All HSJ Local articles – Page 39
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Three CCGs appoint joint chief
Three Leicestershire clinical commissioning groups have, for the first time, appointed a joint chief executive who will also lead the local sustainability and transformation partnership.
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Senior MP wants lawyers investigated for role in whistleblower case
A senior MP wants regulators to investigate a leading law firm in relation to its conduct during a series of legal challenges by a junior doctor between 2014 and 2018.
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GPs reject merger ‘driven by NHS England’
GPs have voted against proposals to merge six clinical commissioning groups in Staffordshire, after being told the plans were “driven by NHS England”, HSJ has learned.
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Treatment centre caps patient stay length over safety concerns
A treatment centre which recently changed provider will only be taking on clinical work with “at most a one-night stay” for the next few months to ensure patient safety.
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Trusts delay ‘integrated care’ merger until 2020
Health chiefs have pushed back a merger which would create one of England’s first acute, mental health and community services trusts.
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Special measures trust to ban GMC concern medics
A rural trust is rowing back on hiring locum doctors with General Medical Council restrictions, after a non-executive director questioned the “high number” of such staff being employed.
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Trust appoints seventh CEO in four years
A small acute trust in the north west has appointed its seventh chief executive in four years.
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Fifth standalone community trust rated ‘outstanding’
A fifth standalone community trust has been rated “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission.
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Whistleblowing director returns after 18 months on ‘special leave’
Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group’s medical director, who was at the centre of a bullying and whistleblowing row, has returned to work after more than 18 months on “special leave”.
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FT seeks merger to avoid ‘patient safety risks’
A mental health trust is preparing to seek a merger or acquisition by another provider in a bid to address its financial challenges, HSJ has learned.
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‘Toxic’ CCG appoints new chair
A clinical commissioning group, which has been the subject of concerns about staff culture and bullying, has appointed a new chair.
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Long-serving CEO steps down after ill health
A chief executive who has led her trust for eight years has stepped down from her position to recover from a period of ill health.
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Eight CCGs to merge to make ‘really tricky decisions’
System leaders have drawn up plans to merge eight clinical commissioning groups into one organisation, to take some “really tricky decisions”.
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Provider withdraws services amid contract dispute
Children with autism have been left in limbo after a private provider withdrew the majority of its services amid a dispute with commissioners.
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New chief exec for ‘outstanding’ hospital trust
A hospital trust rated “outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission has appointed a new chief executive.
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Plan to merge eight CCGs pushed back a year
A second London health system has opted to delay plans to merge its clinical commissioning groups into a single organisation.
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NHS books hotels for staff as Kent braces for no-deal Brexit ‘Armageddon’
The NHS in Kent is block-booking hotel rooms for staff and planning with police to get workers and patients through “gridlocked roads” to hospitals as part of preparations for a no-deal Brexit “Armageddon”.
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Special measures trust no longer ‘inadequate’
England’s only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance trust will remain in special measures despite the Care Quality Commission noting improvements.
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Trust scrapped procurement amid ‘strong bias’ claim
An NHS trust abandoned its procurement for patient transport services just weeks after a shortlisted bidder pulled out over concerns about the evaluation process, HSJ has learned.
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Major trust proposes ‘referral only’ emergency care service for walk-in patients
Walk-in patients will be unable to access emergency care at a major hospital trust without a referral from a colocated urgent treatment centre, its chief executive has told HSJ.