All REGIONS articles – Page 3
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NewsFive trusts accelerate move to shared leadership
A city’s five trusts have decided to “accelerate” plans to form a major £2bn hospital group, moving to a shared CEO and chair by next spring.
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NewsSystems with largest repair bills have capital budgets cut
Three integrated care systems with some of the worst maintenance backlogs have had their capital funding allocations docked due to financial underperformance, HSJ has learned.
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NewsFormer commissioning chief to chair hospitals
A trust has appointed a former commissioning chief as its new chair.
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NewsEx-council boss becomes ICB chair
An integrated care board has appointed a former council boss as its new chair.
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HSJ LocalSecond tranche of major job cuts revealed by trust
A large acute trust plans to cut more than 700 additional jobs and admits it will miss key performance targets this year due to its “unsustainable” deficit.
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NewsEx-health minister to chair trust
A former health minister has been appointed chair of a trust.
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HSJ LocalICB points to lack of government support after teenager’s suicide
Long waits for autism diagnosis and treatment – implicated in the suicide of a 17-year-old – will continue unless addressing them is given greater priority by government, an integrated care board has said.
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NewsCEO steps down from system with £305m budget hole
The chief executive of one of the country’s most financially challenged systems is stepping down after three years in the role.
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News£5m spent on deaths inquiry still years from completion
An inquiry into deaths linked to a mental health trust is not expected to report for another two years and has already cost more than £5m, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsTrust’s A&E service jumps from inadequate to good after site move
An emergency department previously criticised by inspectors has been upgraded from “inadequate” to “good” by the Care Quality Commission following its move to a new site.
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NewsRetired CEO to chair specialist trust
A long-serving trust chief executive who retired at the end of last year has become the chair of one of the UK’s best known specialist trusts.
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NewsTrust must pay £256k to director accused of ‘playing race card’
A trust found to have racially discriminated against its research director must pay him more than £256,000, a judge has ruled.
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HSJ Local‘Hasty’ hospital closure plan criticised by ICB-commissioned report
A panel set up by an integrated care board to review its plans for closing a hospital has called the proposals “hasty” and “utterly inadequate”.
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NewsICS accused of ‘systemic culture of revising plans’
The integrated care system with the biggest overspend in 2024-25 has been told it has a “systemic culture of revising plans”, in NHS England’s latest attempt at intervention.
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HSJ LocalCEO: Staff suffering ‘moral injury’ from poor estates
Staff are suffering “moral injury” as deteriorating estates disrupt their ability to provide care, a chief executive whose hospital rebuild has been delayed has warned.
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NewsTrust CEO attacks ‘devastating’ benefits cuts
Government reveals highly controversial welfare cuts Tightening PIP criteria expected to impact more than 2 million people Reforms will inflict “huge psychological damage” on disabled people, says trust CEO Controversial welfare cuts could strip support from disabled people and have a “devastating impact”, a trust chief executive has ...
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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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HSJ LocalAt least £200m needed to ‘bridge gap’ to delayed new hospital
At least £200m will be needed to maintain a London hospital’s existing estate after plans for a new site were delayed by a further five years, early estimates by the provider suggest.
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HSJ LocalTrust sticks by overtime pay cut despite harm to elective recovery
Despite the decision to cut doctors’ overtime rates slowing elective recovery at one of the service’s most challenged trusts, HSJ has learned the provider does not plan to reverse the move.
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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.