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HSJ LocalUrgent plea issued for GPs to work in A&E
An NHS trust has asked for local GPs to work in its accident and emergency department because of the “significant pressure” it is facing.
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NewsStudy: Seven day standards have not improved outcomes
Nuffield Trust evaluation of London Quality Standards, which formed basis for national seven day standards, raises fresh questions over government policy Report author says there is “very little hard evidence that the LQS improved outcomes” Think tank urges STP leads not to use seven day standards as “big stick ...
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HSJ LocalFive CCGs appoint single chief officer to cover STP patch
Five north London clinical commissioning groups have appointed a single chief officer to cover their entire sustainability and transformation footprint.
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NewsRevealed: 23 trusts chosen for new Carter review
Twenty-three trusts selected for first phase of Lord Carter’s new review into productivity at mental health and community service organisations NHS Improvement letter to mental health and community service trusts reveals providers chosen for initial six month engagement phase Review will follow a similar structure to Lord Carter’s previous ...
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NewsExclusive: Trusts 'may overlook safety' under revised regulation regime
Patient groups have warned that providers would be “at risk of overlooking quality and safety” under proposed changes to the Care Quality Commission’s rating regime.
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HSJ LocalHarassment cover-up chief executive takes role at neighbouring FT
A former mental health trust chief executive, who resigned last year after helping to cover up the sexual harassment of a HR director, is being paid £60,000 to work two days a week as a private consultant at a neighbouring trust.
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HSJ LocalMajor acute trust to lose services under CCG plans
Commissioners reveal plans to put up to seven Nottingham trust services out to tender Plans have been scaled back from December proposal to decommission 13 services CCGs believe changes will deliver better value care and patient outcomes Five services at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust will be put out ...
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NewsSTP 'guerrilla marketing' campaign to fight public perception of cuts
Humber, Coast and Vale STP invites expressions of interest to develop a £10,000 “social media and guerrilla marketing” campaign to promote its proposals The STP is looking for design and marketing agencies to help create the strategy One of the goals of the campaign is to “turn down the ...
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NewsPrivate provider to rent space from NHS trust for 25 years
£38m dedicated cancer unit will occupy top four floors of Guy’s and St Thomas’ new cancer centre Negotiations underway to offer NHS patients access to private robotics theatre American hospital firm to rent the facilities on a 25 year lease A major teaching trust in London is leasing ...
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News18 week waits, December 2016: explore the maps
NHS waiting lists around England, updated for December 2016
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NewsRevealed: The NHS’s top trust chief executives in 2017
Standout trends in this year’s rankings include the prevalence of the multi-trust leader, the influence of outstanding CQC ratings and the rise of women chief executives
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HSJ LocalNew chief executive revealed for financially troubled trust
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals has promoted its nursing director to chief executive.
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HSJ LocalHospital trust names new chief executive
Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn Foundation Trust has appointed Jon Green, the executive chief operating office at nearby West Suffolk Foundation Trust, as its new chief executive.
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HSJ LocalMore leadership turnover at major hospital trust
The chair of Nottingham University Hospitals Trust, Louise Scull, has said she will step down later this year. The news comes just weeks after chief executive Peter Homa announced his retirement.
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NewsTop Chief Executives 2017: Explore the map
Click on a map pin to see more about the organisations led by our Top Chief Executives.
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NewsHow we judged the HSJ top trust chief executives
The 17 judges who helped shape the rankings – and the criteria they used to come to their decisions
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NewsCCGs plan merger as Stevens moratorium lifts
Two clinical commissioning groups are aiming to merge within weeks, marking the end of a three year moratorium and potentially the beginning of a wave of consolidation.
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HSJ LocalTeaching trust cancels planned operations for first time 'in four years'
University Hospitals Leicester puts 12 day restriction on elective work It cites high demand, bed occupancy and delays on discharging patients Restrictions will cover school half-term week One of the NHS’s largest trusts has been forced to restrict elective activity for the first time in “at least four ...
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NewsStop using expensive management consultants, NHS told
Lord Carter questions the NHS’s £640m spending on management consultancies Likened policymakers to a “dog watching television” Warns the Treasury will not provide extra funding without evidence of performance Lord Carter has questioned why the NHS spent £640m on external management consultancies, describing the use of the firms ...
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HSJ Local'High' risk to patients due to regional bed shortage, CQC warns
CQC warns the risk of a mental health patient taking their life in the West Midlands is “high” due to bed shortages Damning coroner’s report said patient “unlikely” to have died had she been admitted to hospital CQC will re-inspect Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health FT in March Regulator ...