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NewsNHSE ‘bringing in staff without due process’
NHS England’s internal whistleblowing champions raised concerns that the organisation is bringing in staff “without due process”.
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NewsCEO drafted in to lead trust out of hospital group
A new chief executive has been appointed to oversee Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Foundation Trust’s departure from its troubled group with Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust.
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NewsEx-minister would sack half of managers he has met ‘in a heartbeat’
An ex-health minister has said he would sack half of the NHS managers he has met “in a heartbeat” for not being good enough.
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NewsTrusts name new CEO after group split
A hospital group has appointed a new chief executive a month after its wider group, with a neighbouring trust, unravelled.
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News‘Summary dismissal’ warning for record snoopers
Staff facing a case to answer for snooping on patient records should be rapidly suspended, and “summary dismissal” will “usually” be appropriate for those found guilty, NHS England has said.
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CommentManagers suffer racism too
New evidence shows racism is driving ethnic minority NHS managers towards the exit, highlighting the urgent need for accountable, evidence-based action
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NewsCEO who left for Gibraltar joins struggling trust
A leading trust chief executive who left the NHS to run Gibraltar’s health system has returned as an interim appointment at one of England’s largest providers.
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News‘Angry’ trust CEO warns staff about racist abuse of director
The chief people officer of a leading hospital trust has been subjected to “racist” abuse by colleagues, HSJ has learned.
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NewsUnder-fire trust pauses CEO recruitment
A major trust under intense scrutiny over quality and governance concerns has paused its search for a permanent chief executive.
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NewsMinisters hire economist to scrutinise cancer performance
Health economist Anita Charlesworth will independently co-chair a “reformed” National Cancer Board, seven months after the government’s cancer plan promised a body “accountable for delivery” of its commitments.
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NewsTech problem delays elective reform target
Concerns have been raised about NHS England watering down a key target for its controversial “advice and guidance” scheme, just weeks ahead of the October deadline.
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CommentThe NHS has a grey management problem
NHS organisations risk creating “grey managers” who become skilled at absorbing pressure and managing around problems, rather than challenging the causes of dysfunction
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Expert BriefingOn Call: Once more around the doom loop
Essential insights into the latest workforce challenges facing NHS staff. Analysis on the key questions around recruitment and retention, staff wellbeing, and equality, diversity and inclusion. By senior HSJ workforce correspondent Nick Kituno.
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CommentThe NHS is not ready for the revolution in dementia care
Dementia care could follow cancer’s path of transformation, but only if the NHS addresses longstanding weaknesses in diagnosis, workforce capacity, data and local delivery
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NewsInquiry chief delivers scathing verdict on NHS managers
Too many managers do not meet the standards expected of them, and there is an “urgent” need to improve quality, a major inquiry has found.
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NewsTougher sanctions on senior managers demanded by Letby inquiry
The government must introduce a statutory barring system for managers by September next year, an inquiry has said – but warned it will only work if trusts are more willing to confront serious misconduct.
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NewsGrasp ‘politically unpopular’ mergers or face more deaths
Politically unpopular and “very difficult” decisions are required to tackle rising maternal death rates and improve safety, a leading academic has warned.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: The good, the moving-the-deck-chairs, and the positively bad
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt
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NewsNHSE staff risk losing ‘thousands’ in redundancy payouts
Hundreds of NHS England staff who took partial retirement are in danger of receiving redundancy payments which are tens of thousands of pounds lower than they expected.
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NewsICB plan says trust must cut staff by 15%
An acute trust would have to cut its workforce by almost 15 per cent and its costs by 26 per cent under a draft five-year plan set by its integrated care board.