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NewsDeparting CEO given £120,000 back pay
A trust chief executive was given £120,000 in back pay and a total £380,000 in salary payments shortly before leaving the role, it has emerged.
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NewsC difficile rates hit 13-year high
C difficile cases rose to their highest level in more than a decade, official data published this month shows.
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NewsFinance director replaces long-serving CEO
A trust whose long-serving chief executive left to become an NHS England regional director has appointed her successor.
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NewsTrust abandons £65m EPR procurement after legal challenge
Trust in the North West reverses decision to award EPR contract to its preferred bidder after a legal challenge Says it abandoned the procurement rather than face cost and disruption of litigation It has yet to decide how it will proceed with procuring a new EPR An NHS ...
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NewsRegional staffing gap grows by 70%
The gaps in coverage of mental health staff between regions have grown significantly in the past 14 years, researchers have pointed out.
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NewsNurse leader ‘pressed execs to call police over Letby’
A nursing leader called on Countess of Chester executives to inform the police over concerns about Lucy Letby earlier than they did, she told the public inquiry into the events.
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NewsRevealed: Trusts paying the biggest premiums for safety errors
The trusts paying the highest negligence premiums as a proportion of their income have been revealed, with experts warning the “sheer costs involved in managing accidents that could be avoided” neared £3bn last year.
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NewsRevealed: the trusts with the highest savings targets
At least three trusts have efficiency targets approaching 10 per cent of their budget this year, HSJ research has found.
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NewsRevealed: the ongoing impact of delays to ‘new hospital’ schemes
Infrastructure failings have led to over 1,000 operations being cancelled in the past two years at just 14 trusts, whose rebuilding plans have been placed under review by the new government, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsCity’s five trusts to form £2bn ‘group’
A city’s five acute and specialist trusts have agreed to form a major £2bn hospital “group”.
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NewsICS told it’s ‘top down’ and ‘lacks effective leadership’
An under-pressure integrated care system has been told it lacks “effective leadership” and is “too centralised and top-down” in a survey of partner organisations.
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NewsFinance chief seconded from NHSE to lead two trusts
An NHS England finance director recently appointed chief executive of a North West acute trust will now also take over at a neighbouring community provider.
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NewsTrust chief and cancer leader retiring after 40 years
The chief executive of two specialist trusts has announced her retirement less than a year after taking up the second of the roles.
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NewsTrusts to form single £1.4bn ‘group’
Two trusts that share a chair and a chief executive have announced they will move to a single executive “group” model.
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NewsEmergency performance dips as winter nears
Ambulance response times rose dramatically last month with urgent care performance also worsening as winter appeared to strike early.
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NewsHospital’s ‘isolated’ maternity services under question
The future of services at an historical specialist hospital is under question, as part of plans set out at a tense board meeting today.
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NewsTrust sued over £65m EPR procurement
A trust has been taken to the High Court by a technology firm which claims it broke procurement law in how it evaluated competing bids for a £65m contract for an electronic patient record system.
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NewsTrusts to appoint joint CEO and chair in bid to stem delayed discharges
Two trusts have agreed to appoint a joint chair and chief executive after reviewing “collaboration and integration” across the patch.
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NewsICS jobs ‘devaluing public health’, say directors
Integrated care system population health lead roles are causing “inefficient working” and sometimes “poorer care and outcomes”, public health directors have claimed.
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NewsThree ICSs responsible for a quarter of very long diagnostic waits
Just three integrated care systems were responsible for nearly one in four 13-week waits for key diagnostic tests in recent months, HSJ analysis of official data has found.