All Leadership articles – Page 12
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News
‘No alternative’ to paying more to struggling provider, ICB admits
An integrated care board has no ‘viable alternative’ to persisting with a contract for several struggling urgent treatment centres, and paying more for them to try to hire more staff, it has decided.
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ICS salaries face eight-month wait for ministerial sign-off
Ministers took nearly four times as long to sign off integrated care board directors’ appointments as those of NHS trusts last year, HSJ has found.
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Police investigate trust for corporate manslaughter
Countess of Chester Hospital Foundation Trust is being investigated for corporate manslaughter following Lucy Letby’s conviction for murdering babies while working on its neonatal unit.
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Experienced chief moves to fourth trust
An experienced chief executive who ran his system’s “gold command” covid-19 response has been named as the new boss of a teaching trust whose previous leader has moved to Gibraltar.
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FT chair takes period of absence
The chair of East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust, Niall Dickson, has taken a voluntary period of absence, with his deputy standing in, HSJ has learned.
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Expert Briefing
West Country Chronicle: How a Nightingale hospital is, finally, the answer
From Cornwall to the Cotswolds, West Country Chronicle offers essential insight into NHS matters in the South West. Contact me in confidence here.
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Comment
As a doctor I don’t believe regulation of managers should be a priority
David Oliver expresses his five big doubts on the statutory regulation that is in place for NHS managers and examines the complex realities of accountability and performance in healthcare leadership
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Trust staff ‘disrespected’ and ‘pushed beyond their capacity’, review concludes
A review which captured the views of thousands of staff at one of the largest NHS trusts has found many feel ‘unsupported, disrespected and pushed beyond their capacity’.
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Comment
The way ambulance trusts work has not always delivered, so we’re changing
London Ambulance Service Trust’s CEO Daniel Elkeles discusses the trust’s new five-year strategy and the three missions it aims to achieve
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Trust chief steps down after ‘extraordinary journey’
The chief executive of an ambulance trust has announced his resignation after just over three years in the NHS.
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Chair to retire after 50 years in the NHS
An ambulance trust chair is to step down after more than half a century in the NHS.
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Comment
The sad inevitability of having to regulate useless managers
Sir Trevor Longstay regrets the passing of the old order but acknowledges the need for formal regulation of NHS managers – as long as a suitable leader can be found
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News
‘Zero harm is unachievable’, says NHS England safety chief
The national director for patient safety in England has cautioned against the ‘false hope’ of trying to achieve ‘zero harm’ from healthcare, describing it as unachievable.
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CEO Interview
CEO interview: Foluke Ajayi, chief executive, Airedale Foundation Trust
This is the latest in a series of interviews with provider chief executives, which are available exclusively to HSJ Insight subscribers.
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Comment
The lesson from Letby is to listen
Now that the inquiry into Lucy Letby’s case has been given legal powers, it must explore how the NHS can tackle the culture of defensiveness, denial and secrecy that often lies at the heart of tragic scandals. Louise Ansari, chief executive of Healthwatch England, argues that the NHS has some ...
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HSJ Local
Exec clear-out at teaching trust revealed
A major teaching trust confirmed an overhaul of its executive team today, including the sudden announcement that its chief medical officer is leaving.
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Managers raising safety concerns ‘must not be jumped on’, says NHSE director
Regulation of managers must not lead to a disbarring process without also introducing ”developmental” and supportive measures, NHS England’s national patient safety director has said.
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Trusts told to name directors leading response to restraint scandals
Mental health trusts should be naming board members in charge of investigating and reducing restrictive interventions, according to the Care Quality Commission’s director for the sector.
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Mackey: regulation of NHS managers ‘is coming’
A national NHS leader has said regulation of managers ‘is coming’, and the service should ‘just go with it and make it as effective’ as possible.
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HSJ Local
‘We’ve got no magic fix’ admits director of trust with ‘culture of fear’
The deputy leader of a trust rated ‘inadequate’ by a health watchdog four times in the past decade has admitted the necessary changes to its culture may take a further four years.