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Departing CEO given £120,000 back pay
A trust chief executive was given £120,000 in back pay and a total £380,000 in salary payments shortly before leaving the role, it has emerged.
GP ‘inconsistency’ compounding dangerous A&E crowding, says trust
A review into emergency care deaths at a struggling trust claims a “lack of consistency” in primary care referrals is a major factor causing A&E crowding.
Emergency prescribing and ‘shared care’ withdrawn by GPs
Emergency prescribing and monitoring of patients with severe mental health conditions are among services being cancelled by GP practices as part of “collective action”.
NHSE accused of cutting action to protect staff from violence
A union has accused NHS England of trying to save money at the expense of reducing violence against healthcare staff, as several national initiatives face the axe.
Service rated ‘outstanding’ despite whistleblower concerns
A trust’s neonatal services have been rated “outstanding” just a year after concerns were raised about investigations into baby deaths.
Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in September 2024, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
Fresh inquiry ordered into death after reports are rejected
NHS England has ordered a new independent investigation into the death of an autistic man nearly 10 years ago, after a previous report was effectively quashed.
Think tanker joins 10-year plan team
A think-tank lead who has supported phasing out the GP contract has joined the government’s team developing the 10-year plan.
C difficile rates hit 13-year high
C difficile cases rose to their highest level in more than a decade, official data published this month shows.
Operational 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.
Finance director replaces long-serving CEO
A trust whose long-serving chief executive left to become an NHS England regional director has appointed her successor.
Defence chief joins new hospital programme
A new director has joined the top team behind the major programme to build “new hospitals” across England.
Leadership diversity 'can help close child mortality gap'
The lack of diversity in NHS leadership is a contributor to ongoing higher maternal and infant mortality among some minority ethnic groups, experts have warned.
Trust abandons £65m EPR procurement after legal challenge
An NHS trust has abandoned its procurement of an electronic patient record system in the face of a legal challenge in the High Court.
Hospital porters to strike over ‘diabolical’ treatment by trust
Hospital porters at an acute trust are set to strike over what a union has called “diabolical” treatment.
Acute chair and CEO take over at community provider
The chief executive and chair of a North West acute trust are taking over a neighbouring community provider, the organisations have confirmed.
Unnecessary training wastes 100,000 days a year, says NHSE
Unnecessary “mandatory training” is wasting more than 100,000 days of NHS staff time every year, NHS England estimates.
Thirteen ICSs now in deficit turnaround
Another integrated care system has been ordered to bring in consultants to fix its finances, meaning close to a third of the 42 systems are now in mandatory escalation over their finances.
End GP partnership model to help A&E waits, says NHSE lead
The NHS needs to take more “radical” steps to improve emergency care waiting times, including making primary care a salaried service, a senior national clinical lead has said.
Trusts given new target as elective milestone is missed
Trusts that missed a target to virtually eliminate 65-week elective waits by September have been given another three months, as NHS England confirmed it had failed to hit the milestone nationally.
‘Exceptional’ chief leaves trust to make way for group model
I’ll slash targets and devolve power, says Streeting
Streeting names and shames trust for ‘really poor’ care
Revealed: 75% of worst trusts had leaders replaced in past two years
Trust halts ‘dangerous cut to doctors’ pay’
‘Persistently failing managers will be sacked’, says Streeting
‘College’ for senior managers will ‘attract the best talent’
Performance management role stripped from ICBs
Revealed: 50 A&Es where most patients ‘could be seen elsewhere’
No pay rises for failing NHS leaders, pledges Streeting
Government proposes agency staffing ban to aid ‘desperate’ hospitals
Staff still in ‘long recovery’ from covid, says Pritchard
Tackling racism ‘must be core’ to 10-year health plan
Regional staffing gap grows by 70%
Streeting hires adviser to push ‘big reforms’
Half of trusts ‘don’t have good pipeline of leaders’
200 patients failed after hospital missed warning
Doctors to refuse overtime in major dispute with hospital trust
NHSE faces court battle with GP refusing to join a network
CEO steps down after ‘rollercoaster’ five years
The leaders chosen to guide the government’s 10-year plan
Just one in 10 scans moved to community centres despite push
Exclusive: Trusts accused of ‘gaming’ £2bn elective fund
Trust shuts 10% of its beds in savings drive
Nurse leader ‘pressed execs to call police over Letby’
Former doctor to chair trust
Revealed: Trusts paying the biggest premiums for safety errors
Trust proposes to cut its estates team by half
Baby death inquiry delayed by leadership confusion
‘Tension’ and ‘poor behaviours’ uncovered on trust’s board
System lacks ‘critical self-reflection’, says NHSE
Chair to leave trust facing deaths inquiry
Revealed: the trusts with the highest savings targets
Nursing and medical director failed to act on suicide risks, court told
Seven-hospital ‘group’ to split in two
GPs plan to triple on-day ‘hub’ appointments
NHSE desire to please govt forcing finance chiefs to agree undeliverable plans
Trust accused of imposing ‘badly disguised pay cut’ on doctors
Former minister steps down from trust job
Revealed: the ongoing impact of delays to ‘new hospital’ schemes