All REGIONS articles – Page 7
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Trust boss urges Sunak to avert strike action
A trust leader has written an open letter to prime minister Rishi Sunak asking him to urgently avert strike action planned by the Royal College of Nursing.
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Ministers approved two ICS salaries over £240,000
Ministers approved two integrated care systems’ requests to pay their chief executives more than £240,000, HSJ can reveal.
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NHSE’s ‘institutionalised’ firing of CEOs contributed to ‘major service failure’
An “institutionalised” and “counterproductive” system of hiring and firing trust leaders was a contributory factor to care failings which caused the death of at least 45 babies, an inquiry has concluded.
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Leading teaching trust cut from national research programme
Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust has said it is ‘extremely disappointing’ it will lose a flagship research centre worth tens of millions of pounds, after failing an application process.
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New CEO for trust beset by national controversy
One of the country’s most high-profile mental health trusts has appointed its new chief executive, four months after its existing CEO announced he was retiring.
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Serving NHSE director joins trust board
A senior NHS England figure has been appointed as a non-executive director at a struggling acute trust.
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Trust aims to move on from governance failures and ‘massive societal tension’
Leaders of a mental health trust say they are making progress to address multiple concerns over corporate governance, and moving on from the ‘massive societal tension’ around one of their key services.
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Top medical director criticised by tribunal after attempted ‘humiliation’ of sacked doctor
One of the top medical directors in the North West has been heavily criticised by an employment tribunal, after a doctor who was unfairly sacked was then offered her job back on lower pay.
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Four trusts to form single ‘board in common’
North west London’s acute trusts are set to form a single “board in common” from this autumn.
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‘Short-sighted’ NHSE contract change ‘risks reducing GP access’
A national GP contract change by NHS England risks reducing out-of-hours access over winter, unless commissioners commit to budget cuts elsewhere.
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Former regional director drafted in to oversee troubled trust
A former regional director has been drafted in to oversee a trust where a review found ‘multiple’ governance issues and ‘deep-seated’ cultural problems, HSJ has learned.
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Guy’s still fixing IT systems 10 days after heatwave crash
One of England’s largest trusts has apologised for major IT problems which it is still seeking to resolve, and said there will be an independent review into the crash.
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Trust’s future under question as specialist service shut down
NHS England is closing the current gender identity clinic for children and young people following a critical independent review, replacing it with two new services in London and the North West of England.
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Trust’s IT crash stops staff accessing patient information
An IT crash at one of the country’s largest trusts has prevented some of its staff from logging in to access patients’ medical information.
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Turnaround CEO quits trust to join health tech firm
A chief executive who led one of the country’s most challenged trusts out of special measures is leaving to join a health technology company.
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Major trust appoints hospital CEO
A major trust has appointed a permanent chief executive to one of its largest hospitals.
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ICB chair: Slimming down boards will be ‘really difficult’
NHS England is right to question whether emerging integrated care boards with large memberships can be run effectively, a system leader in the capital has said.
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CEO of trust with ‘deep-seated’ cultural and governance issues to retire
The long-serving CEO of a trust found to have ‘multiple’ corporate governance problems is stepping down after eight years at the helm.
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Retired CEO to lead trust with ‘deep-seated’ cultural problems
A trust found by a review to have ‘multiple’ corporate governance problems and ‘deep-seated’ cultural issues has appointed a recently retired chief executive as its new chair.
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Exclusive: ‘Computer error’ removed 1,800 patients from trust’s elective waiting list
A trust has discovered 1,800 patients who were removed by mistake from its elective waiting list.