All articles by Zoe Tidman – Page 12
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NewsNHSE chief officer takes role in Singapore
The NHS’s first chief sustainability officer Nick Watts has stepped back from the role after nearly three years, HSJ has learned.
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NewsExclusive: Hancock denies political motive for inclusion of ‘Red Wall’ project in new hospital programme
A building project in a marginal constituency was added to the government’s ‘40 new hospitals’ programme despite not being on the longlist of schemes proposed by NHS England.
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News‘We don’t have the bottle’ to hold line on bed numbers, says trust director
A director at a major acute trust said it needs to stop “caving in” to demand pressures by opening extra escalation beds.
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HSJ LocalJust one fifth of staff speak up in trust’s internal inquiry
Just one in five staff who were approached in a trust’s internal inquiry – prompted by an undercover broadcast raising serious care concerns – engaged with the process, a report has revealed.
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NewsSeven trusts inexplicably removed from ‘40 new hospitals’ pledge
Seven trusts were removed from a list used to choose the ‘40 new hospitals’ with no documentation to explain why, a watchdog has found.
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News‘No more hard-nosed landlord behaviour’, says PropCo chief
The chief executive of NHS Property Services has accepted it may still need to win some people over as it moves forward from its historic issues.
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NewsTwo consultancies received over £20m each from new hospitals programme
The bulk of consultancy spending by the government’s new hospitals programme has so far gone on two firms, HSJ has learned.
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NewsAround 20 trusts ‘still without electric vehicle charging points’
Around 20 trusts have not yet installed any electric vehicle charging points on their sites, HSJ analysis shows.
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NewsNHS not ministers should decide future ‘new hospitals’, says DHSC chief
A permanent change in approach is needed for deciding which hospitals are built and when, and should be led by the NHS not politicians, the government’s ‘new hospitals programme’ boss has told HSJ.
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NewsTrust leadership accused of lack of ‘oversight’ hits out at CQC ‘algorithm’
The largest trust in the East of England has received a Care Quality Commission warning notice about the medical care provided by its three hospitals.
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News‘First’ single EPR across ICS planned
An integrated care system is planning on launching what it believes is the ‘first’ single electronic patient record across acute, mental health and community providers.
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News‘Discrimination’ claim as ‘40 new hospitals’ snubs mental health
A chief executive has compared a lack of investment into mental health estate to ‘institutionalised discrimination’, after no new schemes were accepted on to the ‘40 new hospitals’ programme.
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NewsOutcry over 123 rejected ‘new hospital’ bids
Multiple trusts have expressed disappointment at being overlooked in the government’s latest announcement on the ‘40 new hospitals’ programme.
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NewsRevealed: Eight ‘new hospitals’ delayed until next decade
The government’s flagship ‘new hospitals programme’ is set to receive around £10bn less than was requested by 2030, with eight schemes being pushed back into the next decade.
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HSJ LocalTrust’s A&E ‘effectively running primary care service’, says chair
An acute trust chair has said its emergency department is effectively operating as a primary care service.
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NewsExclusive: NHS still waiting for over £1bn capital funding announced five years ago
More than half of £2.7bn awarded to NHS organisations for capital projects in 2017 and 2018 has yet to be delivered, research by HSJ has discovered.
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CEO InterviewLeadership Interview: Hattie Llewelyn-Davies, chair of The Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust
This is the latest in a series of interviews with senior healthcare leaders, which are available exclusively to HSJ Insight subscribers.
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HSJ Local‘Mac the Knife’ to retire after nearly 50 years in health service
An integrated care board chief executive who has spent nearly five decades working in the health service has announced his retirement.
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HSJ LocalChild takes patient records to school to use ‘as drawing paper’
A child arrived at their primary school with printed records containing details of 150 patients to use as “drawing paper”, the trust involved has admitted.
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Expert BriefingThe Ward Round: The estates gender imbalance in senior bands
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce. This week’s column is by HSJ’s ...