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HSJ LocalRoyal Free director becomes chief exec at its new 'buddy' trust
STRUCTURE: A new chief executive has been appointed to a troubled hospital trust - from her role at a well-regarded neighbouring organisation with which it is exploring “buddying” arrangements.
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NewsMedical examiners 'would have spotted Mid Staffs earlier'
Pilots in Sheffield and Gloucestershire reveal benefits of medical examiner service Four fifths of medical causes of death recorded by doctors were changed after being reviewed Medical examiners have helped identify patient safety issues requiring action by providers Poor care at the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust would have ...
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Top hospital 'chain' forms links with two more trusts
North Middlesex University Hospital applies to join hospital group led by the Royal Free West Hertfordshire Hospitals Trust also exploring “buddying” arrangements with Royal Free STRUCTURE: Two provider trusts are forming links with the proposed Royal Free London Foundation Trust hospital chain, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ LocalCCGs win legal battle over Virgin community contract
COMMERCIAL: Kent clinical commissioning groups have won a legal bid to lift the suspension of a contract they awarded to Virgin Care.
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Trust expects to fail RTT target until 2018
A leading south coast trust does not expect to hit the referral-to-treatment performance target until March 2018.
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HSJ LocalSingle 'city-wide' trust proposed for Manchester
Recommendation would mean a new trust running services currently provided at Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust, University Hospitals of South Manchester FT and North Manchester General Hospital. Sir Jonathan Michael rejected the idea of creating a “hospital chain”, which is the model being pursued by the acute trusts ...
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NewsExclusive: Mackey abandons plan for NHS providers to balance this year
Mackey admits trust plans for 2016-17 will not bring the provider sector back into the black Warning comes despite national planning guidance saying sector would be required to break even this year Also warns that plans to balance NHS budget overall will be “tight” Admits that there are ...
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HSJ LocalTrust takes 'unviable' HR service back in-house
East Cheshire Trust agrees to take back outsourced human resources service Arvato told the trust it would need to pay £2.4m a year to continue contract Decision comes as Carter review encouraged more outsourcing of non-clinical services East Cheshire Trust is to bring human resources services back in ...
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NewsBoss leaves scandal-hit ambulance foundation trust
The chief executive of South East Coast Ambulance Service Foundation Trust - the subject of major concerns over delaying responses to some calls - has left the trust after 10 weeks’ absence.
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NewsHigh performing trust bosses asked to 'peer review' others
NHS Improvement has asked 30 providers to take part in governance reviews at other trusts A number of specific reviews to be commissioned in coming months Reviews will be supported by external consultants Regulators have asked chief executives and chairs at “high performing” trusts to take part in ...
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NewsMackey only in NHS Improvement job for two years
Jim Mackey has confirmed that he is only in his job as chief executive of NHS Improvement on a two year secondment.
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NewsNew chief executive for South East hospital trust
The chief executive of a successful community trust has been appointed to run the Royal Surrey County Hospital Foundation Trust.
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240 council staff to transfer to community trust
About 240 council staff will transfer to an NHS community trust as part of service integration plans for the Wirral.
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London CCGs award urgent primary care contract
Croydon, Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth CCGs launch integrated urgent care service Six south west London clinical commissioning groups have awarded an integrated urgent care contract - combining NHS 111 and out of hours services across several boroughs - to South London Doctors Urgent Care (SLDUC).
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NewsExclusive: BMA pushed for further concessions after juniors' contract deal agreed
BMA junior doctors’ committee chair tried to secure fully funded shared parental leave for doctors after contract deal was agreed Attempt was rebuffed by health secretary Jeremy Hunt this week News comes as resignation letters from two JDC executive members reveal concerns about lack of democracy and “dishonest” political ...
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NewsSTPs to set plans for specialised services overhaul
Sustainability and transformation plans must propose service change priorities and new provider “configurations” for specialised services, NHS England announced this week.
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HSJ LocalLongstanding trust chief executive resigns
WORKFORCE: Ursula Ward, the chief executive of Portsmouth Hospitals Trust, has resigned after leading the trust for 12 years.
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NewsNHS England equality lead charged with corruption offences
NHS England equalities chief faces corruption charges He was due to appear at court this morning alongside Paula Vasco-Knight and another man Local media reports he pleaded not guilty An NHS England equality lead has been charged with three counts of assisting in the commission of an offence ...
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NewsFormer hospital chief executive charged with fraud
Paula Vasco-Knight faces three counts of fraud by abuse of position No plea has yet been entered Former chief executive’s trust believes charges relate to her former role as NHS England equalities lead A hospital chief executive and former national equalities lead who left her job after a ...
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NewsExclusive: Huge leak reveals BMA plan to 'draw out' junior doctors dispute
The strategy adopted by junior doctors’ leaders in their historic contract dispute with the government is revealed in a huge leak of more than 1,000 pages of private messages.