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NewsHalf of executive directors leaving scandal-hit trust
More than half the executive board members at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust are leaving in the space of a few months – leaving only two who have served at least three years.
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NewsCEO to retire after seven years
A trust chief executive has announced she is to retire later this year after 40 years working in mental health services.
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NewsScandal-hit trust loses four directors
The trust at the centre of a maternity scandal is losing four executive directors in the space of a few months.
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NewsTrust must pay £200k to whistleblower it subjected to ‘campaign of harassment’
A trust that sacked a whistleblower who had warned them about potential patient harm from a new procedure has been told to pay her more than £200,000.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Tech chiefs pin hopes on NHS App
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by correspondent Joe Talora. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsTrust names interim CEO after dropping merger plan
One of England’s smallest trusts has appointed an experienced interim chief executive for nine months while it recruits a permanent replacement.
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NewsRevealed: Impact of new payment tariff on every local system
Trusts in the south of England are expected to see a lower rate of income growth under the planned new payment tariff for 2023-24.
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NewsAmbulances ‘lose’ 55,000 hours in one week during handover delays
Hours lost to ambulance handover delays, and the numbers of ambulances waiting more than an hour outside hospitals hit new highs in the week after Christmas.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: A turning point for tech?
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsTrust CEO to leave within weeks after merger abandoned
The chief executive of England’s smallest provider will leave after its merger with a neighbouring provider was abandoned.
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NewsTrusts appoint joint CEO
Two coastal trusts embarking on a new leadership model have appointed a joint chief executive.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: How virtual outpatients saves lives
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. Written by senior correspondent Nick Carding. Contact me in confidence here.
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News‘Inadequate’ trust gets new chief executive
An experienced acute hospital executive has been appointed to lead South Central Ambulance Service Foundation Trust.
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NewsDoctors set up companies to avoid pension tax hit
More radiologists are setting up their own firms so they can do additional backlog work without risking larger pensions tax bills.
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NewsExclusive: Thousands of referrals for sick babies turned down due to lack of beds
More than 1,000 referrals to admit very sick or premature babies to neonatal units were rejected in the last year due to a lack of beds, data obtained by HSJ has revealed.
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NewsConsultant refused to carry out urgent surgery at trust facing criticism from CQC
A consultant surgeon refused to attend hospital to carry out urgent surgery at a trust which later had upper gastrointestinal surgery suspended after an unannounced Care Quality Commission visit.
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NewsTrusts get fourth chair in two years
An interim joint chair has been hired by two trusts on a six-month contract, their third appointment to the role in under two years.
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NewsRevealed: Nurses at half of South West trusts to strike in December
Nurses at half of the trusts in the South West are going on strike in mid-December, compared with just one in 10 in the South East.
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NewsFoundation trust and suspended governor urged to avoid legal battle
A judge has urged a foundation trust and the governor it has suspended to settle their differences outside the courts.
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NewsTrust moves away from ‘disturbing’ agency doctor model
A major acute trust says it plans to move away from its significant use of agency doctors from overseas, who have been reported to be working on terms and conditions far below their NHS-employed counterparts.