All Acute care articles – Page 83
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NewsNHS trusts face widespread vacancies at board level
More than a third of NHS trusts had at least one board level vacancy last year with more than half of directors in post for less than three years, according to new research.
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NewsNHS trusts sign multimillion pound China consultancy deal
Two “outstanding” foundation trusts have signed a contract with a Chinese real estate company to advise it on building 10 new hospitals in a deal which could be worth millions for the NHS.
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HSJ LocalTroubled STP appoints trust chief to lead role
A Shelford Group trust chief executive has been appointed interim lead of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Sustainability and Transformation Partnership, HSJ has learned.
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NewsA&E, RTT and cancer waits - June 2018: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated.
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HSJ LocalShelford Group trust appoints new chief executive
The medical director at University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust has been appointed as the organisation’s new permanent chief executive, to take over from Dame Julie Moore.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Patient Safety Awards 2018: Deteriorating Patients and Rapid Response Systems
Winner West of England Academic Health Science Network: Regional programme to improve the reliability of recognition and response to the deteriorating patient
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NewsNew health secretary named as Hunt goes to foreign office
Jeremy Hunt has been named as foreign secretary, the government has announced, with Matt Hancock named as his replacement.
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NewsCommunity trust director to lead acute hospital
The chief operating officer of a community trust has taken up her first chief executive post at a small district general hospital.
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NewsMedical examiners will be 'one step removed' from NHS trusts
New medical examiners tasked with reviewing hospital deaths from next April will not be employed by the NHS provider in which they will be based, in order to safeguard their independence, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalMajor reconfiguration given green light by commissioners
Mid and South Essex commissioners have approved a controversial acute reorganisation, which will involve major changes to where and how emergency, specialist and elective services across the patch.
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CommentTrusts must co-own the 10 year plan for the NHS
The new plan must be credible with the frontline, requiring honesty and realism about the trade offs that must be made, given the resource available, writes David Williams
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Expert BriefingPerformance Watch: Can more chairs save beds?
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HSJ LocalMajor acute trust appoints new chief
North West Anglia Foundation Trust has appointed a new chief executive following the retirement of Stephen Graves.
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NewsCQC appoints deputy chief inspector of hospitals
The Care Quality Commission has appointed a new deputy chief inspector of hospitals.
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HSJ LocalChief executive of integrated trust announces early retirement
The chief executive of an integrated health and social care trust has announced she is taking early retirement, following the death of her husband.
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HSJ LocalTrust to restart construction of hospital in autumn as government ends PF2 contract
A trust hopes to restart construction work on its new hospital in October after the government terminated the private finance contract which funded the project.
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HSJ LocalManagers ‘consumed by operational issues’ as trust remains in special measures
Executives at an NHS trust have told the Care Quality Commission they are ”consumed by operational issues” with the regulator recommeding it remain in special measures.
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NewsNational move to stop 100,000 'unnecessary or risky' ops a year
NHS England will consult on the first national move to strictly limit access to a list of 17 interventions on the NHS, it has announced.
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HSJ LocalMajor reconfiguration aims to ease financial pressure
Leaders in the north east are drawing up plans to shake up emergency and elective care services as part of a second wave of hospital reconfiguration due for consultation next year.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Blood boils over pathology plan
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