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NewsDelays to new hospital could add £800m to project’s cost, trust warns
The accumulated cost of delays to a new hospital building at Leeds General Infirmary could now total as much as £800m following the project’s opening being pushed back again by ministers last month, the trust’s chief executive has warned.
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NewsRevealed: Roof leaks and derelict buildings at hospitals with most empty space
More than 10,000 square metres of hospital space is being left vacant across some of England’s largest hospitals because of disrepair and decay.
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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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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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HSJ LocalICB pays consultants £230,000 to help it escape deficit
An integrated care board has hired external consultants in a bid to improve its finances, and support one of its trusts to exit the highest rung of national oversight.
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HSJ LocalCEO criticises ‘hugely disappointing’ CQC delay amid downgrade
A trust has criticised what it called “hugely disappointing” delays to a Care Quality Commission inspection report, in which one of its hospitals was downgraded.
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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.
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NewsFormer nurse appointed as interim CEO
A trust whose chief executive is retiring after 40 years in the NHS has appointed an interim successor.
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NewsICB chief to retire to make way for ‘new era’
The chief executive of one of England’s largest health systems has announced his retirement.
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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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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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News1,500 patients may need retest over potential results error
Hundreds of patients are being contacted over potentially incorrect results at a second NHS trust, as more laboratories report concerns over diabetes tests, HSJ understands.
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NewsBMA accuses trust of ‘gambling’ with overtime pay cut
The British Medical Association has accused a large hospital trust of “gambling” with doctors’ pay rates, and entered a formal dispute with the organisation.
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NewsAcute chair and CEO take over at community provider
The chief executive and chair of a North West acute trust are taking over a neighbouring community provider, the organisations have confirmed.
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NewsRegional staffing gap grows by 70%
The gaps in coverage of mental health staff between regions have grown significantly in the past 14 years, researchers have pointed out.
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NewsNurse leader ‘pressed execs to call police over Letby’
A nursing leader called on Countess of Chester executives to inform the police over concerns about Lucy Letby earlier than they did, she told the public inquiry into the events.
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HSJ LocalChair to leave trust facing deaths inquiry
The chair of a scandal-hit mental health trust is set to leave at the end of the year, HSJ has learned.
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NewsCity’s five trusts to form £2bn ‘group’
A city’s five acute and specialist trusts have agreed to form a major £2bn hospital “group”.
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HSJ LocalICB chair steps down to join double-merger trust
An integrated care board chair is leaving her role to join an integrated trust in the West Country, it has been announced.
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NewsFinance chief seconded from NHSE to lead two trusts
An NHS England finance director recently appointed chief executive of a North West acute trust will now also take over at a neighbouring community provider.