All North West articles – Page 16
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NewsNorth West covid admissions climb as English hospital deaths near record low
Admissions of covid positive patients to hospitals in the North West are edging up, while continuing to fall in most other parts of England.
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HSJ LocalICS leaders quit, claiming job ‘not what we signed up for’
The relatively newly appointed leaders of a large integrated care system have announced they are stepping down, saying the task has become “significantly different from the one we were appointed to”.
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NewsInterim finance chief’s row with CCG over ‘warm words’ revealed
An interim finance director who was embroiled in a row with his former employer over whether he should be permanently appointed has lost his employment tribunal.
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HSJ LocalHospital chief: ‘If I was a man from Manchester, I’d have been a CEO 10 years ago’
A new provider chief executive says her path to the top job would have been 10 years quicker if she was male and from somewhere more fashionable than Bolton.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: How trusts compared on the NHS staff survey
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NewsSystems offered upfront cash to exceed pre-covid elective activity by 20pc
Selected health systems are being offered additional upfront funding if they commit to delivering 120 per cent of their pre-covid elective activity levels by July, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS England to set new ‘test’ for ICS structures
NHS England will be setting a ‘test’ for the various ways in which integrated care systems want to organise their governance structures, according to one of its directors.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Lessons to learn from four-year HR battle
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HSJ LocalNHSE sends improvement director into struggling acute trust
Regulators have sent an improvement director into a North West acute trust amid multiple allegations of poor care and ‘cover up’ across different specialties.
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HSJ LocalCEO of major hospital group announces departure
The chief executive of a major hospital group in Greater Manchester has announced his retirement after two years in the role.
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HSJ LocalDirector jailed after holding three full-time NHS roles simultaneously
A former finance director who simultaneously held three senior NHS positions without his employers realising has been jailed for various fraud offences.
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HSJ LocalLong-serving national and regional NHS boss to retire
One of NHS England’s regional directors and a long-serving leader at national, regional and trust level has today announced his retirement to staff.
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NewsCovid admissions began rising before pubs re-opened, new data shows
Weekly covid hospital admissions increased the day before the latest step in the government’s roadmap out of lockdown, according to analysis of NHS England data.
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HSJ LocalStruggling FT appoints new chair
A troubled acute trust in Greater Manchester has appointed a new substantive chair.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Trust reviews all specialties amid 'hidden' patient concerns
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NewsSurge of patients hit A&Es over Oxford jab clot fears
Emergency clinicians have raised concerns and called for central guidance for dealing with a rush of unnecessary A&E attendances triggered by health anxiety over the Oxford covid vaccine’s safety.
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PodcastHSJ podcast: A tale of three regions – what happened next?
After the first covid wave we took a deep dive into three regions in England – now as the third wave ebbs away we have returned once more.
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HSJ LocalConsultants blow whistle on 10,000 ‘hidden’ follow-up cases amid trust merger
An acute trust is reviewing thousands of gastroenterology cases for possible patient harm, after details emerged of an ‘extremely concerning’ list of patients who have not had follow-up appointments for up to six years since being treated.
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NewsCovid patients in hospital declining much faster in south and east than in north
The number of covid positive hospital patients is dropping almost twice as fast in the south and east than it is in the north.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: ‘Our levels of trust are a million miles away from what we need’
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