All North West articles – Page 7
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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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NewsRevealed: 14 ICBs cutting spend on the third sector
Nearly half of all integrated care boards are due to cut their spending on voluntary, community and social enterprise services this financial year, HSJ analysis suggests.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Winter returns with a vengeance
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe
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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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NewsAmbulance handover delays surge in the north and Midlands
Long ambulance handover delays have surged in the Midlands, the North West, and the North East and Yorkshire as the winter emergency care crisis deepens, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsRegion targets prescription cuts under ‘enormous financial pressure’
All but one of a region’s integrated care boards have stopped prescribing gluten-free products to save money, with a charity saying the move will exacerbate inequalities and risk “debilitating symptoms”.
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NewsHSJ’s most read finance stories of 2024
Read on to discover the 10 finance stories that most captured HSJ’s readers’ attention in 2024.
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NewsHSJ’s most read integrated care stories of 2024
Discover HSJ’s 10 most read integrated care articles of 2024, highlighting the year’s key developments and insights
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NewsHSJ’s 10 most read stories of 2024
As another year draws to a close, we take a look back at HSJ’s 10 most read articles of 2024
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NewsTrust appoints sector’s only minority ethnic CEO
A longstanding executive has been appointed to lead an ambulance service, making him the sector’s only chief executive with a minority ethnic background.
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HSJ LocalCEO’s bullying claims are ‘outright lies’, says chair
An acute trust chair has claimed its former chief executive – who is accusing him of bullying and harassment – put on “an act” of being distressed by his actions.
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NewsLetby trust CEO ‘was fit and proper’, claims chair
The former chair of the Countess of Chester Hospital said its then chief executive did not meet the threshold for failing a “fit and proper person” test, despite criticism of his treatment of paediatricians and their concerns about Lucy Letby.
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News‘Targeted cyber security issue’ to disrupt hospital for a week
Disruption caused by a “targeted cyber security issue” on a district general hospital is likely to go on for at least a week, it has said.
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NewsLetby trust director regrets not telling police sooner
A medical director at the trust where Lucy Letby worked has admitted “we got things wrong” and regrets not informing the police sooner, an inquiry has been told.
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NewsChair’s ‘insidious’ bullying ‘drove out trust CEO’
An acute trust’s former chief executive was driven out by “manipulative and insidious” bullying by its current chair, she has told a tribunal.
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News‘I acted in good faith’ says Letby trust CEO
A former trust chief executive at the centre of the Lucy Letby scandal has defended his actions, stating both he and other executives were “acting in good faith”.
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NewsDeparting CEO given £120,000 back pay
A trust chief executive was given £120,000 in back pay and a total £380,000 in salary payments shortly before leaving the role, it has emerged.
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NewsC difficile rates hit 13-year high
C difficile cases rose to their highest level in more than a decade, official data published this month shows.
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NewsFinance director replaces long-serving CEO
A trust whose long-serving chief executive left to become an NHS England regional director has appointed her successor.
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NewsTrust abandons £65m EPR procurement after legal challenge
Trust in the North West reverses decision to award EPR contract to its preferred bidder after a legal challenge Says it abandoned the procurement rather than face cost and disruption of litigation It has yet to decide how it will proceed with procuring a new EPR An NHS ...