All Leadership articles – Page 117
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NewsRevealed: Surge in CCGs sharing chief officers
Mapped: The changing CCG landscape The number of clinical commissioning groups sharing chief officers has increased by more than half in six months, HSJ analysis has found.
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HSJ LocalNew chair for special measures trust
A new substantive chair has been appointed to Barts Health Trust, six months after the departure of his predecessor.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The unproven case for extended GP access
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. By Lawrence Dunhill
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CommentIs the NHS suffocating in its own froth?
For greater operational efficiency we must learn to focus less on pointless distractions and more on bite-sized, everyday win-wins, writes Paula Goode
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HSJ LocalNew drive to make sure trust staff sleep on night shifts
All 15,000 staff at Guys and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust encouraged to take their breaks Campaign based on research evidence link to patient harm from fatigue Staff can benefit from a 20 minute nap at night and reduce clinical errors All 15,000 staff at one of the country’s ...
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HSJ LocalSTP could lead to joint trust leadership
North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust and Cumbria Partnership FT could set up a joint leadership team The move could form part of the region’s sustainability and transformation plan, which aims to bridge £163m funding gap by 2020 Cumbria CCG makes decision over success regime consultation reconfiguration, which forms part ...
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CommentThe stars are now aligning for a new Health and Care Act
Rather than using legislation to create new structures from the top down, this time it would be changing rules around established organisations
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HSJ LocalCity CCGs to appoint single chief and joint board
Leeds’ three CCGs agree to appoint a single joint accountable officer Leeds West CCG accountable officer will head a new joint commissioning board for the organisations The board will be written into the constitutions of Leeds South and East, Leeds North and Leeds West CCGs as a decision making ...
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HSJ LocalFour non-executive directors resign at troubled trust
Four non-executive directors at Southern Health Foundation Trust have resigned after a review by the trust’s latest interim chair.
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HSJ LocalNew chief executive named for acute FT
Sherwood Forest Hospitals Foundation Trust has appointed University Hospitals of Leicester Trust chief operating officer Richard Mitchell as its new chief executive.
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HSJ LocalSpecial measures trust appoints fourth chief executive in a year
A major teaching hospital trust in special measures has appointed its fourth chief executive in less than a year.
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NewsRCN to separate union and professional roles
RCN to set up two committees to separately lead on professional nursing and trade union issues Reforms follow recommendations in the Francis report that RCN separate its dual roles All members will be able to stand for election to the committees and be eligible to vote. The Royal ...
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CommentThe future of the NHS demands hard questions
The health service of the 21st century needs to be more responsive to patients’ needs – mere financial efficiency is not enough
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NewsPay crackdown: Trust chiefs to sign off all agency shifts above £120
NHS Improvement says annual pay costs to increase by 3.3 per cent in 2016-17 But real terms reduction in costs against activity suggests productivity gains Trust chief executives must sign off agency shifts of £120 per hour or more Hospital chief executives are now expected to personally sign ...
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HSJ LocalFormer CPS chief named chair of special measures trust
A former chief executive of the Crown Prosecution Service has been appointed chair of a struggling ambulance trust
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HSJ LocalMajor trust appoints new medical director
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust has announced Keith Girling as its new medical director to replace Stephen Fowlie, who is due to retire at the end of May.
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NewsFormer trust chief guilty of fraud avoids jail
A former hospital trust chief executive has been given a 16 month suspended jail term after she had pleaded guilty to fraudulently paying her husband more than £11,000.
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CommentHousing is ready to step up – will health meet us halfway?
Supported accommodation can play a key role in preventing issues such as unnecessary hospital admission, but it can’t achieve great results on its own
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NewsDame Julie Moore to take over STP
Dame Julie Moore is to be confirmed as the new lead for the Birmingham and Solihull sustainability and transformation plan.
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NewsTrust chief appointed national leader for A&E improvement
A single national leader has been appointed as part of a series of measures to drive up A&E performance, it emerged today.