The 'three shifts' are already happening
Moving care from hospital to community, implementing digital transformation, and shifting from treatment to prevention are the three shifts being led by NHS trusts to mitigate the challenges in how care is delivered, writes Emily Gibbons
‘Suboptimal’ IT system still used by multiple trusts
More than a dozen trusts are still using a widely criticised “suboptimal” electronic patient record system, which was discontinued by its supplier more than two years ago, HSJ can reveal.
‘Wholly unrealistic’ NHSE financial recovery policy risks ‘significant harm’ warns ICS
Leaders of an integrated care system in the Midlands have warned they cannot make the scale of staffing cuts required to balance the books without putting patients at risk.
Consultants sent into troubled system after £140m deficit warning
NHS England has sent a consultancy firm into a troubled health system, after it said its financial plan would be missed by up to £140m.
Trust appoints CEO after two years as interim
An ‘outstanding’ mental health trust has made its long-term interim chief executive substantive, it has announced.
2022 HSJ Awards shortlist revealed
The shortlist for the 2022 HSJ Awards has been revealed after the conclusion of the first stage of judging.
Trust bosses ‘disgusted’ at MPs who claim covid impact exaggerated
Local NHS leaders have publicly hit out at politicians for questioning the need for a second national lockdown, with one chief executive inviting MPs to either visit her hospital to see the pressures themselves, or to ‘sod off’.
Almost all NHS detox units face closure without reform to 'precarious' funding
Inpatient detoxification units in England are warning they could close — causing possible increases in substance and alcohol related deaths — unless NHS England changes the “precarious” way they are currently funded.
First ‘digital aspirant’ trusts revealed by NHSX
Twenty-three trusts will share a £28m pot of technology funding as part of the first wave of “digital aspirant” providers, NHSX has announced.
Tripling in support workers substituting for nurses shows practice is ‘the new normal’
The number of registered nursing shifts being covered by less qualified support workers at an “outstanding” mental health trust has tripled since 2016.
Small mental health trust promoted to 'outstanding'
One of the smallest mental health trusts in the country has been rated “outstanding” overall by the Care Quality Commission.
Mental health trust appoints new CEO
A mental health trust in the West Midlands has appointed a new chief executive, the provider has announced.
New chief appointed to mental health trust
Lancashire Care Foundation Trust has appointed a mental health chief from Staffordshire as its new leader.
Staff shortages delay opening of trust’s new psychiatric ward
Staff shortages have forced a trust to push back the opening of a new ward treating patients with some of the most severe mental health needs.
Decision over Carillion Hospital 'in autumn' as costs soar
A government decision on the future of a privately financed major acute hospital that was hit by Carillion’s collapse is not expected until autumn.
Four trusts named as digital exemplars for 'hopeless' IT system
Four trusts will receive additional national support to improve the Lorenzo IT system, five years after a senior MP branded it a “hopeless system” supported by a government bribe.
Trusts yet to agree permanent deals for former Carillion services
Permanent deals are yet to be agreed by NHS trusts whose facilities management services were hit by the collapse of Carillion, HSJ can reveal.
Serco closes in on NHS contract after Carillion collapse
Serco is poised to take over facilities management services at a mental health trust after previous provider Carillion was liquidated.