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NewsRevealed: First trust CEO to receive £300,000 base salary
Many of the highest paid trust chiefs now have two executive roles, including the first permanent NHS CEO to be paid a base salary of more than £300,000 a year, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NewsFour in five trusts yet to reach digitisation target
Only one in five trusts has reached the level of digitisation required by 2025 – more than three years after the target was set, tech chiefs have revealed.
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NewsHospitals re-impose visiting restrictions amid soaring covid pressures
Several hospital trusts have re-introduced restrictions on patient visitors as covid-19 infections soar in their areas.
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NewsCovid infections caught in hospital rise by a third in one week
The number of people likely to have caught covid-19 in NHS hospitals in England has risen by more than a third in the last week.
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NewsThousands of NHS staff excluded from race equality standard
Thousands of the lowest paid workers in the NHS are being excluded from data collected for the NHS workforce race equality standard, potentially skewing trusts’ results, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCoronavirus hospital plans paused over potential lack of demand
NHS England has paused a decision on a temporary hospital for coronavirus patients in the north east due to concerns over lack of projected demand, HSJ understands.
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NewsTwo-thirds of trusts failing to protect staff from violence
Around two-thirds of NHS providers were found to be breaking laws aimed at protecting staff from violence and aggression, when inspected by the Health and Safety Executive, information released to HSJ reveals.
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NewsNamed: The trusts receiving new cash for scanners
The trusts in line to receive £200m for upgrading cancer screening equipment from the government have been announced.
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NewsTrust could borrow from local councils to fund reconfiguration bid
A foundation trust could use money borrowed from two local councils to fund multimillion pound reconfiguration plans.
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NewsTwenty big NHS building projects that need Boris’ cash
With the new prime minister poised to announce NHS building projects, HSJ has identified 20 of the most significant hospital infrastructure schemes that require big injections of capital funding, often to address pressing problems with care quality.
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NewsThree never events in one month spark probe
Investigations have been launched after three “never events” were recorded in one month at a north east acute trust.
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NewsRevealed: The trusts failing to meet national efficiency targets
NHS trusts continue to miss targets aimed at helping hospitals spend millions of pounds more effectively, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsSome DGH chiefs paid more than CEOs at largest trusts
Fifteen trust chief executives were paid at yearly rates of more than £250,000 last year, including several in the north east running district general hospitals, according to HSJ analysis.
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NewsExclusive: Major incident as hospital waste collections halted
More than 20 NHS trusts must store clinical waste, including human remains, at their premises for up to a fortnight after their scandal-hit contractor stopped collecting waste last week, prompting a major incident.
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NewsTrusts move clinical waste contracts to new provider after stockpiling scandal
Fifteen NHS trusts have transferred their clinical waste management contracts to another provider, after it emerged a key supplier to the NHS was stockpiling human body parts and other dangerous waste.
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HSJ LocalHealth secretary backs hospital reconfiguration plans
The health and social care secretary has backed NHS plans for a major reconfiguration of acute hospital services.
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HSJ LocalMajor reconfiguration aims to ease financial pressure
Leaders in the north east are drawing up plans to shake up emergency and elective care services as part of a second wave of hospital reconfiguration due for consultation next year.
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HSJ LocalLeaders of alliance trusts agree to full merger
Leaders of two acute hospital trusts have agreed to go ahead with plans to merge into one organisation.
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HSJ LocalNHS leaders warn of 'significant risks' of blocking reconfiguration
Health leaders in the North East have warned councillors of the “significant risk” to protecting patient safety if they seek to block a reconfiguration of “vulnerable” acute services.
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NewsIn full: Pathology network proposals
HSJ approached the 29 pathology networks proposed by NHS Improvement to ask if local trusts had signed up. In most cases the proposed “hub” trust was able to answer on behalf of its network.