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HSJ KnowledgeLeadership Q&A: University of Leicester Hospitals Trust
University of Hospitals Leicester trust chief executive John Adler explains why the organisation’s chief operating officer is a role for a high-calibre leader ready to make their mark
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HSJ Local'Outstanding' finance director joins teaching trust
A finance director who turned around the fortunes of a struggling foundation trust is to join a teaching trust with a turnover of more than £1bn.
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NewsRevealed: Management redundancies signed off by NHSI committee
NHS Improvement’s provider leadership committee approved nine compulsory redundancies at senior level over nine months in 2016-17, documents obtained by HSJ reveal.
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NewsNine out of 10 requests to pay trust managers more than PM approved
Fifty-four approvals of very senior management band salaries above the prime minister’s £142,500 wage, while five were rejected Appointments paying more than this salary must be approved by the Treasury NHS Improvement chair approached “large corporates” to ask senior managers to take on NHS non-executive jobs One “retire and ...
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HSJ LocalHEE to review training at trust following complaints
Complaints made by a trainee has triggered a review by Health Education England of junior doctors’ training at a struggling West Midlands trust.
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NewsTories to prioritise EU health staff in Brexit talks
Tory manifesto makes significant pledges affecting NHS worforce Key commitments to new consultant contract and legislation for safety Manifesto fails to mention pay restraint or action to tackle nursing shortage EU migrants working in the NHS and social care will be made a priority during the Brexit negotiations ...
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NewsExclusive: Leading chief executive faces disciplinary hearing next week
Sir Leonard Fenwick faces disciplinary hearing on 23 May Investigation report has been passed to trust chair Process ’could take 18 months to resolve’, says source The NHS’s longest standing chief executive Sir Leonard Fenwick faces a disciplinary hearing next week, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS Improvement director appointed to board of struggling trust
A former NHS Improvement director has been made chief operating officer of a cash strapped West Midlands trust.
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HSJ LocalTrust reveals 'extraordinary measures' after IR35 causes locum shortage
Locums slashed A&E hours from 295 a week to 52 Consultants stayed overnight in A&E departments to work as middle grades Trust says provision of emergency services remains “very fragile” Locum doctors slashed their hours from 295 per week to just 52 at a struggling hospital trust when ...
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HSJ LocalHospital director resigns amid 'irregular' payoff deal scrutiny
Roger Wilson, HR director at Warrington and Halton Hospitals Foundation Trust, has resigned He signed a deal with Morecambe Bay midwife which allowed her to avoid misconduct investigation Mr Wilson’s resignation comes ahead of trust investigation into “irregular” payoff deal A hospital director who is under scrutiny for ...
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NewsRevealed: The STPs facing the biggest GP retirement risk
Eleven STPs highlighted for “high” risk of future GP supply problems In seven STP footprints more than 20 per cent of GPs are over 55 Kent and Medway has the highest proportion of older doctors Mapped: The areas with highest proportion of GPs over 55 Eleven sustainability and ...
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NewsMapped: Regions with the most GPs nearing retirement
NHS Improvement has highlighted the sustainability and transformation partnership footprints with the highest proportion of GPs over 55 and facing the greatest risk of having future GP supply problems.
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HSJ LocalAcute trust competing with neighbours for staff recruits 325 new nurses
Around 325 nurses join trust struggling with recruitment Trust spending millions less on agency staff compared to nearest neighbours Director of workforce says trust ‘forced to compete’with neighbouring organisations for staff An acute trust in an area hit by severe staff shortages claims it is stealing a ...
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HSJ Local
Former chief to chair major teaching hospital trust
A former chief executive has been appointed as chairman of Nottingham University Hospitals Trust.
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NewsNHS faces 'summer of protest' over nursing pay
RCN poll saw 19 per cent turnout with majority in favour of protests and strike action Union threatens to ballot for industrial action if pay cap is not lifted by ministers Action follows mounting criticism of pay restraint policy which started seven years ago The NHS is facing ...
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NewsNew fears over nursing workforce shortages revealed
Nine out of 10 nursing leaders in the NHS say they are worried abour their ability to recruit nurses, according to a survey by the Royal College of Nursing. The RCN has also said it believes there are 40,000 nursing vacancies in the service.
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NewsTwo-thirds of London trusts lack own procurement director
Only around a third of NHS trusts in London have their own permanent head of procurement or procurement director, HSJ research reveals.
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HSJ LocalTrust spends 12 per cent of income on agency staff
England’s smallest acute trust is spending 12 per cent of its total income on plugging staffing gaps, with expenditure rising at same time as the cap on agency spending falls.
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HSJ LocalPrivate ambulance firm blames 'cash flow issues' for staff pay delay
A clinical commissioning group has sought assurances from the private firm awarded a £6m patient transport contract, after staff were warned they would not be paid their first month’s wages in full.
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CommentCan the retail industry teach the NHS how to create happy workers?
Being all inclusive and empowering the staff is key to the wellbeing of the NHS workforce