All Leadership articles – Page 21
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CommentA festival of networking and extra-marital sex: it's ConfedExpo time again!
Summer is traditionally a time for travelling to Manchester to make an exhibition of ourselves. Conference report by Julian Patterson
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NewsTrust leadership accused of lack of ‘oversight’ hits out at CQC ‘algorithm’
The largest trust in the East of England has received a Care Quality Commission warning notice about the medical care provided by its three hospitals.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Live from Confed
We’re joined by Matthew Taylor, NHS Confederation chief and HSJ Health Check fan, to discuss Amanda Pritchard’s speech and other developments on day one of the ConfedExpo conference.
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NewsGovernment refuses to commit to key Hewitt recommendations
The government has rejected or refused to commit to many of the cornerstone recommendations made in Patricia Hewitt’s review of the autonomy and accountability exercised by integrated care systems.
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NewsPritchard: We need to be ‘really thoughtful’ about intervening with ICSs
NHS England needs to be ‘really thoughtful’ about how and when it intervenes as powers are devolved from the centre to integrated care systems, NHSE’s chief executive has said.
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NewsMedic who stood to be MP appointed hospital CEO
A trust has appointed a new hospital site ‘chief executive’, whose predecessor stood down after less than two years.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: Keeping the consultancies busy
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsTrust cuts a fifth of exec team amid leadership concerns
One of the NHS’s biggest trusts is cutting 20 per cent of its executive board roles, HSJ has learned.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: 21 days stuck in A&E
This week’s Health Check discusses data revealing the true scale of long A&E waits for mental health patients and what acute trusts are trying to do about it without extra national funding.
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CommentGood managers: the workforce the NHS most desperately needs
A shortage of managers in the NHS hampers system working and burdens clinical staff, argues Chris Thomas.
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NewsAll NHS board members to get equality objectives
Trusts and systems must draw up plans to improve the diversity of their executive and senior leadership teams over the next 12 months, and evidence progress against them by summer 2025, NHS England has announced.
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CommentNHS policy on bullying and discrimination is an evidence-free zone
The existing HR strategies in the NHS lack evidence-based approaches, which hinders their effectiveness in tackling discrimination and bullying. To establish a safer and more equitable workplace, proactive measures, accountability, and debiasing processes are crucial, explains Roger Kline
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NewsFour new CQC directors named after long delay
The Care Quality Commission has finally been able to appoint four new non-executive board members — one of whom will be the chair of Healthwatch England — after months of delays.
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HSJ LocalTrust names interim CEO
A mental health trust has named a managing director as its interim chief executive while the substantive post-holder is on secondment at the local integrated care board.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The elective activity the NHS wants to cut – but can’t
Targets to reduce the number of outpatient appointments are not being met by trusts. On this episode, we discuss why there were still more than 124 million outpatient appointments in the NHS last year – despite pressure to cut them – and what is being done about it.
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HSJ Local‘Muddle, frustration and distrust’ at ‘most mature’ ICS
Multiple problems have been highlighted with the leadership and governance of a much-vaunted integrated care system, including a lack of trust between organisations which often hide information that could weaken their position.
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News‘Devastated’ director quits after ‘bullying’ row with consultants
A trust director has stepped down after a row with consultants about the leadership culture within her department, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local‘Good’ maternity unit downgraded to ‘inadequate’
A Norfolk hospital’s maternity services have been downgraded from ‘good’ to ‘inadequate’, with warnings raised about the safety and quality of care provided.
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Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The good, the bad, and the overlooked
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England. Contact me in confidence here.
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NewsNHSE officer steps down to focus on board roles
England’s chief dental officer is leaving her national post after eight years in part to focus on several non-executive board roles, NHS England has announced.