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  • Grantham Hospital
    HSJ Local

    A&E could be downgraded to 'urgent care centre-plus'

    2016-11-16T07:00:00Z

    United Lincolnshire chief executive says trust wants to reopen unit 24/7 but suggested it could lose services One option is for Grantham to become an “urgent care centre-plus” Trust announced “temporary” night time A&E closure was being extended until “at least” February The chief executive of the trust ...

  • Mick Martin
    News

    'Termination payment' to former deputy ombudsman revealed

    2016-11-16T07:00:00Z

    Deputy ombudsman Mick Martin received a larger payment than previously disclosed He also received more than £10,000 of “benefits in kind” in 2015-16 PHSO says it “should have been clearer” in its original responses to HSJ The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman made a “termination payment” of £93,834 ...

  • HM_Treasury
    News

    Chancellor defends government's £10bn NHS spending claim

    2016-11-15T12:44:00Z

    Health committee chair called on ministers to stop using “incorrect” £10bn figure to describe additional NHS spending Chancellor says the claim always referred “specifically” to the NHS, rather than the DH Department of Health budget is increasing by £4.5bn in real terms over five years The chancellor has ...

  • Ruth May
    News

    Exclusive: Chief nurse 'will intervene to back nursing directors on staffing levels'

    2016-11-15T07:00:00Z

    NHS Improvement says safe staffing guidance will be evidence based Ruth May says she will intervene to support directors of nursing in decisions Work follows the suspension of safe nurse staffing work by NICE in 2015 NHS Improvement’s chief nurse will intervene to back nursing directors where they ...

  • Papworth hospital
    HSJ Local

    Trust makes long awaited chief executive appointment

    2016-11-15T10:58:00Z

    Papworth Hospital Foundation Trust has appointed East and North Hertfordshire Trust deputy chief executive Stephen Posey as its new chief executive.

  • Workforce
    News

    NHS Improvement still considering how to count nursing associates

    2016-11-15T07:00:00Z

    NHS Improvement yet to decide whether nurse associates will be counted as registered nurses in Carter care hours metric New drive on pressure ulcers will see top performances paired with worst NHS Improvement has not yet decided how to count nursing associates as part of a proposed high-profile ...

  • Jane Cummings
    News

    National nurse leaders defend plans for new support role

    2016-11-15T23:30:00Z

    Senior nurses in England sign letter defending plans for nursing associate role Letter confirms nursing associates will take on tasks currently performed by nurses New research says substituting nurses for non-nurses increases mortality risk The most senior nurses in England have defended plans for the new nursing associate ...

  • 03b67169
    News

    Inquiry calls for an end to 'divisive' workforce hierarchy

    2016-11-14T07:00:00Z

    The “second-class citizen status” of NHS staff who do not have clinical roles must be addressed urgently, an HSJ inquiry has concluded.

  • Rob Webster
    HSJ Local

    Big STP plots 'accountable care organisations' across 2.5m patch

    2016-11-14T12:51:00Z

    New commissioning structure a key plank of West Yorkshire and Harrogate STP Plans include strengthening the region’s joint committee of CCGs and setting up ACOs to manage capitated budgets for their local populations West Yorkshire and Harrogate STPs focus on nine specialist areas, with local areas drawing up own ...

  • nicola lees
    HSJ Local

    Mental health and community trust appoints new chief exec

    2016-11-14T17:48:00Z

    Bradford District Care Foundation Trust has appointed Nicola Lees as its new chief executive Ms Lees replaces Simon Large, who retired in August after nearly 10 years in the role She was interim chief executive as well as deputy chief executive and operations director A mental health and ...

  • HSJ Local

    CCG group's deficit escalates by more than £30m

    2016-11-14T17:44:00Z

    Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge CCG’s have a forecast deficit of £31m Three CCG’s say biggest pressure has been need to address elective care backlog at main provider BHR CCGs to invest £14 to £20m to tackle referral to treatment backlog at Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals ...

  • UK map
    News

    18 week waits, September 2016: explore the maps

    2016-11-14T14:57:00Z

    NHS waiting lists around England, updated for September 2016

  • Alastair McLellan
    Leader

    Only evidence will build belief in the NHS's financial rescue

    2016-11-14T07:00:00Z

    NHS trusts need to believe their financial redemption is possible - and for that we need to produce more evidence

  • Marianne Griffiths
    HSJ Local

    Leaders of outstanding trust to take over special measures neighbour

    2016-11-11T16:54:00Z

    Western Sussex FT leaders to take charge of Brighton and Sussex trust Arrangement is “not a merger” says Brighton chief executive Trusts “will continue to operate as two separate organisations” NHS Improvement sets up “improvement oversight group” The chief executive and chair of Western Sussex Hospitals Foundation Trust ...

  • Jim Mackey
    News

    Exclusive: Trust deficit reduction plan on track, says Mackey

    2016-11-11T12:20:00Z

    Official financial data for NHS trusts will suggest the sector is broadly on track with its deficit plan midway through 2016-17, Jim Mackey has told HSJ.

  • Leeds town hall
    HSJ Local

    City CCGs working towards 'shared leadership' and ACO

    2016-11-11T07:00:00Z

    Three CCGs could adopt a shared leadership team and governance arrangement Leader of Leeds West CCG says her organisation will not merge with city’s other two commissioners CCGs are conducting a strategic and integrated commissioning review Health leaders in Leeds are exploring new “shared leadership and governance” arrangements, ...

  • Ormskirk and district general hospital
    HSJ Local

    Trust director would have been sacked for 'gross misconduct'

    2016-11-11T17:00:00Z

    A senior director at an acute trust in the North West would have been dismissed for gross misconduct had she not resigned earlier this year.

  • Yeovil District Hospital
    HSJ Local

    Somerset STP plots 'accountable care system'

    2016-11-11T14:49:00Z

    Somerset STP targets “accountable care system” by April 2019 Plan will result in “reduction in management overheads and organisations” Consolidation of acute services across Taunton and Somerset and Yeovil District Hospital Foundation Trusts also planned Somerset’s sustainability and transformation plan sets the goal of implementing an “accountable care ...

  • Alan Johnson
    HSJ Local

    STP sets publication date after MPs appeal for openness

    2016-11-11T11:46:00Z

    Health leaders in the north have set a date for publishing their sustainability and transformation plan, following calls for transparency from the region’s MPs.

  • News

    CCGs warned over withholding payments from mental health providers

    2016-11-11T11:17:00Z

    New guidance published to help mental health sector move away from block contracts Contracts should be either a capitated or episodic and have a proportion of payment linked to outcomes and targets Warning that CCGs withholding outcome based payments from struggling organisations risk creating an “adversarial relationship” Local ...