All Leadership articles – Page 125
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Expert BriefingLintern’s Risk Register: Going, going but not yet gone
Everything you need to stay up to date on patient safety and workforce, plus my take on the most important under-the-radar stories. From patient safety correspondent Shaun Lintern
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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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HSJ LocalStaffing and leadership monitored at private hospital in special measures
NHS England is closely monitoring staff “capacity and capability” at Huntercombe Hospital in Stafford after damning CQC report One ward remains closed and two have capped capacity CQC has completed a follow-up inspection, which the hospital says found improvements The “capacity and capability” of staff at the Huntercombe ...
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CommentFor integration to work, local authorities must be equal partners in STPs
Sustainability and transformation plans can help create a coherent system out of the existing muddle of local government and NHS structures
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CommentNow is the (earlier than usual) winter of our discontent
As talk hots up of old-school NHS disasters, thankfully Hodge’s memoirs and Labour’s woes provide distractions
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NewsMerger CCGs appoint joint chair for new board
Three clinical commissioning groups have appointed a chair for a new joint board being established ahead of their planned full merger.
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: Making the most of technology
Doing technology well involves negotiating multiple hurdles, from sceptical boards to lack of national direction, heard HSJ’s latest roundtable panel
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NewsNHS managers face crackdown on conflicts of interest
NHS England consultation document suggests number of areas where declarations of interest should be made Senior managers face declaring shareholdings, paid positions, family relationships and political memberships Doctors could have to declare private practice earnings but other staff are not included NHS executives earning money from consultancy, advisory ...
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HSJ LocalSouthern Health chair resigns
Tim Smart stands down as interim chair of Southern Health Foundation Trust Trust says resignation is for “personal reasons” Mr Smart had received criticism for the terms of Katrina Percy’s resignation as chief executive Tim Smart has resigned as interim chair of Southern Health Foundation Trust after less ...
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NewsHead of academic health partnership to retire
The managing director of UCLPartners is retiring next week.
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Expert BriefingWhat's new in care models: Vanguard seeks Far East joint venture partner
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View
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CommentWe need emotional humans, not employee automatons
NHS staff need a sense of psychological safety in order to overcome the fear to question, take risks and fail
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HSJ LocalChief of 'inadequate' CCG resigns
The accountable officer of a troubled clinical commissioning group in the North West has resigned
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CommentExactly what we need in a workforce strategy
There is a pressing need for a comprehensive workforce strategy for the NHS
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NewsProviders could face 'mandated support' from regulator
Providers will be able to earn greater autonomy and less central oversight by meeting NHS Improvement monitoring targets Lowest band of regulation reserved for trusts in special measures requiring mandated support from the NHS Improvement NHS Improvement’s new single oversight framework published today Regulators will allow NHS trusts ...
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NewsStevens: Southern Health controversy 'undermined public confidence'
Simon Stevens says at “Southern Health, patients and families have been let down and public confidence undermined” Follows Katrina Percy resigning as chief executive but retaining salary NHS England chief executive says NHS “can’t justify examples of what can come across as self-serving behaviour” Mr Stevens warns it is ...
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HSJ KnowledgeRoundtable: How to get the innovation message out there
HSJ and Pfizer’s roundtable asked what can be done to spread the best ideas in the NHS beyond their local origins – and at scale.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: A clear view on Greater Manchester
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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HSJ LocalExclusive: Trust's former directors refuse to return unauthorised payments
Two former non-executive directors at Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust who received unauthorised payments have refused to repay the money Independent report revealed how the trust ignored its own legal advice by making extra payments to chair and five non-executive directors National Audit Office has raised concerns ...
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CommentThe NHS ignores the law at its peril
The increasing trend of carrying out change in the NHS without legislation to back it up is creating a worrying shortfall of accountability