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NewsTrust CEO apologises to staff subjected to racist behaviour
A chief executive has apologised after a survey of his trust’s staff from minority ethnic backgrounds found many had been subjected to racist behaviour by colleagues.
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NewsSystem hires extra senior managers in bid to save £43m
A new procurement collaboration is hiring multiple new senior managers as part of a system-wide operating model aiming to save £43m over five years.
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NewsFormer NHSE chief named chair of two more trusts
A former NHS chief executive is taking the helm at two more acute trusts in the West Midlands, it has been announced.
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NewsWatchdog says its lack of funding is compromising safety
The patient safety commissioner has complained to MPs that she does not have enough staff to cope with her ‘significant workload’, it has emerged.
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NewsPatients ‘unaware of strike’ as some hospitals report ‘busiest day’
Acute trusts are reporting high demand at emergency departments despite junior doctor strikes, which in some cases threaten to lead to overflowing wards and long ambulance handover delays.
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NewsNHSE names new tech chief amid ‘difficult’ merger
A former director of the government’s medicines regulator has been appointed as the NHS’s interim chief information officer, he has confirmed.
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NewsExclusive: NHSE aware of concerns over surgery nearly three years before suspension
NHS England was aware of concerns about upper gastrointestinal surgery at a hospital nearly three years before the Care Quality Commission intervened to stop it being carried out, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsThree in four patients not seen within new target time
Data revealed for the first time shows nearly three quarters of adult patients needing community mental health care are waiting more than four weeks for treatment to start, which is the timeframe that NHS England wants to introduce as a national standard.
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NewsTwo national procurement contracts awarded
The national procurement agency has awarded contracts to manage its non-clinical categories for up to six years to two incumbent external service providers, following an 11-month procurement process.
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NewsTrusts with the biggest drop in staff satisfaction since 2018
HSJ has analysed the rise and fall in staff saying they would recommend their organisation as a place to work over the past five staff surveys – the results are shown on the animated graphs below.
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NewsNew clinical waste strategy launched to guard against repeat of 2018 crisis
Trusts will significantly expand their capacity to treat clinical waste in-house to improve national and regional resilience as part of a new national strategy.
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NewsTwo-thirds of ‘new hospitals’ team are consultants
Two-thirds of the people working on the government’s flagship hospital building programme are staff supplied by external consultancies, data obtained by HSJ shows.
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News‘Substantial’ leadership and behavioural issues at major trust, review finds
A review into allegations of bullying and poor culture at University Hospitals Birmingham has revealed “substantial” concerns about culture, behaviour, leadership and governance, a council report reveals.
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NewsNHSE admits elective impact as trust chiefs warn of dangers of doctors’ strike
Ministers and NHS England have not sufficiently warned the public of the risk to patient harm posed by next week’s junior doctors strike, some of the NHS’s most senior trust chief executives have warned.
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NewsMapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in January 2023, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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NewsFormer number one CEO called in by NHSE to help struggling trust
A former trust chief executive who led his organisation to two consecutive ‘outstanding’ ratings has been drafted in to help a trust hit by a maternity scandal and performance issues.
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NewsStaff survey: The best and worst ICBs
Which integrated care boards receive the highest recommendations from staff as a place to work? HSJ has analysed the full results of the 2022 NHS Staff Survey.
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NewsMaternity unit downgraded to ‘inadequate’ and handed warning notice
A trust has been issued with a warning notice after the Care Quality Commission raised concerns about parts of its maternity services.
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NewsLeap in staff scared to report safety concerns
NHS staff are significantly less comfortable raising concerns and are less confident in their organisation to address them, the service’s annual staff survey has revealed.
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NewsStaff survey: the best and worst community, ambulance and specialist trusts
Which providers receive the highest recommendations from staff as a place to work? HSJ has analysed the full results of today’s 2022 NHS Staff Survey for community, ambulance and specialist NHS providers.