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NewsFormer CEO to chair trust at centre of bullying allegations
A former trust and integrated care system chief executive has been appointed as the chair of a hospital provider grappling with high-profile bullying concerns.
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NewsBlock on data sharing contributed to death
A failure to share medical information between IT systems contributed to the death of a man in prison custody, a coroner has concluded.
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CEO InterviewCEO interview: Alex Whitfield, chief executive, Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust
This is the latest in a series of interviews with provider chief executives, which are available exclusively to HSJ Insight subscribers.
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NewsRevealed: One in seven callers could not reach GP in worst-performing ICS
People attempting to contact their GP practice are almost three times as likely to report failing to get through in some integrated care systems than others, according to NHS England-commissioned data.
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NewsExclusive: Regions most in need of doctors still missing out under NHS workforce plan
The regions with the greatest need for more medical trainees are benefiting the least from the early years of the NHS workforce plan, HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsRevealed: Trust’s plan to offer ‘ethical’ private ops in new NHS-funded unit
A trust is considering offering private operations in its new NHS-funded elective centre, which would be “positioned in an ethical way”, board papers reveal.
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NewsContamination risk may cost trust £50m a year
A trust could face a £50m yearly bill for outsourcing preparation of chemotherapy drugs, after external inspections raised concern about a leaking roof and other infection risks.
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NewsTrust takes over private hospital
A successful acute trust has bought a private hospital for just under £10m to increase elective capacity.
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NewsFirst time trust CEO quits suddenly after two years
The chief executive of an acute trust has stepped down to spend more time with her family and to return to education.
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NewsFamilies must prove trust caused death of babies, despite inquiry’s damning conclusions
The man who led an independent investigation into poor maternity care at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust has called for a “more compassionate approach” to grieving families who are still battling for compensation.
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News£6bn deficit warning sparks ‘horrible’ demands for nationwide cuts
Local NHS organisations are facing intense “pressure” from NHS England’s national and regional teams to cut staffing numbers to improve the service’s financial outlook for 2024-25.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: ‘Our son was not a learning opportunity’
HSJ is now hosting the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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NewsDecade long battle ends with decision on cancer services
Children’s cancer services in London and the south east will be hosted by Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust, NHS England has announced, following more than a decade of safety concerns surrounding the current model.
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NewsICB warned of ‘large financial risk’ from HCA wage claim
NHS organisations across Surrey are to review healthcare assistants’ pay in the face of potential strike action at one trust.
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NewsExclusive: Australian AI firm set to win key NHS AI contracts
An Australian tech firm, which is partly backed by one of China’s richest people, is set to win the majority of contracts to deploy new AI diagnosis tools across the NHS, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingMental Health Matters: Trouble in the Black Country
HSJ’s briefing covering safety, quality, performance and finances in the mental health sector, by senior correspondent Annabelle Collins — contact me in confidence.
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News2,500 missing waiters push back ICS’s elective target
Two acute trusts in the same integrated care system have discovered nearly 2,500 “missing” elective waiters, meaning it has abandoned a local target for reducing 65-week waiters.
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NewsTrusts offered up to £4m to make last-ditch attempt on A&E target
NHS England has confirmed new financial incentives for trusts to deliver strong performance against the four-hour emergency target this month.
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NewsPatients exposed to excess radiation by out-of-date radiology device
Patients are being exposed to radiation doses at the “upper limit of safe” because a hospital is relying on a radiology machine three years after its “end of life” with a substandard second-hand part.
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NewsNHSE director joins trust as ‘chief officer’
An NHS England national director has been hired to lead a major hospital grappling with severe financial problems.