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Revealed: What each ICS could pay its chief executive
HSJ has mapped what has been revealed so far on who will lead England’s 42 integrated care systems leadership, including how much each CEO could be paid.
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Troubled trust appoints new chair
A mental health trust which is in NHS England’s ‘recovery support programme’ has appointed a new chair.
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Government moves to keep ‘private interests’ out of key ICS boards
People with ‘significant interests’ in private healthcare will be barred from sitting on the key NHS boards at the top of integrated care systems, under new government proposals.
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Service rated ‘good’ despite ‘weaknesses in culture’
A trust’s maternity services were rated ‘good’ despite an independent report finding ‘weaknesses in the culture’ and ‘defensive and fractious’ behaviours, HSJ has learned.
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Javid may drop power to block unpopular service change
Sajid Javid is considering scrapping or watering down plans to give him power over local service changes, in response to concerns from the service, but is expected to plough on with other controversial proposals in the Health and Care Bill, HSJ has learned.
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Three deaths and ‘severe harm’ at trust with treatment delays
At least three people died and more came to ‘severe harm’ after treatment delays across three specialties at one hospital trust, new reports have revealed.
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Trust’s ‘new hospital’ bid replaced with upgraded unit
The government has downgraded an acute trust’s hospital redevelopment plan, HSJ can reveal.
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UPDATE: Four new ministers join DHSC
Four new ministers have been appointed to the Department of Health and Social Care.
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ICS admits 14 of its major services are ‘fragile and challenged’
Fourteen of an integrated care system’s major services — which account for the ‘majority of [its] planned care’ — have been described as ‘fragile and challenged’.
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‘Everything up for grabs’ as NHS reviews ‘long-term plan’ goals
NHS England is reviewing the commitments to improve services made in its long-term plan, with senior officials believing many of them cannot be met under last week’s funding settlement and after the damage of the pandemic, HSJ has learned.
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Major survey reveals ‘best and worst’ A&Es for patient satisfaction
A survey of almost 50,000 patients by the Care Quality Commission found people’s experiences of emergency departments improved in 2020, compared to the last time the poll was conducted in 2018.
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Triple award success for HSJ team
The HSJ team took home a trio of awards at the AOP Digital Publishing Awards 2021 today.
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Trust put in ‘special measures’ as inspection finds ‘culture of bullying’
A hospital trust is being put in ‘special measures’ after ‘a culture of bullying’ and ‘racial discrimination’ was reported during an inspection.
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Troubled provider sees ‘outstanding’ services downgraded to ‘inadequate’
A mental health trust already subject to an inquiry into a string of adult patient deaths has had its rating for children’s wards downgraded from “outstanding” to “inadequate”.
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‘Severe pressures’ driving two-month waits for urgent scans
A trust in the Midlands has cited ‘severe pressures’ on its imaging department which mean patients are waiting more than two months for urgent scans that should normally happen within two weeks.
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CQC chief inspector to retire
The Care Quality Commission’s chief inspector of hospitals, Ted Baker, has announced he will retire in March next year.
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CEO ‘astonished’ by how few junior doctors meet their senior directors
A retiring chief executive was “astonished” how many junior doctors had never met the senior directors of their hospitals — and stressed how being visible on the wards is “critical” to good leadership.
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Private provider’s takeover of urgent service sparks union opposition
A private organisation’s takeover of a hospital’s urgent treatment centre has sparked opposition from staff and trade unions.
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NHS leaders ‘set for fight’ amid signs mental health will miss out on new funding
Mental health leaders are preparing for a “fight” over the new NHS funding announced by the government, with senior sources saying none of the new money has been earmarked for the sector.
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Exclusive: New hospitals bottom of public’s NHS priorities
Building new hospitals ranks bottom on the public’s priority list for the NHS, according to a new poll shared exclusively with HSJ.