract for the one remaining area where it did not have any involvement.
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HSJ LocalTroubled ICS reveals ‘first in England’ shake-up of structure
Cornwall’s commissioning board and two providers are set to delegate authority to two new joint committees in what local chiefs claim is a first-of-its-kind governance shake-up for the health service.
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NewsImprove medicines use to ‘balance financial plans’, ICBs told
Integrated care boards must increase efforts to improve the effective use of medicines, in part to help systems ‘deliver balanced financial plans’, NHS England has said.
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NewsTrusts set new outpatients target in waiting list push
National leaders have issued a new target to trusts in their bid to increase outpatient productivity and meet a key government commitment on elective care.
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NewsRevealed: the eight trusts in NHS England’s most challenged group
Eight trusts are in NHS England’s latest list of the most challenged organisations in terms of elective and cancer recovery, 12 months on from when the system was first introduced.
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NewsTrust given warning notice over rapid tranquillisation
A mental health trust has been served with a warning notice ordering improvements in its processes around rapid tranquillisation of patients.
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust appoints joint chair after two failed attempts
A teaching trust in Lancashire has appointed a new chair at the third attempt.
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NewsDirectors to be judged on their ability to create ‘compassionate’ cultures
NHS England has announced the first details of its ‘Leadership Competency Framework’, and revealed it will be launched this September.
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NewsInformation on directors’ fitness to lead will be added to staff record by October
NHS board directors have less than two months to challenge the information that will be gathered on their fitness to hold a leadership position and then stored on their employer’s electronic staff record as part of the overhaul of the fit and proper person test.
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NewsThink tank appoints charity boss as new CEO
The King’s Fund think tank has appointed Sarah Woolnough as its new chief executive, who will take over from Richard Murray early next year.
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NewsTrusts warned to check helipad safety after death
Trusts have been told to check the safety of their helipads after an accident in a hospital car park left a pensioner dead.