All articles by Nick Kituno – Page 3
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NewsCentral staff to be cut by 50%
NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care are planning a huge cut of around 50 per cent in central staffing, NHSE has announced.
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NewsNew finance chief for region with biggest deficits
A trust leader in the North West has been appointed as the director of finance for one of the most financially challenged NHS regions.
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NewsNational medical director retires
The most senior medic in the NHS in England is stepping down.
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NewsTrust announces successor to ‘aggressive’ chair
A foundation trust whose chair resigned after a tribunal found he had unfairly forced out its former chief executive has appointed an interim successor.
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NewsICBs halt £465m tender after legal challenge
A group of integrated care boards have halted a procurement worth up to £465m, with little more than a month’s notice, after receiving legal challenges regarding its process.
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NewsICB chair hired as CEO of another system
One of England’s largest integrated care boards has appointed a new chief executive, who is currently chair of a different ICB.
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NewsCEO met ‘a great deal of resistance’ over admitting failures
A former chief executive of the Countess of Chester hospital said she faced “great resistance” over her preparations to admit its mistakes in its handling of concerns about baby deaths and the role of Lucy Letby.
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NewsCEO takes over third trust
A chief executive is taking over a third trust as part of a move to a city-wide group model.
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NewsNew health minister appointed
Ashley Dalton has been appointed as a health minister following Andrew Gwynne’s sacking at the weekend.
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NewsICB and three trusts put in ‘recovery support’
An integrated care board and its three main acute providers have been placed under “recovery support” by NHS England due to large deficits.
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News‘Basic’ gaps left trusts exposed to cyber attacks
Two recent cyber attacks that cost the NHS millions of pounds and led to patients’ data being published online could have been mitigated with basic security measures, an integrated care board has found.
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NewsChair to leave specialist trust after 16 months
The chair of a leading specialist cancer trust is stepping down after 16 months in the role.
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NewsNurse and leadership training face ‘devastating’ cuts
Trusts are urging the government to exempt NHS-related roles from controversial plans to axe funding for higher-level apprenticeships.
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NewsLowest-paid NHS staff to get emergency salary top-up
Ministers will give the lowest-paid NHS staff an emergency salary top-up to prevent them falling below the National Living Wage.
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NewsNHSE’s leadership standards ‘wordy and woolly’
The new framework which is meant to set national standards for NHS leaders has been criticised as “too wordy” and “woolly”.
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NewsFailing trust executives are not given new jobs to avoid disputes, claims Powis
NHS England does not seek to move failing executives into new jobs to avoid employment disputes, its medical director has told a public inquiry.
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NewsReforms to fix Band 8 pay gap at risk, ministers warned
Unions are warning the government it risks derailing “comprehensive” reforms to fix the Agenda for Change pay band structure, including the lack of an incentive to promotion to Band 8a.
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NewsManagers should ‘embrace’ regulation, says Letby trust CEO
NHS managers should “welcome and embrace” the introduction of professional regulation in the wake of the Lucy Letby scandal, according to the current CEO of the trust where her murders took place.
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NewsReform delayed by Treasury could have stopped Letby, says Hunt
A patient safety reform whose introduction was delayed due to concerns about cost and staffing in the Treasury and NHS could have detected Lucy Letby’s murders earlier, Jeremy Hunt has suggested.
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NewsEx-regulator chief sent into ICS facing £350m deficit
NHS England has drafted in a former national NHS chief to help improve the finances of one of the most challenged systems, which is at risk of falling £350m short of its plan by the end of the year.