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NewsOperational management is ‘biggest thing missing from NHS’, says ICB chair
Operational management is the “biggest thing missing” from the NHS, an influential integrated care board chair has said.
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NewsRevealed: 75% of worst trusts had leaders replaced in past two years
Three out of four of the worst-performing trusts have seen their CEO and/or chair replaced in the last two years, HSJ analysis shows, following Wes Streeting’s vow to “sack” more bad leaders.
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News‘Persistently failing managers will be sacked’, says Streeting
Wes Streeting wants NHS England to step up intervention in under-performing NHS organisations, and give greater flexibility to strong performers – including over capital investment, he will say today.
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News‘College’ for senior managers will ‘attract the best talent’
The government will establish a new college for NHS executives as well as clinical leaders, it has told HSJ.
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NewsNo pay rises for failing NHS leaders, pledges Streeting
Trust and system leaders who fail to meet performance or financial targets will not receive pay rises, Wes Streeting will tell the NHS Providers conference this week.
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NewsGovernment proposes agency staffing ban to aid ‘desperate’ hospitals
Government is proposing to ban the use of agency staff in band 2 and 3 roles, and to restrict movement directly from substantive to temporary work.
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Expert BriefingPatient Safety Watch: Falling through the gaps
HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chief executive James Titcombe.
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NewsExclusive: Trusts accused of ‘gaming’ £2bn elective fund
Government has ordered a review into how the NHS is spending billions of pounds of extra elective recovery funding, over concerns trusts are charging more for procedures but not treating significantly more patients, HSJ has learned.
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Expert BriefingFollowing the Money: How far does £22bn go?
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get back in the black. By finance correspondent Henry Anderson.
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NewsNHSE desire to please govt forcing finance chiefs to agree undeliverable plans
One of the NHS’s foremost finance figures has joined the chorus of senior healthcare leaders raising serious concerns about the damaging effect of the way the service’s annual planning round is conducted.
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News‘Urgent’ questions over NHS Budget deal
The Chancellor has announced above-inflation increases to NHS funding, although no agreement has yet been reached on what service levels must be achieved in exchange.
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NewsExclusive: No new funding for key Labour pledge, says NHSE document
Labour’s manifesto pledge to deliver 700,000 extra dental appointments is to be funded from within existing budgets in the current financial year, correspondence seen by HSJ suggests.
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News‘Wholesale change’ for NHS IT suppliers under new law
The government is proposing new legislation to bring “wholesale change” to the “fragmented IT vendor market” in healthcare, which is ”hindering” information sharing.
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NewsMedical chiefs demand inquiry into ‘unrealistic’ national workforce plan
An inquiry into the NHS long-term workforce plan must be reopened because of “significant concerns” over how its proposals were determined, royal college chiefs have insisted.
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NewsSafety watchdog urges Streeting to expand her role
The patient safety commissioner is urging the health and social care secretary to remove “constraints” limiting her role amid a government review of national watchdogs.
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LeaderThe future of NHS England
NHS England is to have a new chair, albeit the current incumbent Richards Meddings has agreed to stick around until March in line with the government’s tactic of getting the previous administration to ‘own’ a very difficult winter.
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NewsNHS England chair resigns
The NHS England chair has announced he will step down in March after discussions with Wes Streeting.
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NewsOverhauling CQC ratings ‘could bring greater clarity’, ministers told
Changes to the Care Quality Commission’s one-word ratings “could be beneficial”, Penny Dash has concluded in the final version of her review.
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NewsThree new chiefs to ‘reset’ CQC inspections
The Care Quality Commission has been told to scrap its current governance structure and return to specialist inspection teams under the leadership of three new chief inspectors.
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NewsCQC ordered to pause ICS inspections
The Care Quality Commission has been ordered to “formally” halt its plans for integrated care system inspections, following the latest criticisms of the organisation.