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HSJ LocalNew chief executive for hospital trust
A new chief executive for Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust has been appointed.
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HSJ LocalTrust chief executive to retire next year
The chief executive of Sussex Partnership Foundation Trust, Colm Donaghy, has announced he will retire in March next year.
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HSJ LocalCSU director named as CCG chief officer
The managing director of the North of England Commissioning Support Unit has been appointed as chief executive for Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group, and will do both jobs.
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HSJ Local'Gap' in CCG assurance process for Care UK contract
Verita report identifies “gap” in CCG assurance process for urgent care contract Care UK staffing model for contract “took no account of predictable peaks in demand” CCG failed to seek assurances that contract was not adversely affecting staffing levels and care at north London centre There was a ...
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HSJ LocalAmbulance trust placed in special measures
An ambulance trust is to be placed in special measures after inspectors rated in inadequate and identified concerns related to its leadership, culture and ability to ensure patient safety.
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NewsLandmark patient data probe sparks 'serious concerns'
NHS accused of wrongly sharing hospital data of 1.2m patients Privacy group says NHS’s hospital data does not comply with anonymisation standards NHS Digital says it does comply with standards Researchers raise “serious concerns” about impact on life saving studies The UK’s data watchdog is set to make ...
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NewsSimon Stevens: There's no new reform plan for the NHS
Simon Stevens says there is “no new reform plan for the NHS” and the government wants it to “get on with” reshaping services NHS England chief executive says “minimum efficient scale of some acute services” has increased Applications to split into subdivisions could result in “modest adjustment” in STP ...
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NewsExclusive: NHS free to 'abandon payment by results'
NHS England and NHS Improvement “entirely open” to health economies dropping payment by results, says Simon Stevens Follows planning guidance proposals for whole system control totals NHS England chief executive says alternative proposals must “stack up in the round” The NHS England chief executive has said he and ...
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NewsUpdated: Hunt acted lawfully over junior doctors' contract, court rules
Junior doctors lose legal case to stop new contract Judge rules health secretary’s decision was “within the scope of his lawful powers” Jeremy Hunt criticised for “loose” language during contract dispute Jeremy Hunt acted lawfully in his decision to press ahead with the new junior doctors’ contract, a ...
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HSJ LocalJulie Moore intervenes over future of inadequate hospital
Dame Julie Moore criticises Worcestershire Acute Hospital’s plans for the Alexandra Hospital UHB chief executive says her trust could have provided an “exciting and innovative” proposal for the hospital UHB experiencing pressure from increase in patients from Worcester, Redditch and Bromsgrove One of the country’s most high profile ...
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HSJ LocalExclusive: Struggling CCGs weigh up merger
Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire CCGs to appoint single accountable officer Correspondence between CCGs and NHS England reveals turnaround director will support the struggling groups NHS England director says “under-delivery” entrenched across the patch on a scale not seen elsewhere in the country Three clinical commissioning groups ...
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NewsExclusive: New investigation reveals full extent of watchdog’s failures
PHSO was warned twice about concerns over her deputy’s involvement in cover-up Dame Julie Mellor did not read tribunal judgement until HSJ exposed her deputy’s actions in February Investigation concludes the PHSO’s structure “does not represent current thinking about good corporate governance” NHS ombudsman Dame Julie Mellor was ...
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NewsRevealed: Less than a third of trusts hitting revised A&E targets
Less than a third of providers have hit “reset” targets for A&E for July NHS Improvement chief executive Jim Mackey says primary care access and school holidays were factors Less than a third of trusts have achieved the new, lower accident and emergency targets for July, which they ...
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HSJ LocalHospital IT crash won't be resolved until end of the week
Leeds and Bradford trusts cancel 132 operations IT system may not be fully restored until the end of this week Other hospitals in Yorkshire now providing pathology services to Bradford hospital and Leeds GPs Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust has said it has now successfully cleared a backlog of ...
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NewsFirst set of standardised products for NHS providers announced
NHS Improvement announces first tranche of standardised products to boost procurement volumes and cut prices Twelve products cover £100m of trust spending and could result in 25 per cent savings Regulator says it would prefer “coalition of the willing” to enforcing compliance through contracts Read the products list and ...
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HSJ LocalExternal review at top hospital over four maternal deaths
External review into four maternal deaths at King’s College Hospital Internal reviews “did not establish a link between the [four] cases” In one case coroner rules says failure to give mother a blood transfusion “amounted to neglect” An external review is being carried out into four maternal deaths ...
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HSJ LocalCQC closed unit after CQC warning notice
Mental health and community services trust given requires improvement rating Child and adolescent unit rated inadequate Concerns over lack of action to tackle ligature points North East London Foundation Trust has been given a ’requires improvement’ rating by the Care Quality Commission after inspectors issued a warning notice ...
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Updated: A&E concerns at North West trust
The Care Quality Commission has raised safety concerns about the urgent and emergency services at a teaching trust in Merseyside.
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NewsCQC patient expert contract 'not performing'
CQC board meeting reveals Remploy expert by experience contract “not performing” as expected Incumbent experts claim inspections allocated haphazardly as Remploy subcontracts its duties CQC met Remploy to discuss 11 areas where it expects improvement The Care Quality Commission has ongoing concerns over its patient experts contract with ...
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HSJ LocalHospital cleaning company faces loss of £200m contract over poor standards
A privately provided cleaning contract worth £200m will be discussed by board members at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust this week amid “significant concerns” over standards, HSJ has learned.