All articles by Nick Kituno – Page 5
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NewsCancer treatment ‘biased against ethnic minorities’
A type of cancer treatment used in the NHS appears to be biased against non white European patients, research has found.
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NewsNew chief nursing officer named by NHS England
Duncan Burton has been appointed as the new chief nursing officer for England, it has been announced.
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CEO InterviewCEO interview: Bas Sadiq, chief executive, Homerton Healthcare Foundation Trust
This is the latest in a series of interviews with chief executives, which are available exclusively to HSJ Insight subscribers.
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NewsLongest-serving acute trust CEO steps down
The NHS’s longest-serving general acute trust chief executive has announced she is stepping down after more than 20 years.
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NewsRCN names general secretary and CEO
The Royal College of Nursing has appointed Professor Nicola Ranger as its general secretary and chief executive.
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NewsRegulator has ‘dysfunctionality at every level’, finds review
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has dysfunctionality “at virtually every level and across all directorates” — and instances of racism, bullying, and discrimination — according to an independent review of its culture.
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HSJ LocalNurses to strike over 9pm finish time
Theatre nurses who are Unite members at a major teaching trust are set to go on strike over the extension of their shift times, the trade union has announced.
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News‘Deficient’ processes and ‘poor’ safety culture found in trust review
A trust’s drugs control department was found to have a “significant under-appreciation of safety” and “a culture of unwillingness”, after it lost track of at least two bags of fentanyl.
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NewsConservatives promise to consult on disbarring managers
The Conservative Party has said it will consult on a disbarring scheme for NHS managers if it wins the general election.
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NewsLabour U-turns on pension tax after ‘NHS exodus’ threat
Labour has U-turned on plans to reintroduce the pensions lifetime allowance, which the British Medical Association said would have triggered an “exodus” of senior clinicians.
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NewsTrust’s lead governor resigns after recruitment row
A foundation trust’s lead governor has resigned and been judged by the FT to have breached its “values” and code of conduct, HSJ has learned.
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NewsPatient violence against staff falls to five-year low
The proportion of NHS staff who have experienced physical violence from patients has fallen to its lowest levels in five years, according to the latest survey data.
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News‘Most improved’ trust exits NHSE intensive support
A trust that has spent most of the past decade in regulatory “special measures” has left NHS England’s “recovery support programme”.
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NewsQuarter of minority ethnic bank staff report discrimination
Nearly one in seven NHS bank-only workers say they have been discriminated against by patients and the public in the past year, according to an NHS England survey.
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NewsRegulator chief steps down due to ill health
Andrea Sutcliffe is stepping down from her role as chief executive of the Nursing and Midwifery Council due to ill health, the watchdog has announced.
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News‘Outstanding’ trust appoints new CEO
East London Foundation Trust has announced that Lorraine Sunduza will be its new chief executive.
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NewsGovernment and junior doctors explore mediation to break ‘logjam’
Ministers and junior doctors have agreed to explore mediation in a move that could end months of strike action over pay.
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News‘Dangerous’ to rely on ringfenced inequalities funding, NHSE director warns
An NHS England lead has warned against ringfencing funding meant for systems to tackle health inequalities and has said it is “dangerous” for the NHS to get into a position where leaders only do something when told.
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NewsAcute trust to give patient groups ‘equity index’ rating in drive to tackle care inequality
Putting too much emphasis on prioritising waiting lists could become a “tick box” exercise and, therefore, not solve the “real problem” of inequalities in accessing care, a trust chief executive has said.
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NewsLead governor’s suspension over vice-chair row a ‘terrible move’
The lead governor of a foundation trust has been suspended after she criticised the handling of a recruitment process to appoint its vice chair, HSJ has discovered.