All Leadership articles – Page 31
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HSJ Partners
Radar Healthcare appoints former CEO of NICE
Quality and compliance software experts, Radar Healthcare has appointed the former chief executive officer of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, Gillian Leng CBE to its board of non-executive directors.
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HSJ Local
Leadership review launched at ‘outstanding’ trust
The Care Quality Commission has launched a review of leadership at an “outstanding”-rated specialist trust, after receiving multiple concerns from whistleblowers.
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News
East Kent Hospitals accused of ‘cancer at the top of the organisation’ by governor
The former lead governor of East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust has resigned this morning, claiming there is “a cancer at the top of the organisation” and that its services won’t be safe until the government provides funding for critical estates work.
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News
Former trust CEO and medical director cleared over surgery scandal
A major trust’s former chief executive and medical director have been cleared, after being accused of failing to protect breast patients from a rogue surgeon.
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Expert Briefing
ImPatient: The growth in patient leadership
Patient (or lived experience) leadership involves those affected by life-changing illness, injury or disability becoming equal partners in NHS decision-making. In this new monthly expert briefing, patient leadership champion David Gilbert picks out the most significant developments in a field of increasing relevance to the NHS.
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News
Hunt: Tax will need to rise to fund health and care
Jeremy Hunt believes spending on the NHS will have to rise and that the increase should be funded through higher taxation.
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News
NHS Digital leader to chair trust
NHS Digital’s chair has been appointed to the same role at a specialist trust.
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Expert Briefing
The Ward Round: ‘How would I feel if this happened to a member of my family?’
Staffing is the issue keeping NHS leaders awake at night – and which consumes two-thirds of trusts’ spending. The fortnightly The Ward Round newsletter, by HSJ workforce correspondent Annabelle Collins, ensures you are tuned in to the daily pressures on staff, and the wider trends and policies shaping the workforce.
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HSJ Local
‘Obfuscations and failures’ in trust’s handling of death, damning review finds
There were ’obfuscations, difficulties and failures’ in a scandal-hit trust’s handling of a baby’s death, a damning review has found, although it cleared the organisation’s former chair of ’serious mismanagement’.
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News
Trust orders 'civility training' for senior leaders
An ambulance service rated ’inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission has set out a wide-ranging improvement plan, including ’civility training’ for senior leaders and ensuring board members hear a mix of ’positive and negative’ stories from patients and staff.
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News
DHSC’s highest paid official steps down
One of the highest earners in the Department of Health and Social Care has announced his departure after five years.
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HSJ Partners
We all have a duty to speak up for safety, civility and inclusion
Dr Jayne Chidgey-Clark explains why we all have a role to play in making speaking up business as usual for everyone
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News
Exclusive: Test & Trace boss joins consultancy which earned over £300m from programme
A senior civil servant who oversaw the £37bn Test and Trace budget has moved to a consultancy firm that received millions of pounds from the government for its work on the programme.
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Comment
How to ‘comms it’
When the money runs out and the workforce has quit, the ambitious NHS leader must learn to “comms it”. Martin Plackard has helpfully compiled a list of the vital terms that great NHS communicators should use in this time of crisis. As shared with Julian Patterson
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HSJ Local
Six ICS chiefs to lead regional decision-making group
Six integrated care boards across the West Midlands are proposing to establish a joint committee of chief executives to make shared decisions on key issues impacting the region, it has emerged.
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News
Trust group appoints interim CEO as chief takes leave
A hospital group has named its chief digital information officer as interim chief executive, after its substantive CEO went on leave at short notice for personal reasons.
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News
‘Sack poor NHS managers’, says new government adviser
An MP who has just become a ministerial assistant in the Department of Health and Social Care has called for ‘underperforming’ NHS managers to be ‘sacked’, claiming some executives in the health service earn up to £500,000 per year.
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Comment
The grimmest of fairy tales
Traditional stories and rhymes have entertained and scared generations of children. Now we can all enjoy a good nightmare, writes Julian Patterson
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News
Trust CEO drafted in to replace departing ICS leader
The chief executive of a successful acute trust is to take over as the interim leader of an integrated care system.