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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.
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Mapped: RTT waiting times
An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in October 2023, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.
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56% of staff leave ‘relentless’ jobs within a year
A trust has found that more than half its new call handlers quit within a year of starting, and a third within six months — with ‘health’ being given as the main reason.
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Community services need new national funding bid, says outgoing NHS England director
The national clinical director for older people has announced he is leaving NHS England and said a major government funding settlement will be needed to maintain progress and take community services to the ‘next stage’.
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Trust boss: Minority staff ‘could be put off applying’ for teams which lack diversity
A trust chief executive has said people from minority ethnic backgrounds “could be put off applying” for roles in teams which lack diversity.
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Revealed: Urgent treatment centres with the longest wait times
Patients at many urgent treatment centres face significantly longer wait times than those set out in NHS England targets, according to internal data.
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CQC slams hospital for ‘shocking’ lack of leadership
An independent hospital in Yorkshire has been placed in special measures after inspectors warned of a ‘shocking’ lack of leadership.
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GP incentives may be set by ICBs under government proposals
Integrated care boards could pick performance measures tied to GP practice income, under government proposals for the future of the ‘quality and outcomes framework’ and other incentive payments.
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Ambulance handover delays soar as winter bites
Ambulance handover delays rose last week with close to 13,000 crews waiting more than an hour to offload patients — marginally more than the comparable week last year.
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ICBs failing to ‘innovate’ on dental funding, health secretary suggests
The health and social care secretary has questioned why some integrated care boards are not spending their full primary dental budgets, and said they should find ‘innovative ways’ to use the cash.
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New national boss to oversee ‘40 new hospitals’ programme
The Department of Health and Social Care is looking for a new chief commercial officer to deliver its efficiency and savings targets, as well as a variety of procurement and commercial activities.
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Reversal of ‘huge achievement’ as agency spending breaches £3bn
NHS trust spending on agency staff surged to £3.5bn last year, according to recently published figures.
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A&E doors upgraded after child lost part of their finger
A trust is upgrading its safety protections after a child lost part of their finger after getting it stuck in a hospital door.
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Hospital violence ‘going through the roof’, says CEO
A London acute trust is planning to provide staff working in frailty units with body cameras and those in antenatal clinics with additional security, as violence and aggression against them goes ‘through the roof’.
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Revealed: Trusts paying the highest negligence premiums
The trusts paying the highest premiums for clinical negligence as a proportion of their income have been revealed through HSJ analysis of internal data.
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Money ‘leaching’ from NHS due to patient choice policy, says ICS boss
The CEO of an integrated care system has said the choice agenda, in which the NHS pays for patients to be treated at a private provider, is costing his system £8m a year.
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GPs don’t have time for NHSE ‘modernisation’ work, say ICBs
GP practices with the most outdated technology and processes do not have enough staff or funding to take part in NHS England’s performance recovery programme, integrated care boards are warning.
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Ditch normal procedures to avoid A&E handover delays, trusts told
Regulators have warned hospital leaders they may have to ‘depart from established procedures’ over winter to minimise ambulance handover delays.
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Maternity investment ‘nowhere near good enough’, says inquiry lead
The expert tasked by government and NHS England to investigate maternity scandals has criticised ministers for failing to provide the funding necessary to address the problems.
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Hospital diverted patients rather than pay for locum doctors
A specialist hospital diverted patients to other centres at short notice rather than paying additional locum rates for doctors.