Nick Kituno
Nick is a correspondent who joined HSJ in July 2019. He covers north London as well as employment (including pay/terms/pensions, leadership, culture), EDI, and health inequality. He has been writing about outcomes for minority ethnic patients and other health inequalities during the covid crisis. Before joining HSJ, Nick was a local news reporter in south London for nearly two years.
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- nick.kituno@wilmingtonhealthcare.com
News‘Short-sighted’ NHSE contract change ‘risks reducing GP access’
A national GP contract change by NHS England risks reducing out-of-hours access over winter, unless commissioners commit to budget cuts elsewhere.
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Exclusive: Delays to pension payments after surge in retirements
The body which handles NHS pensions is struggling to process applications on time after a 50 per cent increase in retirements from the service.
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Former regional director drafted in to oversee troubled trust
A former regional director has been drafted in to oversee a trust where a review found ‘multiple’ governance issues and ‘deep-seated’ cultural problems, HSJ has learned.
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Guy’s still fixing IT systems 10 days after heatwave crash
One of England’s largest trusts has apologised for major IT problems which it is still seeking to resolve, and said there will be an independent review into the crash.
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Trust’s future under question as specialist service shut down
NHS England is closing the current gender identity clinic for children and young people following a critical independent review, replacing it with two new services in London and the North West of England.
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Trust’s IT crash stops staff accessing patient information
An IT crash at one of the country’s largest trusts has prevented some of its staff from logging in to access patients’ medical information.
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Turnaround CEO quits trust to join health tech firm
A chief executive who led one of the country’s most challenged trusts out of special measures is leaving to join a health technology company.
- Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: Fight, or walk
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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CEOs could get £30,000 bonus for joining troubled trusts
Senior managers could be paid one-off bonuses to take over the most troubled NHS organisations, according to draft proposals being considered by government and NHS England.
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Exclusive: NHSE appoints joint equality lead
NHS England has appointed a major trust’s chief people officer as its new joint director of equality, diversity and inclusion, HSJ has learned.
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Updated: NHSE confirms £2bn extra pay bill will dent investment
Investment in diagnostics and new technology will be hit by the government’s decision to increase NHS pay above the 3 per cent budgeted for 2022-23, NHS England has said.
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Major trust appoints hospital CEO
A major trust has appointed a permanent chief executive to one of its largest hospitals.
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ICB chair: Slimming down boards will be ‘really difficult’
NHS England is right to question whether emerging integrated care boards with large memberships can be run effectively, a system leader in the capital has said.
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Ministers opposed 48 manager pay deals worth £150,000+ in last three years
Ministers have opposed nearly 50 proposed pay deals for top NHS managers in the last three years – but were only able to block four of them – figures obtained by HSJ have shown.
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Javid hires new patient safety watchdog
The government has lined up a former national guardian for the NHS as the country’s first patient safety commissioner.
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Over half of ethnic minority NHS leaders consider quitting due to racism
Just over half of senior ethnic minority leaders have considered leaving the NHS due to experiencing workplace racism, a survey shared with HSJ suggests.
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Government plans ‘single set of management standards’ for the NHS
A government review of health and care leadership has recommended a single set of ‘core leadership and management standards’ for NHS managers.
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Cancer recovery target will be missed, says national leader
The NHS will miss its target to return cancer treatment waits to pre-covid levels by next March, a national cancer leader has said.
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Revealed: Trusts where most staff withhold disability status
More than half the staff at eight trusts have either refused or failed to declare whether they consider themselves ‘disabled’, an HSJ analysis has found.
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Disabled staff nearly twice as likely to face performance management
Disabled NHS staff are nearly twice as likely to face formal questions over their ability to do their job than their non-disabled colleagues, an NHS England report has revealed.
