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Board failings mean provider is breaching its licence, says NHSE
A large community services provider in the South West has been found in breach of its licence conditions after an NHS England investigation found a raft of governance failings.
NHS App director reverses decision to join tech consultancy firm
The national director for NHS digital channels has reversed his decision to join a tech consultancy firm as an advisor after the initital announcement was greeted with widespread criticism.
£370m capital announced to support urgent care recovery
The NHS will be given £370m of capital funding to help it improve “suboptimal” urgent and emergency care services by this winter, the government has announced.
Trusts ordered to help with ‘heartbreaking’ diagnostic delays
NHS England has told trusts they must help neighbours to cut the number of children waiting for hearing tests, even if it affects their own performance.
‘Blame shunting’ by providers leads to poor emergency care, says NHSE
The ‘inability or unwillingness’ of some NHS and social care providers to work together has contributed to an ’unimaginable’ deterioration in emergency care performance, according to NHS England
Exclusive: ICBs to shrink to 27 clusters
The consolidation of integrated care boards will result in the 42 organisations moving to 27 clusters, HSJ has learned.
Revealed: The trusts and systems sharing £150m emergency care fund
NHS England has revealed which organisations have won a share of a £150m capital fund to reward emergency care performance improvements – with significant amounts going to acute and children’s trusts.
Tech leaders warn against transferring ICB functions
NHS tech leaders have warned that proposals to shift digital functions from integrated care boards to providers pose significant operational risks.
Cost of inquiry ‘threatens trust’s financial resilience’, says CEO
An ongoing patient safety inquiry could threaten the financial resilience of a trust if a lack of funding continues, a chief executive has warned.
Major AI project paused over patient data concerns
NHS England has paused a major AI project after concerns were raised about how the primary care records of 57 million people were used to train it.
‘Lack of trust’ in provider’s leadership uncovered by NHSE
An NHS England review into one of the busiest A&Es in the country has raised concerns about the behaviour of senior doctors and a “general lack of trust” in its leadership.
Embattled chief executive resigns
The chief executive of a trust beset with governance issues has announced his resignation this afternoon.
Regional boss: Put US tech firms ‘on the hook’ for support
US tech firms should be “on the hook” for supporting NHS trusts implementing new systems, a senior NHS England official has said.
Research posts must be protected from cuts, orders NHSE
NHS trusts should continue to recruit staff to undertake clinical trials as they provide “vital income” for the service, NHS England has declared.
Revealed: The winners and losers of £750m estates repair fund
The government has revealed which trusts will benefit from a £750m investment fund targeted at addressing the safety risks posed by the NHS’s ageing estate.
New technology should be paid for ‘like medicines’, says NICE chief executive
The purchase of approved digital products and services used for diagnosing and treating NHS patients should be reimbursed centrally, the chief executive of the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence has told HSJ.
Police launch corporate manslaughter investigation into another trust
A corporate manslaughter investigation has been launched into serious maternity failings at a major trust where hundreds of babies have died or been harmed.
Government threatens new law to bring use of agency staff ‘to an end’
The government will consider passing new legislation which would outlaw the employment of agency staff by NHS trusts if sufficient progress is not made to reduce their use.
NHSE axes £69m fund designed to improve patient flow
NHS England has axed a £69m tech programme aimed at improving A&E waiting times to plough the money into electronic patient record systems instead, HSJ can reveal.
Basic errors lay behind trust’s botched IT upgrade, leak reveals
A string of basic errors led to a teaching trust botching a pathology lab IT upgrade, causing major disruption to tests, according to an internal review seen by HSJ.
CEO accuses trusts of defying NHSE target
ICB CEO returns to role after national secondment
NHSE director: 50% cut to ICB costs ‘may well not be right number’
External reviews ordered over trust’s baby death rates
Nine systems get extra deficit funding
Senior pay rules ‘demotivating’ leaders, say government advisers
Planning, teamwork and understaffing criticised at troubled unit
Trust takes legal action over delays to £100m construction project
Streeting 'pushing for stronger action' on maternity failings
South comes off worst from government capital funding boost
Govt cut threatens leadership training
New CEO named at trust facing calls for public inquiry
Pioneering ICB set to be split up
Up to a third of ICBs to remain independent despite budget cut
£2.8bn trusts name shared chair for ‘new era’
Ten-year plan will ‘end one size fits all primary care’
NHSE funding rule ‘deliberately unfair’ to non-acute trusts
Trusts spending too much ‘pursuing executive talent’
Senior managers face real terms pay cut as govt rejects pay recommendation
‘No staffing growth’ policy implicated in patient’s death
CQC hires trust director as chief inspector of hospitals
Trust predicts ‘standstill’ in very long waits
NHSE tells ICBs to slow elective referrals
Five trusts accelerate move to shared leadership
Staff locked in hospital during ‘unprecedented’ power cut
Trust’s contract management ‘poor or non-existent’
Trust adopts neighbour’s EPR
Ministers sign off capital boost for ‘high-performing’ systems
Troubled trust to appoint shared CEO with community provider
NHS facing another national maternity services review
ICB merger timetable revealed
Trust ‘selectively targeted’ by workplace regulator after rise in work stress
Mapped: RTT waiting times
Trust chair resigns amid calls for public inquiry
‘Life saving’ rapid test not available at most CDCs
Three ICB ‘clusters’ planned by region
‘Overfunded’ ICBs offer better IVF access
Streeting’s ‘agile’ delivery unit delayed
CEO: TV show sparked ‘overwhelming’ regulator scrutiny
ICBs shouldn’t offload functions ‘overnight’, says NHSE director